A “new” video of Justin Bieber has surfaced, and it features a 15-year-old Biebs telling a racist joke about black people. Am I surprised? No. Justin’s trying to look cool in front of his “crew” as he asks why black people are afraid of chainsaws. He then makes chainsaw noises and drops the n-word five times. We won’t publish the video, but you can see it on YouTube. The Sun broke the news and says Team Swag is very upset: “This video is Justin Bieber and his camp’s worst nightmare. Even after the year he’s had, when he’s never been far from controversy, this tops the lot.”
Will this video affect Justin’s career at all? I don’t know. People are used to him doing really dumb things all the time. Stuff like getting busted sneaking out of a brothel, cussing out cops when he got arrested, whining like a baby during depositions, and making his fans cry. His legion of Beliebers isn’t growing, and many of them have grown out of their fandom. Will this video be the nail in the Swaggy coffin? Justin reportedly tried to purchase the video to keep it out of circulation, so he must be worried. He always thinks he is the victim, you know? TMZ says Bieber is “frustrated and sad” over the video’s release.
As I’m finishing up this post, Bieber’s camp has issued a public statement on the matter to TMZ. Mr. Saggy Pants totally did not write this all by himself. I doubt he even read this letter before TMZ saw it:
“As a kid, I didn’t understand the power of certain words and how they can hurt. I thought it was ok to repeat hurtful words and jokes, but didn’t realize at the time that it wasn’t funny and that in fact my actions were continuing the ignorance.
“Thanks to friends and family I learned from my mistakes and grew up and apologized for those wrongs. Now that these mistakes from the past have become public I need to apologize again to all those I have offended.
“I’m very sorry. I take my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologize for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake. I was a kid then and I am a man now who knows my responsibility to the world and to not make that mistake again.
“Ignorance has no place in our society and I hope the sharing of my faults can prevent others from making the same mistake in the future. I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say but telling the truth is always what’s right.
“Five years ago I made a reckless and immature mistake and I’m grateful to those close to me who helped me learn those lessons as a young man. Once again….I’m sorry.”
[From TMZ]
According to this letter, “Bieber” partially blames his racist words on young age. I think that’s a crap excuse, but the rest of the apology is very well-written. Bieber can’t even string two words together on Twitter, so we know he didn’t write this. Team Swag put in some serious overtime this weekend to help their boy. Characterizing Bieber’s joke as “ignorance” could help people forgive Bieber for acting like a racist d-bag, but I’m not buying it. Do you accept this apology?
Photos courtesy of WENN
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