Marilyn Manson tells of Bieber's ‘bad mistake'

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Justin Bieber and Marilyn Manson would undoubtedly make for a very unlikely friendship — the type only found in the fictional universe of buddy cop movies, perhaps. So, despite rumours of the two hamming it up years ago, it’s no surprise they’re not actually close at all and are, as of now, nemeses — at least if you ask Manson.

The world assumed the two were chummy back when Bieber was spotted wearing a Manson T-shirt at a concert, and Manson then wore a Bieber T-shirt at one of his shows. Seeing an opportunity to make some hard cold cashola, Bieber then started selling vintage Manson shirts, but with his name on top of them, and for a whopping $200 each, NME reports.

In a new interview with Consequence of Sound, Manson says that when he met Bieber, “he was wearing the shirt that had his name on my shirt, and he said to me, ‘I made you relevant again.’ "

Manson was not having it and laid down the law.

“Bad mistake to say to me,” Manson said. “He was a real piece of shit in the way he had the arrogance to say that. He was a real touchyfeely guy, too, like, ‘yo yo bro!’ and touches you when he’s talking. I’m like, ‘you need to stand down, you’re dick height on me, OK?’ ‘All right? So stand down son.’ ”

So pissed off was Manson, unable to erase the memory of Bieber’s hallowed touch, that he even totally joshed the young singer by telling him he’d totally drop by one of his shows and then — psych! — didn’t show up at all!

“The next day I told him I’d be at his sound check at Staples Center to do Beautiful People,” Manson explained, saying Bieber “believed that I’d show up, because he was that stupid.”

The Beebz took it all in stride. Manson said he ended up taking all the proceeds from the shirts, and that Bieber and his team “didn’t even fight, they were just like, ‘yeah, we already know, we did wrong, so here’s the money.’ ” So while Manson may have pocketed some extra change, it was all thanks to Bieber. In fact, their entire so-called squabble is what’s got Manson back in the headlines, if only for a day.