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Justin Bieber in crisis.
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Man, I think that there were
times where I was really,
really suicidal.
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Like, really, like, man, is
this pain ever going to go away?
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His fans worry...
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he's back on drugs.
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I spoke to the rep
for the Biebers
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who denied that Justin Bieber
is taking any hard drugs.
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His marriage,
anything but easy.
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Hailey said that at one point,
she didn't want
to do this anymore.
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Justin Bieber,
during his career,
has made somewhere between
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half a billion dollars
and a billion dollars.
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His fortune, squandered.
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I was on a call
with multiple people.
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Justin's side acknowledged
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in 2022, he was on the verge
of, and the words were,
financial collapse.
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Friends and business associates
he ghosted say
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it's because...
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his church has a grip on him.
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Cut to the chase.
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They are saying this is a cult.
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TMZ has dug deep.
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And what we uncover
is shocking.
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Go. Get out of here!
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TMZ Investigates:
What Happened to Justin Bieber?
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I need somebody to tell me
what the [bleep] is going on
with Justin Bieber.
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Pop sensation
Justin Bieber is opening up
about his mental health.
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And the impact it's had
on his three-year marriage
to model Hailey Bieber.
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Justin Bieber
posted this video,
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look at this,
to Instagram today.
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Saying he's postponing
some upcoming shows
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because he has something
called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.
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I gotta...
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I gotta go get my...
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my rest on.
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Justin Bieber
has reportedly cancelled
the remaining dates
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of his Justice World tour.
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Reports are
sweeping the internet
that Justin Bieber
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has fired
long-time manager
Scooter Braun.
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And the two
haven't spoken in months.
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For a fee of $200 million,
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Justin Bieber has sold
off the entire rights
to all of his music.
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A long-time friend
believes the pop star who sold
more than 150 million records
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is, in his words, in a cult.
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31-year-old has appeared
thinner with dark eye circles.
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It's money.
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You don't care about people.
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Only money.
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So look, I mean, we have talked
to a lot of people
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who are really worried
about Justin Bieber's
mental health.
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It seems like
there is cause to worry.
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Cause to worry in his own words.
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I mean, he has talked now
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for eight years about
his mental health struggles
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up to a point he said
he considered suicide.
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There were times where
I was really, really suicidal.
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Like, really, like, man, is
this pain ever going to go away?
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We saw when he was coming up
some of these, like,
tantrums that he would throw.
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But we kind of just thought,
he's a kid, it's no big deal.
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What we found out from people in
his world that we've spoken to,
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he's still having
those tantrums.
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Oh, this is funny to you guys?
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Get out of here.
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Get out of here.
Go. [bleep].
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In fact, there are people,
and this is what they call them
now, mantrums.
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Yo, get out of here.
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All you guys want is money.
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Money, money,
money, money, money.
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Money, money, money.
Get out of here, bro.
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Get out of here. Money.
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We have talked to a lot of
people now in Justin's world.
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They have opened up with us
about money and other things.
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And you ask about mental health,
and I swear to God,
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I was on a conference call
with some of them.
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First thing is like,
"Not talking about that."
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I mean, immediately,
they're just shutting it down.
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The only reason to do that
is because there's something
there, clearly--
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- Well, we've seen it.
- Yeah.
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We've seen it during
the Justice Tour when he was
crying on stage.
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He posted this long,
almost essay...
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...On how he felt unworthy.
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It is so common for celebrities
to achieve success,
and especially at a young age,
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that they're almost
fooling people.
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That they are not as talented as
the world thinks they are.
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They're not as deserving as
the world thinks they are.
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And it messes them up
in like a big way.
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There are so many
cautionary tales out there.
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Some make it, most don't.
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A big part of it is being thrust
into an adult world prematurely,
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and not going through
the usual developmental stages
of childhood and adolescence.
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Trying to give children
and adolescents adult
responsibilities is traumatic.
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Children need to be children.
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We've seen him coming out of
restaurants, coffee shops,
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looking frail,
agitated, at paparazzi.
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Thank you, JB, bro.
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Bro, why'd you thank me?
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- Because you're the best, bro.
- Don't thank me, though.
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- Thank you.
- No, I think that's
disrespectful to thank me,
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'cause I'm not asking you
to be here.
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And he has admitted in the past
to being under the influence of
different things.
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MDMA, Xanax,
marijuana, mushrooms.
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I was waking up in the morning
and the first thing I was doing
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was popping pills and smoking
a blunt and starting my day.
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One of the things that really
kind of sounded the alarm was
Coachella recently.
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♪ Okay, okay, okay ♪
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He definitely looked out of it.
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Those videos were scary.
He was slumped over.
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Fans online were obviously going
down huge rabbit holes of
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speculation on what
he could be taking.
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We saw him smoking a blunt.
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There were people saying
he's on mushrooms again.
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And we've heard that buzz.
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I think what was really
interesting,
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we found a woman
who was standing
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literally right next to him
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for almost an hour and a half.
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And she had
a very strong opinion.
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It's funny because the first
time that I saw him,
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I instantly thought to myself,
he looks totally normal.
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He doesn't look anything
like how the media portrays him.
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He just looked like
a normal 30-year-old.
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It didn't seem
like he was intoxicated.
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It didn't seem
like he was inebriated.
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Honestly, he reminded me of
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how me and my girlfriends
are when we go out,
just having a good time.
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Moving on to Justin Bieber,
who is himself overseas
in Iceland,
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where he's been working
on an album.
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He's got a lot of
collaborators over there.
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And when you're
getting creative,
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apparently, you go for
a couple of bong rips.
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It is a much more serious
problem now because of
since legalization,
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the concentration
of THC in weed is just--
it approaches 100%.
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So it is much more
profoundly addictive.
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And there's much more
significant psychiatric problems
associated with it.
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I spoke to the rep
for the Biebers
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who denied that Justin Bieber
is taking any hard drugs.
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I know the same thing
his people have told me,
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that all of this talk of
hard drugs is nonsense.
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His team told me that he's
in the best place he's ever been
in his entire life.
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He's crying out,
basically telling everyone,
"I'm trying to figure out stuff.
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"I don't know what's going on.
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"I need help."
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And maybe he's getting help.
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And this is him
working through it.
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But to say
he's in the best place he's been
in his entire life?
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It doesn't make sense.
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It's like,
who are you gonna believe,
me or your lying eyes?
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So one of the big things we keep
hearing, too, is that Justin is
kind of a little bit like
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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He can be very sweet,
but then...
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can turn that around
and can have this really strong
narcissistic personality.
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So it's kind of always like,
which one are you gonna get?
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It doesn't make you unstable.
