Justin Bieber seemingly poked fun at the rumors about his drug use with a social media video of him smoking.
On Thursday, February 27, Bieber, 30, uploaded a video to his Instagram Story that showed him smoking what appeared to be a joint. The clip showed Bieber smiling directly into the lens as he held the joint. The song “Attitude” by Don Toliver played in the background.
Bieber then took a puff of the joint and blew smoke out while looking at the camera. As the screen fogged up with smoke, Bieber remained silent and continued to grin and approached the camera closer.
The singer took a second puff and smiled even more. At one point, he closed his eyes and placed his hands under his chin.
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As the song continued to play, Bieber started dancing. He then took an additional puff as he bounced to the beat.
This isn’t the first time Bieber alluded to drug use on his social media. On Tuesday, February 25, Bieber raised eyebrows when he posted a video of himself rapping about being “high.”
“I fly high like a magpie / I go high like I’m that guy,” he lip-synced while swaying back and forth alongside the track.
Bieber was joined by a friend who appeared to have a cigarette in his mouth.
Both videos came shortly after a representative for Bieber addressed the rumors that the “Baby” musician was using drugs.
The rep told TMZ in a Sunday, February 23, statement that speculation about Bieber using drugs are “absolutely not true,” labeling the speculation “exhausting and pitiful.” The statement added that the chatter surrounding Bieber’s mental health “shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”
Justin sparked concern from fans in January after eagle-eyed social media users noticed he was not following his wife, Hailey Bieber, on Instagram. However, Hailey was still following Justin on the platform. (The couple wed in 2018 and share son Jack Blues, 6 months.)
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After making headlines for the alleged unfollow, Justin took to social media to claim his account was hacked.
“Someone went on my account and unfollowed my wife,” he claimed at the time. “S— is getting suss out here.”
In addition to the unfollowing incident, Justin was spotted out and about wearing sweats and leaving a spa shirtless.
“He’s just being himself and won’t create a squeaky clean image just because the public wants him to,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly earlier this month.
