Rumors of turbulence between Justin and Hailey Bieber have been running riot ever since the singer appeared to briefly ‘unfollow’ his wife on Instagram in late January via Daily Mail.
He jumped online to claim he had been ‘hacked.’ However, other signs of private strife became more difficult to explain away.
A recent trip to New York City together – along with their 6-month-old baby boy, Jack Blues – was seen by some as particularly alarming.
Justin was spotted in freezing winter temperatures, variously looking gaunt and at other times shirtless (apparently he was having spa treatments).
Meanwhile, model Hailey was rarely seen with him. On one occasion, the couple even dined separately at the same restaurant in West Village – with Justin arriving around 45 minutes after his wife had left.
Then on Tuesday, Justin dropped a bleary-eyed footage to his Instagram of him seemingly on-board a plane and rapping about getting high (‘I fly high like a magpie, I go high like I’m that guy’). Some concerned fans branded the bizarre clip ‘desperate’ and ‘sad’.
Now, insiders have spoken to the Daily Mail to provide an intimate insight into the couple’s 6-year marriage.
There has been the much-publicized fallout surrounding Justin’s former musical mentor, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs – who was arrested last September for a string of heinous s*x crimes, which he denies, including trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
As a rising teen star, Justin was partly taken under the mogul’s wing. And, in November 2009, the then 15-year-old spent an infamous 48-hour period with Diddy while seemingly unsupervised.
But then there is more complicated spectre of Justin’s ex-girlfriend and fellow global popstar, Selena Gomez. The 32-year-old star had enjoyed an on-and-off romance with Justin between 2010 and 2018 – got engaged to producer Benny Blanco in December.
Justin, a source stated, had ‘mixed feelings’ about the news, and not least because he used to consider Blanco – who has produced several of Bieber’s songs, including the 2016 hit ‘Cold Water’ – to be one of his ‘closest friends’.
‘[Justin] confided in Benny about his heartbreak over Selena,’ the source added. ‘In a way, Justin felt betrayed [over the engagement], even though he knew he had no right to feel that way.’
Meanwhile, insiders claim Hailey has also been dealing with her own ‘struggles’ since becoming a mother last August, which have – perhaps inevitably – put a strain on their marriage.
‘She has been struggling with the emotional turmoil that many women experience after having a baby,’ a source alleged. ‘Justin has been bearing the brunt of it.’
But that is, perhaps, only one side of the story. For other insiders place more of the blame on Justin, claiming his alleged ‘loose cannon’ behavior has impacted their relationship.
‘Hailey loves him madly but he’s a loose cannon,’ a source told the Daily Mail. ‘Some of her friends have advised her to go it alone and leave him.’
Earlier this month, after that strange New York trip, another insider claimed that Hailey was ‘deeply concerned’ and didn’t know ‘where to turn [for] help’.
