Justin Bieber unleashed a full-blown rant at the paparazzi when he spotted them outside a coffee shop.
The 31-year-old pop star was caught on video, obtained by TMZ, getting visibly agitated as he approached a group of photographers who were filming him with phones and cameras while he was out with friends ahead of Coachella weekend one in Palm Springs.
“Good morning,” one photographer greeted him, but the ‘Baby’ hitmaker immediately snapped back. “No! Not good morning! You already know. Why are you here?” he shouted, walking up to them and covering his face.
Bieber didn’t stop there, as he went on to accuse the group of being driven by greed: “Money, money, money, money, money,” he said while making a “pay me” gesture with his fingers. “Get outta here, bro. Money, that’s all you want. You don’t care about human beings.”
The ‘Peaches’ singer then repeated himself as the group backed away from the entrance to the café.
“That’s all you care about, guys. Is money. You don’t care about people. Only money. You don’t care about human beings,” he added.
Bieber – rocking a tie-dye hoodie half-off one shoulder, dark shorts, lime green-and-white checkered socks, and matching lime green clogs – stormed into the shop with his friends, leaving the stunned paparazzi behind.
Many fans have taken to the comment section to defend Bieber, who has been in the spotlight since rising to fame as a teenager.
“This man has been followed constantly by paparazzi since he was 12 years old. Give him some privacy,” one person wrote.
Another said: “Leave the man alone omg yall on his back since he was a Kid,” and a third commented: “He is definitely not crashing out… They are literally invading his privacy and disrespectful his personal space. These celebrities are human beings too, hey.”
“Y’all prefer celebs to keep up this not-so-bothered facade and you forget they are human. Yall don’t care about their lives at all,” a fourth added.
The tirade comes shortly after the ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ hitmaker posted online about his struggle with anger.
“I got anger issues too, but I wanna grow and not react so much smh,” he wrote in a cryptic caption last month.
The caption appeared alongside three moody photos – one showing him in a hoodie with his head bowed, another from his younger days, and a distant shot of what appears to be his son, Jack Blues, amid cargo containers on a screen.
In a separate Instagram post, Bieber got candid about the emotional weight of fame, admitting he often feels undeserving of the praise he receives.
“People told me my whole life, ‘Wow, Justin, you deserve that,'” he wrote. “And I personally have always felt unworthy, like I was a fraud, like when people told me I deserve something. It made me feel sneaky like, damn if they only knew my thoughts. How judgmental I am, how selfish I really am… They wouldn’t be saying this.”
Bieber has faced intense public scrutiny in recent months – with everything from his behavior to his relationship with Hailey Baldwin and even alleged drug use under the microscope.
Just last month, a clip of the father-of-one appearing to smoke from what looked like a bong made the rounds online, fueling even more speculation.
In response, Bieber’s rep firmly shut down the rumors, telling TMZ: “The recurring narrative that Justin is using hard drugs is absolutely not true.
“Justin is currently in one of the best places in his life. He has had a very transformative year and ended several close friendships and business relationships that no longer served him.”
They added that the speculation surrounding Bieber’s well-being was “exhausting and pitiful and shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive”.
The rep concluded the statement by saying Bieber is “actively parenting his newborn son” and channeling his energy into new music.
