Justin Bieber has opened up about having ‘anger issues’ in the latest of his series of erratic social media posts, calling himself ‘broken’.
The Canadian chart-topper took to Instagram on Monday night with a raw written post.
‘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 began.
‘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,’ he continued, before referencing his strong Christian faith.
‘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?’
He accompanied his post with a middle-finger emoji in the caption, the same as he had previous posts over the weekend, including pictures of his make-up entrepreneur wife Hailey Bieber, 28, and their nine-month-old son, Jack Blues, sitting at a piano.
The 31-year-old then followed up his confessional post with a series of blurred selfie of his face, showing the Peaches singer in a blue hoodie and with a diamond stud in his nose matching his diamond encrusted earring.
‘If u wanna know where I’m parked,’ he wrote next to the upload, which was revealed in his next post to be a reference to Dean Summerwind’s song Parked out by the Lake.
In this one, the video showed he was sat outside at a table, quietly singing along to the song, as he panned the camera from a green handbag to a glass bong or water pipe – used to filter smoking cannabis, tobacco and other herbal substances through – which was bizarrely adorned with a sticker of his own face.
‘Still parked out by the lake. 80 miles from Santa fae [sic],’ he put in the caption, quoting the song’s lyrics.
This latest spate of posting had some of Justin’s followers and fans concerned once again in the comments section, with many sharing supportive messages, after he revealed over the weekend he had broken off a relatively new friendship with an unknown person who he claimed was playing down the impact of his own ‘trauma’.
‘Hope you’re okay,’ wrote Vex King, while Vinnie Brown added: ‘Stay strong bro!!! Don’t let this industry win!!!!’
‘Can we all just recognise that anger is a completely normal and healthy emotion. Not one that needs to be “fixed” or hidden but one that needs to be expressed healthily and safely,’ pointed out Kelly Medina Enos. ‘Anger is just a “bodyguard” for scared and upset. I hope you find your vision of peace in this world @justinbieber.’
‘It’s Justin’s first time living too guys remember that,’ commented another fan.
In previous posts shared on Sunday night, Bieber posted what appeared to be a picture of himself smoking a joint, while several others were captioned with the middle finger emoji.
Concerned fans have also recently been urging the star to ‘take a step back’ and to ‘get off Instagram for a couple days’.
Last week, he uploaded snaps of himself and baby Jack, with Bieber in a loose Balenciaga tee, and his son in patterned red shorts – again with the explicit caption of a single middle finger emoji.
User @kaylaabeard commented: ‘Why the middle finger with Jack?’, while @offmybieb agreed: ‘The middle finger emoji is sending me!’
At the end of May he also shared some pictures with Jack from a getaway with pals that sparked concern among fans, where he could be seen sitting on an outdoor couch, gazing down at his son lying next to him.
But the previous picture showed him smoking a roll-up with a friend, in the exact same spot, wearing the same pair of blue athletic shorts – although Jack was not pictured in that image.
Nevertheless, many fans left concerned remarks about the Sorry singer’s behaviour around his son in the comment section, quickly leading to a fierce debate.
‘Don’t smoke in front your kid,’ wrote @chemzeeddine7 next to the music artist’s photos, while Brooke Gentili added: ‘Dude there is no way you have that baby around that smoke… be better like we know you can be.’
However, several people jumped to the dad’s defence over fan assumptions with @livelaughlov3life pointing out: ‘Guys, the picture with the baby you can see Jacks feet on his leg. The picture of him smoking the baby is clearly NOT there.’
‘You don’t see that man smoking with his baby in NONE OF THESE PICS!’ insisted @thahustlher.
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