Bieber hits fan who grabbed him
Justin Bieber is gallivanting around Europe on his current tour. And while he’s been across the pond, the Stratford, Ont.-raised singer has caused quite a ruckus.
On Tuesday night, TMZ caught the star on video, acting in a lessthan-charitable manner.
It was shot in Barcelona, as Bieber, 22, rolled up to the concert venue where he was set to perform. The video began with voices of young women, speaking in Spanish, shouting, “Here, Justin!”
The pop star sat in the back of the regal black car, window down, when a man’s arm shot wildly through the open window.
With eager affection, it rubbed Bieber’s upper pectoral, clad in a white sweater. Quickly, the enthusiastic fan’s skyscraper-like coiffure came into view, as the car passed by the gaze of TMZ’s camera.
The fan hung on for a moment, desperately clinging to the pop star, until Bieber’s arm shot through the open window like a Jack from a box. His fist struck the perhaps overly passionate fan across the jaw.
Then the fan paced for a bit, back and forth and back and forth, his mouth agape, blood staining his lips. It’s difficult to ascertain if he was angry, excited or some deeply confused mixture of the two emotions.
“Justin felt threatened and reacted in the best way he thought possible,” an unnamed source told Hollywood Life.
The video is far from shocking. After all the Biebs has a history — from driving under the influence to abandoning a monkey, to egging his neighbours’ house in California.
The quick act of violence came days after his name filled the tabloids along with a striking photos of his pearly washboard abs — on which he recently had the words “Son of God” scrawled in black ink.