Justin Bieber Opens Up About Anger and Trauma: “I Know I’m Broken”

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Justin Bieber is once again peeling back the curtain on his private world, this time, through a series of emotionally raw Instagram posts that have the internet split between concern and support.

On Sunday, June 15, the 31-year-old pop star shared screengrabs of a tense text exchange with an unnamed person. The messages revealed a fracture in their relationship over how Bieber expresses anger and deals with trauma. “Asking a traumatized person not to be traumatized is simply mean,” the first slide read.

 

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The conversation ended with Bieber blocking the friend, accusing them of invalidating his emotional responses and stating firmly: This friendship is officially over.”

Bieber later expanded on the ongoing situation, voicing his frustration with unsolicited advice. He wrote,People keep telling me to heal. Don’t you think that if I could have fixed myself, I would have already? I know I’m broken, and I recognize that I have anger issues.”

He followed up with a series of images—one of him smoking, another smiling while flipping the bird—before capping it with a poignant confession: “Jesus is the only person who keeps me wanting to make my life about others.”

 

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Fans are reading between the lines. Some applaud his candor about mental health, while others worry about his erratic tone.

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Bieber’s posts unfolded on Father’s Day itself, which he spent with his wife, Hailey Bieber, and their son, Jack Blues Bieber, born in August 2024. The couple had returned home after a date night, and the singer showed off a haul of gifts, including an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch, two Prada backpacks, and a new Apple laptop, marking his first Father’s Day celebration.

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Hailey Bieber has remained publicly quiet amid Justin’s emotional posts, but she recently showed support for him while accepting the Beauty Innovator Award at the 2025 Fashion Los Angeles Awards.

“I want to thank my husband for supporting this dream of mine from the beginning and for always cheering me on,” she said during her acceptance speech. Her praise for Justin, delivered onstage, came despite persistent public scrutiny surrounding their relationship and his mental health.

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