Fans have been buzzing with theories that Justin Bieber might be using drugs after photos surfaced showing him looking disheveled in New York.
A spokesperson for Justin and Hailey spoke to TMZ, dismissing the drug rumors as “exhausting.” The rep mentioned that Justin’s past year has been “very transformative” as he “ended several close friendships and business relationships that no longer served him.”
The spokesperson explained that the couple is busy raising their 6-month-old son, Jack Blues, while Justin focuses on his health and making music.
The rep dismissed the speculation as “pitiful,” stating that “despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”
Concern sparked earlier this month when Bieber was spotted in NYC with dark circles under his eyes. According to TMZ, he had simply pulled an all-nighter in the studio and was helping care for his baby who was having sleep issues.
TMZ reports that Bieber got clean back in 2014, quitting prescription pills and other powerful substances.
In a 2021 conversation with GQ, he revealed his drug use had become so severe that his security team would check his pulse during the night.
“There was a sense of still yearning for more,” Justin told the magazine then. “It was like I had all this success and it was still like: ‘I’m still sad, and I’m still in pain. And I still have these unresolved issues.’ And I thought all the success was going to make everything good.”
He continued, “And so for me, the drugs were a numbing agent to just continue to get through.”
