Jessica Biel is still facing heaps of backlash after publicly coming out against a California bill hoping to curb vaccination exemptions.
But the 7th Heaven starlet didn’t look like she was worried about critics when she and husband Justin Timberlake ventured out into NYC for some luxury shopping on Friday.
During their shopping trip to Gucci, The Sinner actress, 37, and her pop star hubby, 38, put on a united front in matching outfits.
Jessica looked classic in a pair of ripped jeans, a white tee and a leather motorcycle jacket which she dressed up with a boxy pearl-adorned bag.
Justin offered his own interpretation on simple separates wearing light-washed denim with a two-toned Levi’s outer layer.
Underneath he covered up with a black and white flannel. Continuing the rugged appeal, Justin topped things off with a beanie and a scruffy beard.
While the pair were out shopping, Jessica was facing the ire of California legislators for lobbying against laws supporting vaccination requirements in the state.
(She later went on to clarify on Instagram that she does not actually oppose to children having the injections.)
Democratic California State Senator Richard Pan called the actress’s comments ‘misinformed’ while talking to The Hollywood Reporter on Friday.
‘I wish the 1 percent would stop spreading disease to the 99 percent,’ he explained about the collective impact of not vaccinating.
‘This starts to be about privilege,’ Pan told THR. ‘The only reason that [Biel and peers] are able to do this is that they are counting on others to vaccinate their own kids for them. How many people have to be hospitalized before people think, “This isn’t right.” I wish the 1 percent would stop spreading disease to the 99 percent.’
The law in question seeks to close a loophole in California law that allowed parents and physicians to evade the state’s vaccination requirements via unfounded ‘medical exemptions.’
‘We’re trying to crack down on fraud,’ explained Anthony York, a spokesman at the California Medical Association, an advocacy group for physicians.
