Justin Bieber and former mentor Usher — both former protégés of Sean “Diddy” Combs — reportedly got into a “heated exchange” when the Grammy winners were at Beyonce’s recent Oscars after-party.
Insiders linked to Bieber, 32, told TMZ that 47-year-old Usher was aggravated when he approached his former mentee with a certain “energy.” Bieber, though, reportedly has a history of being rude to the Usher, with sources telling the outlet The Biebs has been making an effort to “erase everyone in his past.”
Though sources deny chatter that the confrontation got physical, they confirmed to the outlet that the pair of singers — last seen together in 2022 — had a brief, albeit “heated exchange.”
In October 2024, shortly after Combs, 56, was arrested for sexual abuse, sex trafficking and racketeering, there were reports of a sex tape featuring the mogul and a younger male celebrity.
Many at the time believed the younger party to be either Bieber or Usher, both of whom were previously mentored by Combs.
At the time, insiders told Us Weekly that Bieber was “completely disgusted” by the allegations and that his association to Diddy was “in his past, and that’s where he wants to leave it.”
Bad Boy Records founder Diddy was convicted last year of transportation for prostitution and is expected to be freed from New Jersey’s Fort Dix federal correctional institute on April 25, 2028.
It’s unclear, though, whether any authorities were called to Beyonce's party — where Bieber’s wife Hailey was also in attendance.
Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z’s Academy Awards after-party is one of the most exclusive of the post-Oscars bashes. This year’s event was attended by newly minted Academy Award winners Michael B. Jordan and his Sinners director Ryan Coogler, as well as nominees Teyana Taylor, Timothée Chalamet, Jacob Elordi and Emma Stone.
Taylor Swift and fiancé Travis Kelce were also reportedly partying with their fellow A-listers. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
