Crisis Averted: Justin Bieber Loses No Followers
EVEN though Justin Bieber has been in a fair amount of trouble lately, this week, his ears will be going hot with embarrassment after a video was published which showed him telling a racist joke.
Bieber says: “Why are black people afraid of chain saws?” The punchline is both racist and not very funny. To save us from laboriously spelling it out and explaining it in text, you can see the joke here.
Professional ambulance chasers, TMZ, are the people responsible for the video and, apparently, have had it for a while. You see, Bieber was 15 years old when he told the joke. TMZ decided not to share it with the world because of his age and because he “immediately told his friends what he did was stupid.”
However, they’ve shared it now.
Of course, this leaves Bieber in full damage control and he issued a statement and apology for the offending joke. The 20 year old now says:
“As a young man, I didn’t understand the power of certain words and how they can hurt. I thought it was OK to repeat hurtful words and jokes, but didn’t realize at the time that it wasn’t funny and that in fact my actions were continuing the ignorance.
“I take my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologize for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake. I was a kid then and I am a man now who knows my responsibility to the world and to not make that mistake again.”
The thing is, Bieber isn’t a man now. Like all 20 year olds, he thinks he is, but he’s barely out of nappies. We can fully expect to see more mistakes from the young and wildly wealthy JB.
Posted: 2nd, June 2014 | In: Music Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
