Justin Bieber has once again sparked concern with fans after a series of cryptic and sometimes angry social media posts.
On Sunday night, the 31-year-old pop star revealed he had broken off a relatively new friendship with an unknown person who he claimed was playing down the impact of his own ‘trauma’.
In another Instagram post, he shared a shirtless selfie which didn’t include his face, and urged: ‘Quit f***ing with me. I’m really not the one.’
In screenshots of a text exchange with a pal, Justin insisted he ‘will never suppress my emotions for someone. Conflict is part of a relationship. If you don’t like my anger you don’t like me.’
He also claimed his anger ‘is a response to the pain’ he’s been through, in a series of fiery messages.
‘Asking a traumatized person not to be traumatized is simply mean,’ he continued, as the unnamed friend insisted they are ‘not used to someone lashing out’, adding: ‘It’s not that I don’t see and feel your anger.’
Bieber claimed ‘this friendship is officially over’ because he will ‘never accept a man calling my anger lashing out’.
He said the relationship was ‘short lived’, and that he’d told the other person he ‘didn’t need’ them as a friend as he has others who ‘respect these boundaries’
He branded the person a ‘p***y’ in another message, and told them to ‘please leave me alone now’, before blocking them.
In other posts shared on Sunday night, Bieber shared what appeared to be a picture of himself smoking a joint, while a lot of the posts were captioned with a middle finger emoji.
Other posts included him smiling in red novelty sunglasses and a ‘Where is the romance’ t-shirt, and pictures with his wife Hailey Bieber as he revealed they’d ‘made it home from a lil date night getaway’.
Alongside another selfie on Father’s Day, Bieber wrote: ‘I’m a dad that’s not to be f***ed with.’
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The posts have sparked further concern from fans, with some urging him to ‘take a step back’ and to ‘get off Instagram for a couple days’.
‘Some things are better dealt privately J,’ commented follower @niceshoesarbi underneath the text exchange with the former friend.
‘Somebody needs to grab his phone and run it over, replied @kfgsmama8416 under another post.
The string of several posts over a few hours comes in the wake of increasingly erratic behavior from the Canadian singer, whose recent activity on social media has sparked worry among followers.
Last week, he uploaded snaps of himself and baby Jack, with Bieber in a loose Balenciaga tee, and his son in patterned red shorts.
One sweet image showed the toddler nestled in his father’s arms, while the caption was again a single middle finger emoji.
User @kaylaabeard commented: ‘Why the middle finger with Jack?’, while @offmybieb agreed: ‘The middle finger emoji is sending me!’
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