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It just means
you're trying to cope.
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- Right.
- You've got to find
some way to cope.
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And it's impossible to think
that a celebrity can be sweet
all the time, right?
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- No, no, no.
- Nobody can be
sweet all the time.
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Right.
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I mean, you think,
oh, my God, he's Justin Bieber.
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He's gotta have
the perfect life.
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It's like, how many times
have we heard that?
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And it just is not true.
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Coming up,
Justin's marriage:
a rocky road.
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Hailey said that
at one point she didn't want
to be with him anymore.
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On the other hand,
there are people we've talked
to who have said
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that she kind
of viewed this marriage
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as a young version
of Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
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So when you think
of Justin Bieber,
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you can't help but to think
of him and Hailey together.
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They're an iconic couple.
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Everywhere they step out,
paparazzi are following them.
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But their marriage
has been extremely hard,
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and it seems like at one point
they almost even split up.
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- Justin, we love you!
- We love you!
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Justin would be,
like, on and off with Selena
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and then, like,
be on and off with Hailey.
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Shortly after Selena
and Justin broke up,
he was out with Hailey.
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A lot of people online
were saying that
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she was just waiting on
the sidelines like
an understudy.
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Beautiful!
That's gorgeous!
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You have these two young,
high-profile celebrities
that are married,
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and they hit
a lot of road bumps.
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Hailey was pretty open about it,
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and so was Justin about
all the marriage troubles
that they had.
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Hailey said that
at one point she didn't want
to do this anymore.
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She gets treated
like crap by his fans,
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who still are under
this belief that
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he and Selena
are meant to be together.
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On the other hand,
there are people we've talked to
who have said
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that she kind of viewed
this marriage
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as a young version
of Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
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But it's not like she just
wanted to go off into the sunset
quietly with Justin Bieber.
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I don't think
she minds the spotlight--
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I think she loves the spotlight.
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What she doesn't love is how
what has come for her
with that spotlight
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is the abuse from fans who think
that she's stalked him.
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I'm convinced
that Hailey was a stalker,
100%.
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Justin had a lot of trauma,
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so taking that into a marriage
was very difficult for them.
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And he pretty much had
a breakdown in, like, the first
year of their marriage.
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- Yeah.
- Hailey had said that
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she called
her mom crying when they were
both in Manhattan.
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And she said
she was telling her mom,
"I just can't do it."
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And there was
also lack of trust.
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Hailey was around him,
she's known him long enough that
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when he was admittedly
dating or sleeping with lots
of different women.
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Yeah, she knew he was a playboy.
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When he talked about being
promiscuous and a playboy,
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she was around and saw all that.
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She doesn't really
have anything
to be insecure about
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because she married him
and he is head over heels
in love with her.
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And they have an absolutely
adorable son who is just
precious and who they love.
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Justin!
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Selena, to your left!
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So look, I mean there
are people all around them
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that have said Selena is
a thorn in their side.
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Not because
Selena's done anything,
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it's their and especially
Hailey's perception of Selena.
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- It's in Hailey's head.
- Yeah.
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As they say, Selena is living
rent free in Hailey's head.
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There are people we've talked to
have said to this day,
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Selena is on her mind.
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Selena's almost like
a benchmark for her.
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And you know, it's like from
allegedly copying her tattoo.
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Right,
even like certain quotes.
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So January 24th, 2020,
Selena says...
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I realized that everybody else
seemed to be narrating
my life for me.
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- Yes.
- So why don't I
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put something out that is
my side of the story?
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A month later, Hailey says...
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I realized that...
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I was able to
tell my story about who I was
from my own mouth.
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Instead of people from
the outside being able to tell
my story for me.
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That's pretty similar.
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- A month later.
- Yeah.
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Beebs, are you
thinking about dropping
Scooter?
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Justin has had
severe money trouble.
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And, you know,
people we've talked to,
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they've said
they spend like crazy.
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But Hailey does too.
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And there was a story
about the Justice Tour
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where Justin had this huge jet.
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And Hailey wanted
the same type of jet.
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And the tour managers
were saying,
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you guys are spending
too much money.
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Can she take a smaller jet?
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And we're told,
she said, "Absolutely not."
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That's the jet that Kylie has
and I'm not taking a lesser jet.
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Now, that's what we hear.
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What are the two things
that get marriages in trouble?
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- Sex and money.
- Mm.
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Money is such
a driver of conflict.
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And they were having
huge money trouble.
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And it's unsurprising
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if that bled over into
their relationship.
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♪ Ride like a pony ♪
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♪ Lights down low,
time to get naughty ♪
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♪ Lights down low ♪
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The woman in Palm Springs,
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she said they were
loving during that concert.
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I can say that I witnessed
with my own eyes,
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they're very much in love.
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He was very affectionate
towards her.
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He was hugging her, kissing her.
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And she's
very protective of him,
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which I could tell as well.
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Justin is clearly, not only
clearly going through it,
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he's saying he is.
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So if he's saying
he is in public,
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what's he saying in private?
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One of our sources said
that one of the issues was
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that he smokes
a lot of marijuana.
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And that at some point,
she said,
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"You got to slow down,
we have a kid."
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He came into that marriage
with already a lot of issues.
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He came into the marriage
thinking she could fix him.
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Yeah.
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- And that's pressure...
- On her.
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...That's hard to deal with.
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They have worked it out.
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They do seem tight.
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They do seem very much in love.
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So, you know, every marriage
is going to have issues.
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And theirs definitely has.
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Coming up.
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Justin Bieber during his career
has made somewhere between
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half a billion dollars
and a billion dollars.
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Yet, he had to sell his music
catalog because he was broke.
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Which is breathtaking.
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♪ Not a rhythm of
your heart beat ♪
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♪ Can you listen up for me? ♪
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Give it up for Justin!
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Oh, the legend!
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Justin Bieber during
his career has made somewhere
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between half a billion dollars
and a billion dollars.
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Yet, he had to sell his music
catalog because he was broke.
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Which is breathtaking.
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♪ And I say, oh ♪
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♪ The way I breathe you in ♪
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♪ It's the texture of
your skin ♪
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Money seems to be at
the root of all of this,
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and the big money
is Justin's music.
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Hey, Justin.
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Because when you listen
to Bieber's side,
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they say he wrote everything.
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And when you talk
to Scooter's side, guess what?
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He wrote none of his hits.
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But if you look at
all of his songs,
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he is listed as one of
the writers.
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That also, we should say,
that's not uncommon.
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Like, once we heard that from
Scooter's side that, well,
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Justin didn't actually
write these,
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it didn't strike me
as all that odd.
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Justin's people were
really offended by that.
