Billboard
Justin Bieber: I’m struggling
November 5, 2015
Today, Billboard goes to church with Justin Bieber for this week’s cover story.
The singer attends a service and talks to Billboard about how he is struggling, the nude photos, his love for Selena Gomez, Kylie Jenner, Bette Midler, and much more.
On how he is struggling: “It might seem awesome from the outside, but I’m struggling,…Certain things broke my trust with people….I felt like people were judging me all the time. I came out alive. I came out swinging. But I was close to letting [fame] completely destroy me.â€
On the nude photos, and his fathers comment about them: “I do feel the photo was an invasion of my privacy. I felt super violated. My dad made light of it, but I don’t think that’s sick and twisted. It was funny. Dads are going to be dads.â€
On Selena Gomez: “I’m proud of the woman she is today,…When you love someone that much, even if something comes between you, it’s a love that never really dies.â€
On Kylie Jenner: “Look at her world: She has been living on TV since she was a kid. Every time she’s looking around she sees a camera, and that’s affecting how she’s thinking and how she’s perceiving people and why she has to do certain things … Situations that happen taint your mind, especially in this industry. Especially for girls.â€
He doesn’t know who Bette Midler is… “This Britt Meddler,…I don’t even know who that is, honestly….”
He doesn’t like some of his own music… “In the past I’ve recorded songs that I didn’t like, that I wouldn’t listen to, that the label was telling me to record.”
A More Longer Quote:
But the elder Bieber is still figuring it out, sometimes in public. After a nude photo of Justin hit the web in October, Jeremy tweeted: “@justinbieber what do you feed that thing. #proud daddy.†People were aghast, including Bette Midler, who shot off a tweet saying, “The biggest dick in this situation is the dad who abandoned his son.†“This Britt Meddler,†says Justin, unintentionally mangling the stage-and-screen legend’s name. “I don’t even know who that is, honestly. I wanted to immediately say ‘Who is this lady?’, but then I’m just fueling this negativity. I do feel the photo was an invasion of my privacy. I felt super violated. My dad made light of it, but I don’t think that’s sick and twisted. It was funny. Dads are going to be dads.â€