Justin Bieber slammed for 'back-handed' compliment about wife Hailey as he retracts statement

Daily Record

22-05-2025

Justin Bieber was slammed online over his 'harsh' comment towards his wife Hailey Bieber as he congratulated her for being on the cover of Vogue Magazine - the singer quickly retracted his comment after the backlash
Justin Bieber is facing backlash over his recent social media post dedicated to his wife, Hailey Bieber, as he congratulated her for featuring on the latest cover of Vogue magazine. On Tuesday, the 31 year old took to Instagram to congratulate the model, but he was slammed by fans as he previously told her that she would never feature on the cover of Vogue during a heated argument.
Alongside a couple of screenshots of the cover shoot, Justin wrote: "Yo this reminds me when Hailey and I got into a huge fight. I told Hails that she would never be on the cover of Vogue. Yikes I know, so mean. For some reason because I felt disrespected, I thought I gotta get even..."
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"I think as we mature we realise that we're not helping anything by getting even. We're honestly just prolonging what we really want which is intimacy and connection," he added.
"So baby u already know but forgive me for saying u wouldn't get a vogue cover cuz clearly i was sadly mistaken."
Although Justin's post was meant to be celebratory, many found his caption bizarre and extremely insulting. While some thought the artist, who has been at the centre of rumours surrounding his marriage, was joking, as others slammed the Canadian singer over his rude comment.
One fan commented: "You need help with captions king," as another stated: "A simple congrats would've been fine I fear."
A third agreed, writing: "Some things are best kept to yourself. Like this caption."
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A few hours later he changed his caption, replacing it with a group of emojis including a shrugging emoji. Despite this, the backlash from fans did not stop as they quickly noticed the Love Yourself singer retracted his previous statement.
"The caption change is crazy," one fan said and another commented: "No s**t you changed the caption after airing dirty laundry like that."
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One fan even commented on Justin's previous statement of wanting to keep his marriage private, as they penned: "You want privacy yet you share a personal moment between you and your wife on social media."
With a fourth highlighting his previously caption, saying: "'Sadly mistaken' is diabolical in this sentence... bestie, just say congrats, i love you or something."
During her Vogue interview, Hailey opened up about her experience giving birth to her son Jack Blues, whom she and Justin welcomed in August 2024.
She told the publication: "Giving birth was the hardest thing I've ever done. That s*** was so crazy. That was not fun. They broke my water. I went into labor, and I laboured for a few hours. No epidural, nothing."
Hailey shared that just hours after her son was born she had a postpartum haemorrhage - severe or excessive bleeding after childbirth. This can be fatal if not treated quickly, Hailey told Vogue that the experience "was a little scary," and she "started to ger a little freaked out."