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I'm sure they were.
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And they said
he actually wrote those songs.
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But you can technically--
let's say Justin gets a demo,
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and we know that
he got demos for some of these
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hit songs that were written
by other people.
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We've spoken to the people
who actually wrote them
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and sent the demos to him.
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If Justin says, you know what?
I don't like this note.
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- Yeah.
- And he changes one note,
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well, that's it.
Now he's justified.
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We talked to somebody
who he was a collaborator with
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who said he sent Justin a demo,
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and Justin didn't change
a thing.
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- "Despacito."
- Yet he is still listed.
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♪ Despacito ♪
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♪ Quiero respirar
tu cuello despacito ♪
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♪ Deja que
te diga cosas al oído ♪
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Poo Bear wrote that
song that he recorded.
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And what we're told, and this
is not from Scooter's side,
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this is-- we know this,
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that the artist says that
he did a demo for Justin.
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And not just a demo
on "Despacito",
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but on every song he wrote.
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And Justin
never changed the demo.
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Didn't change it a bit.
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That the demo is exactly
like the recorded song.
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So Justin was basically
a singer.
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If it's true that
Justin Bieber didn't write
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a lot of the songs
that he's gotten credit for,
that's not unheard of.
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It's not that it happens
all the time
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with all the artists
that we love.
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But it would not be
the first time that a major star
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put their name on a song
that they didn't really write
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or barely wrote at all.
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Scooter fought so hard for him
to get these rights that
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he actually burned so many
bridges with other artists.
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So here it is.
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Poo Bear,
what do you mean, "Despacito?"
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Poo Bear,
what's poppin' baby?
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Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco,
they wrote "Love Yourself",
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and after the song was released,
Ed Sheeran did a documentary,
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and you see the two of them
recording the song,
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writing the song,
and Justin's nowhere in sight.
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♪ For all the times
that you rained on my parade ♪
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"Boyfriend" was written
by Mike Posner.
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"Sorry" was written
by Julia Michaels
and Justin Tranter.
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So the bottom line is,
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according to Scooter's camp,
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Justin wouldn't have had this
$200 million publishing deal
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if it wasn't
for Scooter getting him
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the publishing right
on all this music
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that he had really nothing
to do with writing.
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Some of these writers
wouldn't have hits
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if Justin Bieber
hadn't sung their songs.
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- Yeah.
- So they were fine
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with giving Justin some of
the publishing rights.
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And so, you know, look,
the through line here is that
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Justin's people say,
"Oh, Scooter screwed Justin."
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But when it comes to this,
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aggressiveness
worked on Justin's--
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On this, I don't see
how Scooter screwed Justin.
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There are other things that
you could definitely question.
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This is not one of them.
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Scooter's the one
who found Justin
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18 years ago
and made him a superstar.
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♪ All I'm askin' ♪
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♪ Is for a little
respect when you come home ♪
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♪ Baby ♪
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That's what he does.
That's what he's supposed to do.
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It's so crazy because
when you think of Scooter
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and Justin's relationship over
the years, they were so close.
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You know, you could see that
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Scooter did love
Justin like a son.
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And Justin did love Scooter
like a father.
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You could totally see that
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just from their interactions
over the years.
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We have that clip of
when Justin was a kid
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and he wanted to buy
a toy helicopter, right?
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And it was Scooter
who was saying,
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"No, you can't,
you don't need this."
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00:21:04,695 --> 00:21:06,365
And that's such
a fatherly figure.
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Very fatherly. There's
another way to look at it,
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which clearly Justin is viewing
it this way now, is that,
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yeah, he loved me.
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Yeah, he was being
like a father to me
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because I was making him
incredibly rich.
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00:21:18,121 --> 00:21:19,691
- Yeah.
- I was the golden goose.
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00:21:19,692 --> 00:21:21,861
There's an old saying,
though, if you got somebody
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who's getting a percentage of
your money, the richer they get,
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the richer you got.
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00:21:31,315 --> 00:21:34,220
This is a tale
that is as old
as the music industry.
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Yes, there's always going
to be someone else
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who's making money
off the artist.
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00:21:38,195 --> 00:21:40,834
But if the artist feels like
that person is getting
too much...
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00:21:40,934 --> 00:21:44,675
- Yeah.
- ...Then this is
where you end up.
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Coming up.
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I was on a call
with multiple people.
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Justin side acknowledged that
in 2022 he was on the verge of,
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and the words were,
financial collapse.
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How on earth do you blow
through a billion bucks?
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♪ That if I can't be
close to you ♪
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♪ I'll settle
for the ghost of you ♪
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♪ I miss you more than life ♪
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The breaking point for
Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun,
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but really Justin,
is the Justice Tour.
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♪ She's confident ♪
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♪ You could tell by the way
she walks in the room ♪
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That is the tour
where Justin pulled the plug
in the middle
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and went into massive debt
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and the fans were pissed off.
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00:22:48,068 --> 00:22:50,572
And there was just
a lot of finger pointing.
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00:22:50,573 --> 00:22:55,482
So the show kicked off
in February 2022.
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Justin did 49 shows
and then he pulls the plug
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and he doesn't do
the remaining 81 shows.
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Justin Bieber revealing
on social media
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that he has been diagnosed
with Ramsay Hunt syndrome,
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a rare condition causing
paralysis of part of his face
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and forcing him to postpone
dates on his current tour.
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00:23:14,453 --> 00:23:16,858
This is really interesting.
So Ramsay Hunt is
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a really serious condition
where you can get shingles
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00:23:19,264 --> 00:23:20,933
in your inner ear,
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00:23:20,934 --> 00:23:23,740
you lose your balance and you
can get Bell's palsy, which is,
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00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,443
you know, a facial paralysis.
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00:23:25,577 --> 00:23:27,178
- Which we saw with him.
- Yeah, we saw that
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he had like lack of mobility
on one side of his face.
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00:23:29,786 --> 00:23:33,859
As you can see,
this eye is not blinking.
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00:23:33,860 --> 00:23:36,999
I can't smile on
this side of my face.
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00:23:37,266 --> 00:23:39,404
This nostril will not move.
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00:23:39,505 --> 00:23:41,608
He still has a little of that.
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00:23:41,609 --> 00:23:43,478
He still has a little of that.
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00:23:43,479 --> 00:23:47,052
Anybody that was watching
his social media,
watching the concerts from afar,
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00:23:47,152 --> 00:23:49,322
you saw him break down.
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00:24:00,345 --> 00:24:02,551
And we see him on
stage crying,
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00:24:02,651 --> 00:24:05,355
breaking down to the audience
and everyone's like,
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00:24:05,356 --> 00:24:06,659
what is going on with Justin?
