Justin Bieber let loose on Instagram with a string of emotionally charged posts on Sunday (June 15), just days after a profanity-laced confrontation with paparazzi outside Soho House in Malibu.
The 30-year-old singer posted a series of cryptic messages and screenshots that had many wondering about his mental state, including one image of himself flipping the bird with the caption, “I’m a dad that’s not to be f##### with.”
Another slide simply read, “quit f###### with me I’m really not the one.”
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Bieber also uploaded screenshots of a tense text exchange with an unnamed former friend.
In the messages, he wrote, “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. My anger is a response to pain I have been thru. Asking a traumatized person not to be traumatized is simply mean.”
The other person responded, “I’m not used to someone lashing out at me. It’s not that I don’t see and feel your anger.”
Bieber replied, “Ouch. This friendship is officially over. I will never accept a man calling my anger lashing out. I enjoyed our short lived relationship.”
He added, “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.”
In another direct message, Bieber added, “thought u were a p####. Which is why I always kept my distance but I was willing to give you the benifit of the doubt. This confirms u were the p#### I always thought u were. Please leave me alone now. Blocking u now.”
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Justin Bieber Addresses Concern Over Cryptic Posts
As concern mounted online, Bieber addressed the speculation in his Instagram Stories.
“QUIT ASKING ME IF IM OKAY,” he began. “QUIT ASKING ME HOW I’M DOING I DON’T DO THAT TO YOU.”
Bieber continued, saying life is “HARD” for everyone and warned people “not to project out insecurities onto one another.”
He ended the message with, “YOUR CONCERN DOESN’T COME OFF AS CARE IT’S JUST OPPRESSIVE WEIRDO.”
The posts came just three days after Justin Bieber was caught on video in a heated exchange with photographers outside Soho House on Thursday (June 12).
In the clip, he appeared visibly agitated, telling paparazzi, “Get out of my f###### face!” He added, “Stop provoking me. I’m a real dad, a real husband, a real man.”
