Timberlake 'Humbled' By Africa

Pop star Justin Timberlake has hailed his charity trip to Africa as one of the most grounding experiences of his life, because no one recognised him.

The singer recently accompanied girlfriend Cameron Diaz to Tanzania and was stunned to meet people who had no idea of the couple's fame after years in the media spotlight.

And despite initially thinking the locals were "celebrating" because of their excitement at meeting the Hollywood stars, he was quickly humbled when he realised the cheering was nothing to do with them at all.

He recalls, "We arrived in this village and people were celebrating. We weren't sure why they were celebrating."

"First we thought they might have recognised us, but we were humbled to find out they hadn't a clue who we were. They were celebrating because they finally had a well with drinking water."

"See, there are still some places where being famous doesn't mean anything! It really was a humbling experience."