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00:24:06,759 --> 00:24:08,528
He's not in a good place.
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00:24:08,529 --> 00:24:10,266
Scooters Camp has told us
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00:24:10,366 --> 00:24:13,204
he just thinks
Justin wanted to go home.
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00:24:13,205 --> 00:24:14,641
- Right.
- That he was just tired.
453
00:24:14,642 --> 00:24:16,244
He wanted to spend
more time with Hailey.
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00:24:16,377 --> 00:24:17,880
He wanted to go on vacation.
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00:24:17,881 --> 00:24:19,717
He wanted to live his life
without going on tour.
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00:24:19,718 --> 00:24:21,588
Yeah, but then our
Justin sources say
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00:24:21,589 --> 00:24:23,057
that he was set up
for failure.
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00:24:23,058 --> 00:24:25,931
That he was, you know,
he was put out there like
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a show pony to do
all these tricks
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00:24:28,803 --> 00:24:31,642
and shows every single night.
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00:24:32,009 --> 00:24:33,847
There's an advance
that AEG paid.
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- We know this from both sides.
- Right.
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00:24:36,919 --> 00:24:40,527
So AEG,
which threw the concert,
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00:24:40,627 --> 00:24:44,399
gives Justin
a $40 million advance.
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When Justin cancels the tour,
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AEG says,
"Hey, you owe us, $24 million."
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And Justin's like,
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00:24:52,851 --> 00:24:53,786
"I don't have the money."
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00:24:53,919 --> 00:24:58,996
And so Scooter's company,
HYBE, they say, look,
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00:24:59,097 --> 00:25:03,571
we'll assume this debt and we'll
pay it off for you, Justin.
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00:25:03,572 --> 00:25:07,146
So Justin then
signs a note saying
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00:25:07,246 --> 00:25:10,485
he'll pay Scooter's company
that $24 million back
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over a 10 year period.
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00:25:12,256 --> 00:25:14,326
And he makes one payment.
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00:25:14,427 --> 00:25:16,063
And this is where
the conflict starts.
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So we're told from Scooter's
side that Justin's people called
477
00:25:20,205 --> 00:25:22,611
and said he doesn't have
the money to pay anymore
478
00:25:22,744 --> 00:25:24,113
and he's never paid
another payment.
479
00:25:24,213 --> 00:25:28,822
Now, from Justin's side,
they're saying, well,
480
00:25:28,823 --> 00:25:31,961
his accountant, his business
manager, Lou Taylor,
481
00:25:31,962 --> 00:25:37,272
started digging and said Scooter
was way overpaid commissions.
482
00:25:37,273 --> 00:25:39,409
Justin said, you screwed me.
483
00:25:39,410 --> 00:25:41,013
You took way too much
in commissions.
484
00:25:41,147 --> 00:25:46,491
So Scooter orders an internal
audit from HYBE, his company,
485
00:25:46,592 --> 00:25:47,860
and they look at all the books
486
00:25:47,861 --> 00:25:50,232
and they come out
and they say, guess what?
487
00:25:51,702 --> 00:25:54,742
Justin owes me a million bucks.
488
00:25:54,842 --> 00:25:56,243
I don't owe him anything.
489
00:25:56,244 --> 00:25:58,581
He owes me a million dollars,
based on the audit.
490
00:25:58,582 --> 00:26:01,187
But see, if I'm Justin,
I look at that and say,
491
00:26:01,287 --> 00:26:03,591
Well, of course you guys
are going to say that.
492
00:26:03,592 --> 00:26:05,294
You hire--
It's your company.
493
00:26:05,295 --> 00:26:06,932
It's HYBE that did the audit.
494
00:26:06,933 --> 00:26:09,937
And we know
Justin's people said that.
495
00:26:09,938 --> 00:26:14,380
So Scooter then hires
an independent company.
496
00:26:14,481 --> 00:26:15,782
Price Waterhouse.
497
00:26:15,783 --> 00:26:17,451
Same people that do the Oscars.
498
00:26:17,452 --> 00:26:19,389
They do the Oscars.
They do the Oscar tallies.
499
00:26:19,390 --> 00:26:21,562
They're a very respectable,
independent accounting firm.
500
00:26:21,662 --> 00:26:25,669
Price Waterhouse spent
six months doing an audit
501
00:26:25,670 --> 00:26:29,175
and it comes back in April.
502
00:26:29,176 --> 00:26:32,917
Last month,
it comes back and it shows
503
00:26:33,018 --> 00:26:35,622
Justin did not owe Scooter
a million.
504
00:26:35,623 --> 00:26:37,661
He owed him more
than eight million.
505
00:26:37,761 --> 00:26:39,295
- Oops.
- Almost nine million.
506
00:26:39,296 --> 00:26:41,199
- Almost nine million dollars.
- Almost nine million dollars.
507
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,337
Remember,
Justin's the one who asked
508
00:26:43,338 --> 00:26:44,907
for this independent audit
509
00:26:44,908 --> 00:26:47,011
and it gets it back and it
says he owes eight million.
510
00:26:47,012 --> 00:26:49,683
So that whole plan
has gone south.
511
00:26:49,684 --> 00:26:51,722
What we find out
is that after that,
512
00:26:51,822 --> 00:26:53,292
he doesn't like that number.
513
00:26:53,392 --> 00:26:54,828
His team does their own audit,
514
00:26:54,928 --> 00:26:57,700
but they won't tell us
what the results of that audit.
515
00:26:57,701 --> 00:27:00,673
And we've been talking
to both sides
516
00:27:00,674 --> 00:27:03,111
and they will not say
anything about it.
517
00:27:03,244 --> 00:27:06,585
They won't dispute the eight
plus million dollar figure.
518
00:27:06,685 --> 00:27:10,158
But we were told
he doesn't even want that money.
519
00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:15,704
By the way, if Justin
had just finished that tour,
520
00:27:15,804 --> 00:27:17,641
he would have made
90 million dollars.
521
00:27:17,775 --> 00:27:20,547
- Yeah, that's the estimate
that we've heard, right?
- 90 million dollars.
522
00:27:20,647 --> 00:27:22,550
When you're rolling in dough,
523
00:27:22,651 --> 00:27:25,055
all of this doesn't
matter that much.
524
00:27:25,156 --> 00:27:26,491
When you're broke,
525
00:27:26,592 --> 00:27:30,098
and you want to start blaming
people, that's when it matters.
526
00:27:30,099 --> 00:27:32,804
I was on a call
with multiple people.
