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Justin Bieber has confronted his justifiable share of hardships since skyrocketing to fame after being found by Scooter Braun in 2007.
Upon breaking onto the scene together with his debut album, My World 2.0, the two-time Grammy winner was beloved by the world over for his boyish allure, well-known hair “swoop” and age-appropriate love songs.
Nevertheless, within the years that adopted, Bieber's partying methods grew to become the topic of a lot scrutiny and fear — from his followers, mother and father and Braun himself.
“I used to be anxious each night time that I used to be going to lose him. I assumed he was going to die,” Braun shared on “The Crimson Capsule” podcast in 2018. “I assumed he was going to sleep one night time and that he would have a lot crap in his system that he wouldn't get up the following morning.”
Bieber's romantic life additionally made frequent headlines — specifically, his high-profile romances with Selena Gomez and future spouse Hailey Bieber.
Preserve scrolling for Justin's highs and lows all through the years:
Capturing to Fame
Braun found Justin on YouTube when the singer was only a younger teen within the early 2000s. The “Child” singer launched his debut album, My World 2.0, in 2010 following his My World EP. The document in the end went 4x platinum.
N-Phrase Scandal
In 2014, Justin handled two racism scandals in a single week. Within the movies shared on-line, one clip confirmed the singer telling a racist joke 5 years prior, whereas the opposite piece of footage featured a younger Justin singing a racist parody of his track “One Much less Lonely Lady.” The parody changed “woman” with the N-word and made references to the KKK.
“I'm very sorry,” Justin mentioned in an announcement to the Related Press on the time. “I take all my friendships with folks of all cultures very severely and I apologize for offending or hurting anybody with my infantile and inexcusable habits.”
He added: “I assumed it was alright to repeat hurtful phrases and jokes, however I didn't understand on the time that it wasn't humorous and that in reality my actions had been persevering with the ignorance. Due to family and friends I realized from my errors and grew up and apologized for these wrongs. Now that these errors from the previous have turn into public I must apologize once more to all of those that I've offended.”
Substance Abuse Points
In his 2020 documentary, Justin Bieber: Seasons, the Canada native obtained actual about his struggles with substance abuse.
“My safety and stuff would come into my room at night time to verify my pulse. Individuals don't know the way critical it obtained. It was legit loopy scary,” he recalled. “I used to be waking up within the morning and the very first thing I used to be doing was popping drugs and smoking a blunt and beginning my day. It simply obtained scary. I mainly mentioned to myself, I'm like, ‘God, in case you're actual, you get me by means of this season of stopping these drugs and stuff, and in case you do, I'll do the remainder of the work.'”
Mama Drama
Justin and his mother, Pattie Mallette — who was only a teen when she gave beginning to her solely son in March 1994 — had been at all times extraordinarily shut. Nevertheless, their relationship soured as Justin struggled with medicine.
“I used to be distant as a result of I used to be ashamed,” he later mirrored to Billboard in 2015 about his relationship together with his mother. “We spent a while not speaking, so it takes time to rebuild that belief. She's residing in Hawaii now, so it's onerous, however getting higher. She's a tremendous lady and I really like her.”
Selena Gomez Relationship
Justin and Gomez went public with their romance on the 2011 Vainness Truthful Oscars get together, breaking apart for the primary time one 12 months later. Because the duo continued to be on and off over the following a number of years — with each stars courting different A-listers of their “off” intervals — they in the end known as it quits for good in 2018, a number of months earlier than Justin proposed to Hailey.
Hailey Bieber Marriage
The longer term couple initially met in 2008 after being launched by Hailey's dad, actor Stephen Baldwin. Whereas Justin and Hailey grew to become mates — and on and off romantic companions — within the years following, the “What Do You Imply?” artist obtained actual about not wanting to harm the mannequin whereas he centered on himself.
“What if Hailey finally ends up being the woman I'm gonna marry, proper? If I rush into something, if I harm her, then it's at all times gonna be broken,” Justin advised GQ in 2016. “It's actually onerous to repair wounds like that. It's so onerous. … I simply don't wish to harm her.”
