Jessica Biel<\/strong><\/a> has been working hard to expand her production company and establish herself as a top-level Hollywood mogul \u2014 but a source tells Star<\/em> that she\u2019s finding it slow going and complaining that husband Justin Timberlake<\/strong><\/a> is doing little or nothing to help.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople keep wondering why they are even bothering to stay together beyond doing it for appearances and for their children,\u201d the source says. \u201cThey really haven\u2019t gotten more similar or more aligned over the years, and the difference between how Justin and Jessica related to one another ten years ago is like night and day compared to now.\u201d<\/p>\n The source adds that the 7th Heaven<\/em> alum \u201chas focused and re-committed to her TV career\u201d and she has goals to \u201cexpand and become a major producer in that world like Nicole Kidman<\/strong>, Reese Witherspoon<\/strong> and others have before her.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an attainable goal for Jessica and she has great instincts and a natural talent when it comes to that stuff,\u201d the source continues. \u201cBut Justin could be helping and he most certainly isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n Instead, the source claims that the \u201cSexy Back\u201d singer, 44, \u201cspends all his time trying to recapture the pop music success he had in his late 20s and 30s.\u201d While Biel, 43, is \u201clooking forward and trying to evolve,\u201d Timberlake is \u201cstuck in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a recipe for a pretty miserable marriage and it\u2019s the biggest reason they don\u2019t spend nearly as much time socializing with their couple friends the way they used to when they were young parents,\u201d the source explains. \u201cIndividually, they\u2019re totally fine to be around, but when they\u2019re together, you can feel the tension. Justin\u2019s apparent mid-life artistic crisis and embarrassing arrest did nothing to improve the situation, and it\u2019s down to Jessica to hold the family together, but it all feels very temporary and tentative.\u201d<\/p>\n Concluding, the source says, \u201cYou get the sense that one more crisis, or one more little screw-up by Justin, and the whole thing falls apart.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jessica-justin-01-scaled.jpg\")