527
00:27:32,805 --> 00:27:36,410
Justin's side acknowledges
that in 2022,
528
00:27:36,411 --> 00:27:37,946
he was on the verge of,
529
00:27:37,947 --> 00:27:40,887
and the words were,
"financial collapse."
530
00:27:41,221 --> 00:27:44,292
And that's why he had
to sell his catalog.
531
00:27:44,293 --> 00:27:48,068
He was so broke in 2022,
that he had to borrow--
532
00:27:48,168 --> 00:27:50,672
Will Bracey, who is
a member of the church--
533
00:27:50,673 --> 00:27:52,543
- And his C.O.O.
- And his C.O.O.
534
00:27:52,644 --> 00:27:55,248
He had to borrow Will's credit
card, so he could go play golf.
535
00:27:55,249 --> 00:27:57,118
- That's how broke he was.
- That's what we've heard.
536
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:58,488
He could not afford
a round of golf.
537
00:27:58,489 --> 00:27:59,723
But it's not cheap to be
538
00:27:59,724 --> 00:28:01,293
the biggest pop star
in the world.
539
00:28:02,598 --> 00:28:03,665
Turn your head!
540
00:28:03,666 --> 00:28:05,101
Justin! Justin!
541
00:28:05,102 --> 00:28:06,506
I just want you
to back up a bit.
542
00:28:07,841 --> 00:28:09,511
You're good, you're good.
543
00:28:09,711 --> 00:28:10,912
Yo, Justin,
you all right, big guy?
544
00:28:10,913 --> 00:28:12,415
He is the biggest
pop star in the world.
545
00:28:12,416 --> 00:28:14,554
Of course he has
to charter jets.
546
00:28:14,555 --> 00:28:16,491
Of course he has mega mansions.
547
00:28:16,592 --> 00:28:20,299
Which, by the way, we were told
he paid cash for all the houses.
548
00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:23,505
And it struck us
when he made that-- that sale,
549
00:28:23,506 --> 00:28:24,807
and they announced the sale.
550
00:28:24,808 --> 00:28:27,146
Justin Bieber just sold
his music catalog
551
00:28:27,246 --> 00:28:32,589
for an estimated measly
$200 million.
552
00:28:32,590 --> 00:28:34,259
- It was shocking.
- We were all like,
553
00:28:34,260 --> 00:28:37,767
why is Justin Bieber, at such
an early stage in his career,
554
00:28:37,867 --> 00:28:38,969
selling off his catalog?
555
00:28:39,103 --> 00:28:41,039
And there were other people
who were selling their catalogs,
556
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,612
- but they were all much older.
- They're much older.
557
00:28:43,613 --> 00:28:45,248
And so it was like,
why is he selling this--
558
00:28:45,249 --> 00:28:46,986
- Sold out of desperation.
- I'm telling you...
559
00:28:47,086 --> 00:28:49,824
Justin, Hailey,
and Michael Rhodes...
560
00:28:49,825 --> 00:28:51,093
His attorney.
561
00:28:51,094 --> 00:28:53,098
...went to Scooter and said,
562
00:28:53,198 --> 00:28:56,804
"We've gotta sell this catalog."
Scooter said no.
563
00:28:56,805 --> 00:28:59,142
And finally,
when Scooter realized
564
00:28:59,143 --> 00:29:01,181
they were gonna sell it,
this was in December,
565
00:29:01,281 --> 00:29:02,883
Scooter said,
at least wait until January,
566
00:29:02,884 --> 00:29:05,354
because you'll get a tax break
if you wait 'til January.
567
00:29:05,355 --> 00:29:08,227
And Justin said,
"I've gotta sell it now."
568
00:29:08,228 --> 00:29:10,565
And he sold it in December.
That's how broke he was.
569
00:29:10,566 --> 00:29:16,979
But, you know, how on earth
do you blow through
a billion bucks?
570
00:29:17,112 --> 00:29:19,216
Eight buses.
571
00:29:19,217 --> 00:29:23,325
Eight buses, one that you do
a renovation for two million on.
572
00:29:23,993 --> 00:29:26,229
Insisting on flying
on only heavy jets.
573
00:29:26,230 --> 00:29:28,234
Can't take a light, regular jet.
Justin and Hailey wanted to--
574
00:29:28,335 --> 00:29:29,738
You're talking about
The Justice Tour.
575
00:29:29,838 --> 00:29:31,106
Yeah, on The Justice Tour.
576
00:29:35,182 --> 00:29:36,985
I mean, he just spent and spent.
577
00:29:36,986 --> 00:29:38,788
Right now,
he's in Iceland,
578
00:29:38,789 --> 00:29:41,694
in a hotel
for almost $60,000 a night,
rented out the place.
579
00:29:41,695 --> 00:29:46,304
In Justin's defense,
he was 13 years old
when he became a star.
580
00:29:46,605 --> 00:29:47,440
He doesn't understand money.
581
00:29:47,541 --> 00:29:52,784
And, you know,
maybe Scooter should have,
582
00:29:52,951 --> 00:29:54,419
you know, schooled him better
583
00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:56,423
on money management
as he's growing up.
584
00:29:56,424 --> 00:29:59,128
Because like you said,
if he's a surrogate father,
585
00:29:59,129 --> 00:30:01,367
you've gotta do something
with your kid.
586
00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:02,871
And Justin was, I mean,
587
00:30:02,971 --> 00:30:06,409
from everybody we've talked to,
even on Justin's side,
588
00:30:06,410 --> 00:30:08,548
that he just spent wildly.
589
00:30:08,549 --> 00:30:11,588
This is almost
a psychology thing.
590
00:30:11,688 --> 00:30:14,594
That when you go broke
this way...
591
00:30:16,064 --> 00:30:17,465
you want to blame somebody.
592
00:30:17,466 --> 00:30:18,802
- Yeah.
- And...
593
00:30:18,903 --> 00:30:21,073
then the question is,
who's to blame?
594
00:30:21,074 --> 00:30:23,845
I think Scooter bears
some responsibility
595
00:30:23,846 --> 00:30:27,386
for not teaching him better
when it came to money.
596
00:30:27,486 --> 00:30:29,925
I mean, I think that's fair.
597
00:30:30,025 --> 00:30:31,561
To be fair to Scooter,
598
00:30:31,562 --> 00:30:34,534
maybe he attempted to, but how
much does a kid want to hear?
599
00:30:34,634 --> 00:30:35,368
Like...
600
00:30:35,503 --> 00:30:37,371
There's only so much
Scooter can do.
601
00:30:37,372 --> 00:30:39,243
And that's true of
not just a manager,
602
00:30:39,376 --> 00:30:40,444
that's true of a parent.
