Adele defends Justin Bieber after he was booed at her concert

Speaking during her recent gig at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, Adele, 28, asked concertgoers if they planned to attend Justin's upcoming show at the same stadium next week, but her question was greeted by boos from her fans. However, she quickly rushed to defend the 23-year-old star, saying: "If you started out at 12, you'd be like that too, okay!" Justin has been a controversial figure since shooting to fame with his single 'Baby' in 2010 and has had a number of issues with the law, paparazzi and fans. In 2016, Justin revealed he would not be bringing his 'Purpose' world tour to Argentina, after he was warned in 2015 that he would be arrested if he entered the country again. Judge Albert Julio Banos allegedly ordered the 'Boyfriend' hitmaker's "immediate detention" because of a warrant stemming from an incident which took place in Buenos Aires in 2013. His bodyguards, Hugo Alcides Hesny and Terrence Reche Smalls, were also allegedly subject to the same warrant. The incident saw photographer Diego Pensoa accuse Justin's bodyguards of attacking him at a club in the country's capital city. It was alleged that Justin ordered the attack and his warrant came about because he never answered questions about the incident before leaving the country. Prior to that incident he was accused by the Argentine government of desecrating the country's flag by kicking it off stage when he was performing in Bueno Aires. In 2014, he was ordered to pay $81,000 in damages to a neighbor after pleading no contest to a vandalism charge over an egg-throwing incident.