Just now, I was on Yahoo News when I saw this post about Justin Bieber.
"Justin Bieber is usually a pretty laid-back guy--for a superstar, anyway. In just the past few weeks, he's cheerfully endured such public tests as David Letterman dissing his tattoos, as well as a dare toput on an English accent for the duration of an entire British interview.
However, he does seem to have a breaking point--and a Detroit-area morning radio show managed to find it, when he recently called in to chat.
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Things started off fine and well, until the host of the Mojo In The Morning show decided to compare Bieber to another well-known pop singer.
"I hope you take this as a compliment," said Mojo. "When I heard 'Boyfriend' for the very first time, I thought it was Justin Timberlake's single."
"Saying I sound like someone else is not really a compliment," Bieber retorted.
That wasn't the only thing that got his goat. Mojo went on to ask about the singer's friendship with teen heartthrob band One Direction, and that led to the straw that broke the Biebs' back.
After Bieber noted that the One Direction lads were "good kids," the host blasted him with the following question: "Do you worry about Harry around your mom, since he likes older women?" (One Direction's Harry Styles has reportedly dated several women in their 30s.)
"Do I wonder...what?" answered a confounded-sounding Bieber.
After the question was repeated, Bieber snapped back in a chilly tone, "I think you should worry about me around your mom, bro."
"Justin, my mom's dead, so unfortunately it wouldn't work," quipped the host.
At that, Bieber had had enough--he hung up.
In the following clip, Mojo explains the entire scenario, noting that Bieber's handlers first called back and blamed bad cell phone reception for the dropped call...but then later admitted the singer was upset by the question."
Source: Yahoo! Music
After reading this post, I felt that the real bastard was the radio host. How could he even bring himself to ask that question? Ask a question about his friend being around his mum. How insensitive can he be?
I'm no huge fan of Justin Bieber, but I feel that he has the every right to be angry and feel upset about it. As far as I know, Justin Bieber's mother has provided Justin Bieber with a lot of support and was the first one to help him get talent-spotted. To ask such an immature question about his mother, how would Justin Bieber feel? Even if he is considered as being laid-back as a pop-star, that doesn't give the radio host any right to ask him weird questions that obviously, he can't answer! And I don't think the radio host feels regretful at all. I think he should apologise to Justin Bieber, if his mind is clear enough.
And by comparing Justin Bieber to Justin Timberlake was really awful. How can one say that an artist's piece sounds like another's right into his face? That's outrageous. I mean they each have their own styles of music. Justin Bieber was probably trying to pull off some other sexier kind of music, since his past few songs have been targeting teenage girls and oh-so-innocent-love. Since he grew older, maybe he wanted people to take note that he has changed, and he isn't the high-pitched guy he was before. He matured, his voice broke, and he is back, not with a cute image, but grown up. So if he really sounded like Timberlake... it isn't really his fault. He could be still experimenting with his style of music. Must the radio host directly say that OH YOU SOUND LIKE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE? No. He didn't have the need to say that. But he did!
Oh well, people can be such douche bags at times.
Just keep going Biebs', I'd say keep going.
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