603
00:30:40,445 --> 00:30:43,050
Everything that we've seen
as far as legally,
604
00:30:43,051 --> 00:30:45,623
on contracts
and deals that were made...
605
00:30:45,723 --> 00:30:47,092
And audits, and audits.
606
00:30:47,193 --> 00:30:51,334
And audits, it seems very clear
that Scooter is owed money,
607
00:30:51,434 --> 00:30:54,239
and Scooter didn't do
anything underhanded.
608
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,311
Everything was in contracts
that Justin signed,
609
00:30:57,312 --> 00:30:59,249
and even reaffirmed,
years later.
610
00:30:59,250 --> 00:31:01,420
So, I don't see how
Scooter is wrong.
611
00:31:01,521 --> 00:31:04,828
I can see how Justin feels like
Scooter is the bad guy.
612
00:31:04,928 --> 00:31:07,766
But legally, he's not--
he's not in the wrong.
613
00:31:07,767 --> 00:31:12,409
And so,
then the question becomes,
614
00:31:12,543 --> 00:31:14,379
who's in Justin's ear?
615
00:31:16,819 --> 00:31:18,420
Coming up...
616
00:31:18,421 --> 00:31:19,890
Him having a relationship
with his pastor
617
00:31:19,891 --> 00:31:21,393
is not all that shocking.
618
00:31:21,394 --> 00:31:24,802
But when the pastor
is now sitting on the board
619
00:31:24,902 --> 00:31:27,105
of a company
that Justin founded,
620
00:31:27,106 --> 00:31:30,112
people who get cut out
of Justin's life
621
00:31:30,212 --> 00:31:31,982
are pointing a finger at Judah.
622
00:31:32,082 --> 00:31:33,586
Well, cut to the chase.
623
00:31:33,686 --> 00:31:36,457
They are saying, this is a cult.
624
00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:42,937
We meet once a month, guys.
625
00:31:54,695 --> 00:31:56,163
Move back.
Move back.
626
00:31:56,263 --> 00:31:59,838
There's a kinda common thread
that has gone through
627
00:31:59,938 --> 00:32:04,780
Justin Bieber's life
since he became famous.
628
00:32:04,781 --> 00:32:08,054
That he always has,
like, a Svengali.
629
00:32:08,522 --> 00:32:11,259
He had Scooter Braun,
who was not just his manager,
630
00:32:11,260 --> 00:32:13,297
but is like
a surrogate father.
631
00:32:13,298 --> 00:32:16,838
And then, you know,
he gets Carl Lentz,
632
00:32:16,939 --> 00:32:21,146
who is part of a church,
the pastor of a church,
Hillsong,
633
00:32:21,147 --> 00:32:23,151
that he just gloms on to.
634
00:32:23,251 --> 00:32:25,757
And he is Justin's guru.
635
00:32:26,190 --> 00:32:29,329
And now there's another one,
Judah Smith.
636
00:32:29,631 --> 00:32:32,804
And Judah Smith is different.
637
00:32:32,904 --> 00:32:37,446
Thank you, Justin,
for the opportunity.
638
00:32:37,547 --> 00:32:40,052
He has a ton of influence
over Justin.
639
00:32:40,152 --> 00:32:41,755
Some people are saying, like,
640
00:32:41,855 --> 00:32:43,390
he's actually
controlling Justin.
641
00:32:43,391 --> 00:32:45,029
And not just
his personal life,
642
00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:46,698
- his business life.
- Right.
643
00:32:46,699 --> 00:32:48,200
And that's where
it becomes
644
00:32:48,201 --> 00:32:50,439
an issue where it's not just
about, this is, I mean,
645
00:32:50,540 --> 00:32:52,577
Justin's been religious
for a long time.
646
00:32:52,677 --> 00:32:56,416
And so, him having
a relationship with his pastor
is not all that shocking.
647
00:32:56,417 --> 00:33:00,760
But when the pastor is now
sitting on the board
648
00:33:00,860 --> 00:33:02,796
of a company
that Justin founded...
649
00:33:02,797 --> 00:33:04,167
His clothing line. Drew House.
650
00:33:04,267 --> 00:33:05,535
...Drew House.
651
00:33:05,536 --> 00:33:07,873
And then that relationship
falls apart.
652
00:33:07,874 --> 00:33:09,810
Justin's relationship
with Ryan Good,
653
00:33:09,811 --> 00:33:12,182
who he co-founded
Drew House with.
654
00:33:13,852 --> 00:33:15,120
His best man
at his wedding.
655
00:33:15,121 --> 00:33:16,590
Best man
at his wedding.
656
00:33:16,591 --> 00:33:17,926
When that falls apart,
people start to--
657
00:33:17,927 --> 00:33:18,929
Scooter Braun,
and Scooter Braun--
658
00:33:19,029 --> 00:33:20,632
And Scooter Braun falls out.
659
00:33:20,633 --> 00:33:22,938
And everyone starts to,
particularly, let's be honest,
660
00:33:23,038 --> 00:33:26,043
the people who get cut out
of Justin's life,
661
00:33:26,277 --> 00:33:27,813
are pointing a finger at Judah.
662
00:33:27,914 --> 00:33:29,349
And saying that
there's something...
663
00:33:29,350 --> 00:33:31,120
He's the reason why.
664
00:33:31,221 --> 00:33:32,522
...that he's
saying or doing with Justin that
665
00:33:32,523 --> 00:33:35,294
makes Justin not trust all
these people
666
00:33:35,295 --> 00:33:38,300
who've been around him,
and helped him in his career,
667
00:33:38,301 --> 00:33:40,138
and personally,
up to this point.
668
00:33:40,238 --> 00:33:41,542
Well, cut to the chase.
669
00:33:41,976 --> 00:33:44,345
They are saying, this is a cult.
670
00:33:44,346 --> 00:33:46,617
And that Judah
is the cult leader.
671
00:33:46,618 --> 00:33:49,524
Judah has laughed at that.
672
00:33:56,237 --> 00:33:57,840
There's all of these
attacks that are being,
673
00:33:57,841 --> 00:34:00,377
you know, slewn at him,
and at Judah, and at Churchome.
674
00:34:00,378 --> 00:34:02,248
Saying that this is like a cult.
675
00:34:02,249 --> 00:34:04,152
It is not what they're
making it out to be.
676
00:34:04,253 --> 00:34:06,222
And I think it's because for
the first time in a long time,
677
00:34:06,223 --> 00:34:08,095
he has a circle of people
that are protecting him,
678
00:34:08,228 --> 00:34:09,597
and really care about him.
679
00:34:09,598 --> 00:34:12,134
And the people who are obviously
bringing these stories
680
00:34:12,135 --> 00:34:13,571
to the media
are threatened by that.
