Justin Bieber lashed out at “disrespectful” paparazzi this weekend after he was photographed leaving breakfast with his wife, Hailey.
Video published by TMZ shows the pop star, 30, heading to his car after dining at LA’s Beverly Glen Deli when a photographer – not one from the outlet – shouts out a “thank you” to Bieber.
“Yo, why do you thank me?” the Grammy winner snapped. “That’s disrespectful when you thank me, ’cause I’m not asking you to be here. You know what I mean?”
Though the paparazzo explained he was just expressing gratitude for everything Bieber does “for us,” the singer doubled down, saying he doesn’t want the photographer to be there in the first place.
“Just take your pictures and let me do my thing,” he continued. “I don’t want you to be here. … Don’t thank me for everything.”
It wasn’t the first time the Sorry crooner has confronted onlookers for behavior he deemed unacceptable.
In early August, he was filmed yelling at a group of teenagers who were seemingly harassing him and Hailey as they met for lunch at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills. Hailey was pregnant at the time and mere weeks away from giving birth.
On Aug 23, the couple announced they’d welcomed their first child, baby boy Jack Blues.
Despite their pregnancy seeming to quiet speculation the Biebers were headed for divorce, rumours picked up again not long after Jack was born.
The chatter continued as recently as this week after Justin posted a cryptic Instagram Story about maturing and “letting go.”
“Changing is about letting go! Not trying harder!” he wrote in part on Thursday (Feb 20). “Today I’m letting go and remembering the weight isn’t on me to change. The weight is on God.”
The duo, who have been married since late 2018, have repeatedly denied split speculation. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
