Justin Timberlake Keeps Date With Marine

Justin Timberlake has kept his promise to a servicewoman and taken her on a date to a ball in Virginia.

Corporal Kelsey De Santis invited the singer-turned-actor to the Instructor Battalion Marine Corps Ball via a YouTube video in July.

She was inspired to reach out to Timberlake after he publicly encouraged Mila Kunis, his Friends With Benefits co-star, to accept a similar invitation from a serviceman.

"What I didn't know was how moved I would be by the whole experience," Timberlake, 30, posted afterwards on his website.

Of the time the two spent together, Timberlake wrote: "She seemed to me to be so humble and honest.

"Very cool. She also simultaneously seemed like she was nervous about the whole evening and if I was going to enjoy myself.

"'Are you okay?' she asked two or three times. 'I hope you are having fun. I know you will once my crew of friends get here to the table.'"

He went on to say: "I have to tell you, it's not every day that I meet a 23-year-old girl and she's more worried about if I'm having fun or if I'm comfortable.

"It hit me all of a sudden that these were the type of people that look after us and our freedom. Humble, concerned for others before themselves.

"This was the type of person our Marine Corps was building. I was really blown away."

Timberlake had been wooed to the ball via video, when his Marine made her plea on YouTube.

"So, Justin," she said in her online invite.

"I'm going to call you out and ask you to come to the Marine Corps ball with me on Nov 12. And if you can't go, all I have to say is, cry me a river."