681
00:34:16,979 --> 00:34:21,420
We spoke with a woman
who actually sued the church.
682
00:34:23,158 --> 00:34:26,095
As staff member,
it became very clear
683
00:34:26,096 --> 00:34:29,936
and apparent to me that
one of the you have to do's
684
00:34:29,937 --> 00:34:33,210
was just, hey, you have to give
money back to the church.
685
00:34:33,211 --> 00:34:36,650
10% of your gross income,
this is a non-negotiable.
686
00:34:36,651 --> 00:34:41,662
To not tithe off of a paycheck
that comes from a tithe
687
00:34:41,762 --> 00:34:43,164
doesn't work for me.
688
00:34:43,298 --> 00:34:45,435
I'm just going to be real clear.
It just doesn't work for me.
689
00:34:45,536 --> 00:34:48,441
You are not as invested
as you think you are
690
00:34:48,542 --> 00:34:50,012
if there's
not a money trail.
691
00:34:50,112 --> 00:34:55,288
You are... painting
the picture of a cult.
692
00:34:56,090 --> 00:34:57,492
Mhmm
693
00:34:58,194 --> 00:34:59,463
Yep. Absolutely.
694
00:34:59,564 --> 00:35:02,335
I think Churchome is a cult.
Absolutely.
695
00:35:04,707 --> 00:35:08,180
The church tells us
Rachel Kellogg's lawsuit
was dismissed
696
00:35:08,181 --> 00:35:09,883
and her claims
have been settled.
697
00:35:09,884 --> 00:35:12,422
There must be more
than getting up
698
00:35:12,557 --> 00:35:15,963
and going to work
and getting a paycheck
and being a nice person.
699
00:35:15,964 --> 00:35:18,735
There must... be more.
700
00:35:18,736 --> 00:35:22,909
We asked to talk
to Judah and he wouldn't do it.
701
00:35:22,910 --> 00:35:24,380
They gave a statement.
702
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,083
"Judah served on
the Drew House Board
703
00:35:26,183 --> 00:35:28,119
at the request
of both Ryan and Justin
704
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,659
without receiving
any financial compensation."
705
00:35:30,660 --> 00:35:34,033
When Justin started
having issues with Scooter,
706
00:35:34,133 --> 00:35:39,844
a lot of people in that world
think Judah was the one
who drove the wedge.
707
00:35:39,845 --> 00:35:43,451
We're told Judah and Justin
were going to Scooter saying,
708
00:35:43,552 --> 00:35:45,321
"Why don't you love Jesus?"
709
00:35:45,421 --> 00:35:46,957
And Scooter's Jewish.
710
00:35:46,958 --> 00:35:49,363
And was really
pushing this, you know,
711
00:35:49,463 --> 00:35:52,469
excoriating Scooter
for not believing in Jesus.
712
00:35:52,604 --> 00:35:55,174
And then they have this meeting.
713
00:35:55,175 --> 00:35:56,977
It was supposed to be
a business meeting
714
00:35:56,978 --> 00:35:58,948
- with Justin and his attorney.
- Right.
715
00:35:58,949 --> 00:36:01,955
But Lou Taylor, his business
manager, was also there.
716
00:36:02,056 --> 00:36:03,390
Who was a member
of the church.
717
00:36:03,391 --> 00:36:05,762
Right. And Judah.
718
00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:08,400
What we're told by
an eyewitness is Justin goes
719
00:36:08,401 --> 00:36:11,641
into the meeting
and says, "You [bleep] me over.
720
00:36:11,642 --> 00:36:12,944
"You [bleep] me over."
721
00:36:13,044 --> 00:36:14,479
And just keeps repeating it.
722
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,385
And Scooter's like,
"What are you talking about?"
723
00:36:17,386 --> 00:36:20,825
I mean, it ain't hard
to decode this,
724
00:36:20,826 --> 00:36:23,097
that somebody was in his ear.
725
00:36:23,398 --> 00:36:26,604
And it sounds like Judah
and maybe Lou Taylor
726
00:36:26,605 --> 00:36:29,511
are in his ear saying, Scooter's
stealing money from you.
727
00:36:29,611 --> 00:36:31,947
Why were they going
after Scooter this way?
728
00:36:31,948 --> 00:36:33,518
We have eyewitnesses here.
729
00:36:33,619 --> 00:36:36,790
And the words
from Lou Taylor were,
730
00:36:36,791 --> 00:36:40,265
"I am also a woman of
the cloth and the ministry.
731
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:41,934
"Justin can forgive you,
732
00:36:41,935 --> 00:36:46,745
"but he can't move forward with
a relationship with you."
733
00:36:47,379 --> 00:36:49,685
How's his business
manager saying that?
734
00:36:49,918 --> 00:36:52,589
The best man at his wedding,
one of his closest friends--
735
00:36:52,590 --> 00:36:54,326
- Ryan Good.
- Ryan Good.
736
00:36:54,426 --> 00:36:59,603
What we're told is Justin
and Judah go up to Ryan one day
737
00:36:59,604 --> 00:37:02,543
and they start,
like, grilling him
738
00:37:02,544 --> 00:37:04,547
on his sex and dating life.
739
00:37:04,647 --> 00:37:06,550
Ryan,
from what we're told,
740
00:37:06,551 --> 00:37:08,556
he felt that it was invasive.
741
00:37:08,656 --> 00:37:11,293
And it really turned him off
from the church.
742
00:37:11,393 --> 00:37:13,330
- And we're told that--
- To Judah, not Justin.
743
00:37:13,430 --> 00:37:14,634
- To Judah.
- Well, yeah.
744
00:37:14,734 --> 00:37:16,269
So him and Judah
completely broke off.
745
00:37:16,270 --> 00:37:18,709
And we're told
this is when Ryan started
746
00:37:18,809 --> 00:37:20,580
to feel like
Churchome was a cult.
747
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,850
That's when he started
using the cult word.
748
00:37:22,851 --> 00:37:24,252
And Justin cut him off.
749
00:37:24,253 --> 00:37:26,390
Justin just
cut Ryan out of his life.
750
00:37:26,691 --> 00:37:31,167
Why is it that
Justin has just been isolating
751
00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:33,204
from everybody in his life?
752
00:37:33,338 --> 00:37:35,041
- Except the church.
- Except for Judah.
753
00:37:35,142 --> 00:37:36,678
Except for Judah.
754
00:37:41,054 --> 00:37:42,489
Coming up.
755
00:37:42,590 --> 00:37:45,360
His fans, like him, like
in the past five, ten years,
756
00:37:45,361 --> 00:37:46,598
he's gotten married,
he's had a kid.
