{"id":10370,"date":"2025-06-02T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/?p=10370"},"modified":"2025-06-02T17:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:18:05","slug":"justin-bieber-facing-backlash-for-disgusting-comment-about-haileys-appearance-but-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/2025\/06\/02\/justin-bieber-facing-backlash-for-disgusting-comment-about-haileys-appearance-but-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bieber facing backlash for &#8216;disgusting&#8217; comment about Hailey&#8217;s appearance &#8211; but why?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;custom-post-title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Black Han Sans|700||on|||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;46px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;4px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;25px||5px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h1>Justin Bieber facing backlash for resurfaced comment about Hailey &#8211; but why?<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;intro-wrap&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|600|on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#808080&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>These two can&#8217;t escape public scrutiny.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;credit-name&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Black Han Sans|||on|||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_4_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><strong>Words by Charley Ross<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1340143161.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Hailey and Justin&#8221; title_text=&#8221;The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion &#8211; Arrivals&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<p>A 2020 clip of Justin Bieber making a joke about his wife Hailey\u2019s pre-pregnancy body has resurfaced and gone viral \u2013 and fans aren\u2019t happy.<\/p>\n<p>It shows the couple driving in a car, when Justin turns to Hailey and says, smiling into the camera: &#8216;If you weren\u2019t so hot, I would\u2019ve got rid of you a long time ago&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What could\u2019ve been interpreted as a joke has been taken quite badly by some fans.One called his words \u2018abuse\u2019 and another posted: &#8216;No words. That man would never see me again or he would never see the light of day again.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Justin that is RUDE and DISGUSTING thing to say to your wife. You aren\u2019t hot btw. Disrespect a woman like that? Red flag,&#8217; one fumed, and other wrote \u2018this is a crazy thing to say to your gf\/fiance\/wife (idk what they where at the time).&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He doesn\u2019t love her and she doesn\u2019t love herself either,\u2019 another posted.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Justin had already infuriated fans with his post following the drop of Hailey\u2019s\u00a0Vogue\u00a0interview. His Instagram post read: &#8216;Yo this reminds me when Hailey and I got into a huge fight. I told Hails that she would never be on the cover of Vogue.\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2197492265.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Hailey and Justin&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Celebrity Sightings in New York City &#8211; February 06, 2025&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>&#8216;Yikes, I know, so mean. For some reason because I felt so disrespected I thought I gotta get even\u2026 Think as we mature we realise that we\u2019re not helping anything by getting even&#8230; we\u2019re honestly just prolonging what we really want which is intimacy and connection.<\/p>\n<p>His post ended with a direct message to Hailey: &#8216;So baby u already know but forgive me for saying u wouldn\u2019t get a Vogue cover cuz clearly I was sadly mistaken.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Backlash has followed, with critics suggesting that Justin isn\u2019t showing the appropriate amount of support for his wife, who has just sold her cosmetics brand Rhode for $800 million in cash and stock upfront, with another $200 million contingent on future growth, per The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Hailey herself wrote on Instagram of the sale: \u2018When I launched @rhode in 2022, I always had big dreams for the company, and the most important thing to me is to keep bringing rhode to more spaces, places, and faces globally. So today I am so incredibly excited and proud to announce that we are partnering with e.l.f. Beauty as we step into this next chapter in the world of rhode.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I feel invigorated, excited and more ready than ever to step into an even bigger role as Chief Creative Officer, and Head of Innovation of rhode as well as strategic advisor to e.l.f. Beauty,\u2019 she added.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;custom-quote&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Libre Bodoni|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8216;I feel invigorated.&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>A-list names and friends of the Biebers such as Paris Hilton, Emily Ratakowski, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian immediately posted their support and congratulations at the sale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Justin\u2019s repost of Hailey\u2019s Rhode success didn\u2019t have a caption, leading to suggestions that he was in \u2018caption jail\u2019. \u2018Daddy\u2019s not allowed to do captions anymore\u2019 a fan wrote.<br \/>Fans have called Justin\u2019s previous jokes \u2018unnecessary\u2019, with one posting &#8216;Why would you write something like that&#8230; put that phone down please\u2019. Others have questioned why he might be \u2018sadly mistaken\u2019 when he said that Hailey wouldn\u2019t manage to get a\u00a0Vogue\u00a0cover \u2013 suggesting he wouldn\u2019t be happy for her.<br \/>Hailey has opened up in detail during said\u00a0Vogue\u00a0interview about her birthing experience as well as her pregnancy, and her brushes with depression, low mood and the pressures she\u2019s put on herself as a new mum.<br \/>\u2018Every day I have to talk to myself, like, Hailey, you had a baby,\u2019 she said. \u2018You grew a human. You birthed a human. It\u2019s okay. Give yourself grace. Give yourself time.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>She described motherhood itself as \u2018my biggest teacher so far,\u2019 and \u2018the biggest teacher in my relationship. \u2018You see your partner so differently,\u2019 she said, describing Justin as an amazing and natural dad.<\/p>\n<p>Hailey also described the ways in which Justin revered her when she was going through pregnancy and childbirth, recounting him feeling like \u2018My woman is a god. A superhero. I could never.\u2019At least that was the case for me,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>And above all, Justin did put on the record that his marriage to Hailey was his smartest move. \u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of dumb things in my life,\u201d he wrote to\u00a0Vogue\u00a0by email, \u201cbut the smartest thing I\u2019ve ever done was marry Hailey,\u201d describing the expansion of his family as \u2018walking in the days I always dreamed of.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So we\u2019re led to believe that there\u2019s a slight difference between the jokes Justin posts online about his wife and his IRL behaviour, especially as Hailey has made it clear how painful speculation about her relationship is, referring to \u2018people being like,\u00a0They\u2019re getting divorced\u00a0and\u00a0They\u2019re this\u00a0and\u00a0They\u2019re not happy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is such a mindfuck. I cannot even begin to explain it. 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