Justin Bieber has some pointed advice for those concerned about his well-being.
The “Love Yourself” singer took to Instagram on Tuesday, June 10, after a fan shared a screenshot of a text message exchange they had with their grandfather about the 31-year-old pop star.
“I am worried about Justin Bieber,” the person’s grandpa wrote.
“There is so much heartbreak in Justin’s life,” the fan’s grandpa stated in a second text message one day later.
But Bieber clapped back with a biting, four-word response.
“Worry about yourself gramps,” the “Peaches” singer wrote.
Bieber’s surprising response came as fans continue to grow increasingly concerned about his mental health following a series of cryptic posts he shared on social media.
On Sunday, shortly after his wife Hailey Bieber, 28, sold her Rhode beauty brand to Elf Beauty for about $1 billion, the “Baby” singer took to Instagram to complain about “transactional relationships.”
“Tired of transactional relationships,” the two-time Grammy winner declared. “If I have to do something to be loved. That’s not love.”
Bieber elaborated further on his Instagram Stories.
“This is how I feel after people keep telling me there’s more work to do after I’ve given everything I have to give,” he said. “I don’t think any of us can handle hearing, ‘You just gotta try a little harder and you will be like me.’ It’s not true.”
“I listened to those fools who told me to work harder,” the dad-of-one continued. “And there’s no end to trying to earn ur spot in this life because I tried. U have everything u need right now.”
Bieber’s fans have begged him to “get help” amid their ongoing worry.
“Babe,” one person wrote after he shared a series of awkward selfies on Saturday. “Please go get help.”
“So hard and sad to watch,” another concerned fan stated. “Why are the people around him not helping him when he’s clearly struggling. He’s not clear at all and hurting.”
The “All That Matters” hitmaker’s friends and colleagues have also expressed concerns about his health.
“Whatever he’s going through, I pray for him and hope he’s okay,” Bieber’s former collaborator, Poo Bear, told The Hollywood Reporter in April.
“Seeing him disintegrate like this … it’s watching the embodiment of someone not living their purpose,” added a former member of the artist’s team.
“He’s lost,” they claimed. “There’s no one protecting him because there’s no one there willing to say no to him. You say no, you get blown out.”
However, another insider insisted that Bieber is simply “trolling” his fans in part because he “wants attention.”
“Justin Bieber is like a male Britney Spears,” the source said.
“He’s trolling, partly because he wants attention, and also because he thinks he’s so funny.”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