757
00:37:46,698 --> 00:37:48,567
He's grown up.
And so are the fans.
758
00:37:48,568 --> 00:37:50,370
They probably
have kids now, too.
759
00:37:50,371 --> 00:37:52,342
If you're a teenager,
if you're 15, 16 years old
760
00:37:52,442 --> 00:37:54,312
right now
and a pop music fan,
761
00:37:54,313 --> 00:37:56,416
you were born
when "Baby" came out.
762
00:37:56,417 --> 00:37:59,155
It is crazy
to think that in his early 30s
763
00:37:59,156 --> 00:38:01,594
that he could
be a legacy act.
764
00:38:15,722 --> 00:38:19,730
So Justin's in Iceland right now
and he's recording music.
765
00:38:19,731 --> 00:38:24,373
The question, he has been
out of the game for a while.
766
00:38:24,808 --> 00:38:27,679
Can he come back
the way he was before?
767
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:28,882
He can.
768
00:38:28,982 --> 00:38:31,252
It's going to be a lot harder
than he maybe thinks it is.
769
00:38:31,253 --> 00:38:33,123
It's been four years
since his last album.
770
00:38:33,224 --> 00:38:34,358
Music has changed.
771
00:38:34,359 --> 00:38:35,795
There's been
a generational shift.
772
00:38:35,796 --> 00:38:37,566
And Justin is young.
He's in his early 30s.
773
00:38:37,666 --> 00:38:40,806
But he's been in the game
for over 15 years now.
774
00:38:40,906 --> 00:38:43,478
He's kind of
a veteran at this point.
775
00:38:43,579 --> 00:38:45,716
You would expect
that whatever this album is,
776
00:38:45,817 --> 00:38:49,690
that it's probably
like a number one,
777
00:38:49,691 --> 00:38:51,192
that it debuts at number one?
778
00:38:51,193 --> 00:38:52,863
It's guaranteed,
pretty much.
779
00:38:53,832 --> 00:38:57,172
There's still huge
demand for his music,
780
00:38:57,272 --> 00:38:59,243
both old
and potentially upcoming.
781
00:38:59,343 --> 00:39:02,650
He's still one of
the most streamed people
every month on Spotify.
782
00:39:02,750 --> 00:39:04,821
So there's been this buildup.
783
00:39:04,955 --> 00:39:08,628
And people are really excited
to hear whatever comes next.
784
00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:14,540
His fans, like him,
in the past five, ten years,
785
00:39:14,541 --> 00:39:16,277
he's gotten married,
he's had a kid.
786
00:39:16,377 --> 00:39:18,212
He's grown up.
And so have his fans.
787
00:39:18,213 --> 00:39:19,950
They probably
have kids now, too.
788
00:39:19,951 --> 00:39:22,122
If you're a teenager,
if you're 15,
16 years old right now,
789
00:39:22,222 --> 00:39:26,732
and a pop music fan,
you were born
when "Baby" came out.
790
00:39:26,832 --> 00:39:30,606
It is crazy
to think that in his early 30s
791
00:39:30,706 --> 00:39:32,174
that he could be
a legacy act.
792
00:39:32,175 --> 00:39:34,412
♪ I took my chick up to
the north, yeah, badass bitch ♪
793
00:39:34,413 --> 00:39:36,652
♪ I get my light right
from the source, yeah ♪
794
00:39:36,752 --> 00:39:37,519
Sing it!
795
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:38,888
He hated touring.
796
00:39:38,889 --> 00:39:41,928
He's canceled two tours
at various stages.
797
00:39:42,028 --> 00:39:45,535
And if you're a legacy act,
you can be in one place,
798
00:39:45,536 --> 00:39:48,574
night after night,
make a ton of money.
799
00:39:48,575 --> 00:39:51,580
He has a family,
doesn't like touring.
800
00:39:51,581 --> 00:39:53,817
He may embrace
being a legacy act.
801
00:39:53,818 --> 00:39:55,622
And does he want
to be a pop star?
802
00:39:55,756 --> 00:39:57,759
It's honestly the big question
that's not really been answered.
803
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,194
Does he want to play the game?
804
00:39:59,195 --> 00:40:00,599
Does he want
to do all those things
805
00:40:00,699 --> 00:40:02,435
you have to do
when you're a relevant pop star?
806
00:40:02,436 --> 00:40:04,339
Everything we've seen is
807
00:40:04,439 --> 00:40:06,075
he doesn't want
to be a pop star anymore.
808
00:40:06,076 --> 00:40:07,579
Doesn't seem like it.
809
00:40:07,580 --> 00:40:09,016
And by the way,
he'll still get a lot of money.
810
00:40:09,116 --> 00:40:12,956
It's not like he, like,
those hotels will pay him
811
00:40:12,957 --> 00:40:16,429
huge amounts of money
to do what Adele's doing.
812
00:40:16,430 --> 00:40:17,966
- Millions.
- Yes.
813
00:40:17,967 --> 00:40:20,705
Ultimately, their finances
are going to be fine.
814
00:40:20,706 --> 00:40:24,079
Regardless of what
he might be going through,
815
00:40:24,213 --> 00:40:25,616
she's sitting on a gold mine.
816
00:40:25,716 --> 00:40:27,385
Her company, Road Beauty,
817
00:40:27,386 --> 00:40:30,058
is valued at more than
a billion dollars.
818
00:40:30,291 --> 00:40:32,996
♪ What you want from me?
What you want from me? ♪
819
00:40:33,130 --> 00:40:35,401
♪ I wanna know ♪
820
00:40:35,402 --> 00:40:37,271
Hey, not a bad life.
821
00:40:37,272 --> 00:40:40,745
You do a couple residencies,
spend what you want to spend,
822
00:40:40,746 --> 00:40:42,917
you run out of money,
you just do it again.
823
00:40:43,017 --> 00:40:45,186
The good thing for him
is he's in his early 30s
824
00:40:45,187 --> 00:40:46,790
and can do whatever he wants.
825
00:40:46,791 --> 00:40:48,361
He can make music
if he wants to.
826
00:40:48,461 --> 00:40:49,898
He can make the kind of music
he wants to.
827
00:40:49,998 --> 00:40:51,701
He can play the game
and be a pop star.
828
00:40:51,801 --> 00:40:53,070
The fans will be there
if he chooses it.
829
00:40:53,170 --> 00:40:55,207
If he doesn't,
it doesn't mean anything to him.
830
00:40:55,208 --> 00:40:56,710
His legacy's set.
831
00:40:56,711 --> 00:40:59,415
Everybody give it up
for Justin Bieber.