Justin Bieber Addresses 'Anger Issues'—'I'm Broken'

Newsweek

16-06-2025

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Justin Bieber has issued a statement following an altercation with paparazzi. The pop star revealed via Instagram that he has "anger issues" and said he's "broken."
Newsweek reached out to Bieber's representative via email for comment on Monday.
The Context
On Friday, Bieber got into a spat with the paparazzi while he appeared to be in a parking lot at the beach.
"I'm a dad, I'm a husband. You're not getting it, it's not clocking to you," he said during the altercation, which was captured on video. "I don't give a f*** if you're on the sidewalk, I'm a human f***ing being, you're standing around my car at the beach."
He added: "You don't think I'm a real f***ing guy, do you? You're going to take this video out of context, you're going to say I'm mad. I don't know who the f*** is paying you to provoke me, but I'm not the f***ing one."
Justin Bieber is seen on April 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
Justin Bieber is seen on April 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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What To Know
Bieber, 31, took to Instagram on Monday to share a message about his health to his 294 million followers.
"People keep telling me to heal. 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," he wrote.
His note continued: "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. 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?"
Within 30 minutes, his post had more than 3.9 million views, 83,400 likes and more than 4,500 comments.
Bieber's statement comes after he ended a friendship with an unnamed person over his "lashing out."
In alleged text messages between the pair, which were posted to Bieber's Instagram account, the friend said: "I'm not used to someone lashing out at me. It's not that I don't see and feel your anger."
Bieber wrote in response: "Ouch. This friendship is officially over. 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 those boundaries."
The two-time Grammy Award winner later called him a "weirdo" in a separate post on his Instagram Stories.
"Quit asking me if I'm okay. Quit asking me how I'm doing. I don't do that to you. Because I know how life is for all of us. It's hard. Letss [sic] encourage our people not project our insecurities onto one another. Your concern doesn't come off as care. It's just oppressive weirdo."
What People Are Saying
In the comments underneath Bieber's new post, fans sent the "Love Yourself" singer messages of support.
Instagram user @excel_osato wrote in reply with over 10,900 likes: "Justin I love you, but please take a break off social media, so it'd stop triggering you, it's okay to be angry, but stop giving these people the power to trigger you."
@dakotawint said in a note with over 3,700 likes: "Leave social media and Hollywood homie it's not worth it."
@lolinaax._ shared in a post with 741 likes: "Only difference between us and Justin is that his pain is broadcasted and judged by millions. Whole time those same millions of people aren't doing any better."
@dreamoutfit.s added in a message with 160 likes: "some things are better kept private, but we support you going through this."
What Happens Next
Bieber—who is married to model Hailey Bieber—have a son together named Jack Blues Bieber. The couple will be celebrating his first birthday in August.