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Justin Bieber Says ‘I Know I'm Broken… I Know I Have Anger Issues' in Post About Self Care
Justin Bieber has heard all the comments from fans who are worried about his health and well-being, as well as those offering him advice on how to live his life. 'People keep telling me to heal,' Bieber wrote on Monday morning (June 16) in a post cued to WizKid's 'Blessed.'
'Don't you think if I could have fixed myself I would have already? I know I'm broken. I know I have anger issues,' the singer added. 'I tried to do the work my whole life to be like the people who told me I needed to be fixed like them. And it just keeps making me more tired and more angry. The harder I try to grow, the more focussed on myself I am.'
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The singer concluded by writing, 'Jesus is the only person who keeps me wanting to make my life about others. Because honestly I'm exhausted with thinking about myself lately aren't you?' The post came just hours after the singer shared an image of what appeared to be his hand holding a burning blunt, as well as what appeared to be a back and forth with what appeared to be a now-former friend.
'I will never suppress my emotions for someone. Conflict is a part of relationship. If you don't like my anger you don't like me,' he wrote. 'My anger is a response To pain I have been thru. Asking a traumatized person not to be traumatized is simply mean.'
The conversation then got heated when the unidentified other person responded that they were 'not used to someone lashing out at me. It's not hat I don't see and feel your anger.' Bieber was non-plussed, quickly calling an end to their relationship. 'Ouch. This friendship is officially over,' he wrote. 'I will never accept a man calling my anger lashing out. I enjoyed our short lived relationship. I wasn't kidding when I told u I didn't need u as a friend. I have good friends. Who will respect these boundaries.'
The singer then got testy, telling the person he always considered them a 'p–sy… which is why I alway kept my distance but I was willing to give you the benifit [sic] of the doubt. This confirms u were the p–sy I always thought u were [middle finger emoji].'
Speaking of the middle finger, Bieber also celebrated Father's Day on Sunday with a salty one-finger salute Instagram post that read, 'I'm a dad that's not be be f–ked with [middle finger emoji].'
He ended by asking the person to leave him alone, noting that he is now blocking them. At press time a spokesperson for Bieber had not returned Billboard's request for comment on the posts.
Bieber has been on a posting spree lately, bouncing between cryptic images and close-up selfies, brief glimpses of the back of his and wife Hailey Biebers' infant son, Jack Blues, and serious posts in which he lashes out at unsolicited advice. 'Telling other humans they deserve something is like raising someone else's kids,' he wrote on June 3. 'Who are you to tell someone what someone should or shouldn't have. The audacity. That's not your place. God decides what we deserve.'
Back in March, Bieber sparked concern when he told fans he felt like he was 'drowning' in 'hate' and struggling with feeling 'unworthy.' Bieber has been largely off the music radar since canceling a tour in 2022 to deal with the effects of Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which included partial facial paralysis. He appears to be working on the follow-up to his 2021 album Justice, but at press time on additional information was available on that project.
Check out Bieber's post below.
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