Two years later — after his remaining break up from Gomez — Justin and Hailey tied the knot in a courthouse ceremony in New York Metropolis. In 2019, they threw a bigger ceremony attended by their households and mates.
Well being Issues
Justin obtained actual about his battle with Lyme illness in 2020.
“Whereas lots of people saved saying Justin Bieber seems like s—t, on meth and many others. they failed to appreciate I've been just lately identified with Lyme illness, not solely that however had a critical case of continual mono which affected my, pores and skin, mind operate, power, and total well being,” he wrote through Instagram on the time.
Two years later, Justin canceled his tour dates amid one other well being scare — this time: Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.
“It's from this virus that assaults the nerve in my ear and my facial nerves and has prompted my face to have paralysis,” Justin mentioned in an Instagram video on the time, displaying his followers that he couldn't transfer half of his face. “As you may see this eye will not be blinking. I can't smile on this facet of my face. This nostril is not going to transfer.”
As for his canceled live performance dates, “I'm simply bodily not able to doing them,” Justin famous. “That is fairly critical as you may see. I want this wasn't the case. However clearly, my physique is telling me I must decelerate.”
Collectively by means of all of it. Justin Bieber and his spouse, Hailey Bieber, have each skilled their justifiable share of well being battles by means of the years. “Needed to share a bit little bit of how I've been feeling. Every day has gotten higher and thru all the discomfort, I've discovered consolation within the one who designed me […]
Dropping Scooter as His Supervisor
In August 2023, a supply solely advised Us Weekly that Justin “formally let Scooter go as his supervisor” amid stories that Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande additionally parted methods with the music government.
The insider added that it was Hailey who “led the cost that led Justin to depart him for one more supervisor.”
A separate insider, nonetheless, advised Us in the future prior that “all of Scooter Braun's purchasers are below contract and negotiations have been occurring for a number of months as Scooter steps into his bigger position as Hybe America CEO.” The supply elaborated: “Persons are spreading rumors based mostly on what they know, however they're off. Scooter's group at SB Tasks are nonetheless dealing with each Justin and Ariana as they work by means of what this new construction seems like.”
A New Chapter
Justin kicked off his fatherhood period with spouse Hailey in August 2024, welcoming son Jack Blues.
The Ongoing Hypothesis
Rumors began swirling in January 2025 that Justin had unfollowed Hailey on Instagram, sparking hypothesis concerning the standing of their marriage. Justin was fast to set the document straight, claiming “somebody went on my account and unfollowed my spouse.”
Followers continued to specific concern for the singer, and his reps spoke out claiming that any rumors about Justin utilizing medicine had been “completely not true.” They slammed “exhausting and pitiful” hypothesis noting that “regardless of the plain fact, individuals are dedicated to conserving destructive, salacious, dangerous narratives alive.”
Debunking Debt Rumors
The Hollywood Reporter posted an article in April 2025 resurfacing the considerations about his psychological well being and claiming that Justin was tens of millions of {dollars} in debt after the cancellation of his 2023 Justice World Tour.
“That is simply clickbait stupidity based mostly on unnamed — and clearly ill-informed — ‘sources,' disillusioned that they now not work with Justin,” his group shared in an announcement to Us. “As Justin forges his personal method ahead, these pointless tales and inaccurate assumptions will proceed. However they received't deter him from staying dedicated to following the proper path.”
Return to Music
Justin, to the delight of followers, launched his first album since Justice in July 2025. The document, titled Swag, featured 20 songs about relationship woes and extra.
“Child, I ain't strolling away / You had been my diamond / Gave you a hoop / I made you a promise,” he sings in “Strolling Away,” presumably referring to Hailey. “I advised you I'd change / It's simply human nature / These rising pains / And child, I ain't strolling away.”
A music insider advised Us that the LP was a “private venture.”
“That is extra of a private venture that Justin has been wanting to place out, nearly like a mixtape,” the supply mentioned. “His label is planning a extra conventional pop album for early subsequent 12 months.”
