UPDATE: Justin
Bieber issued a formal apology following the video's release. He tells
Us Weekly: "As a kid, 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.
"Thanks to friends and family I
learned from my mistakes and grew up and apologized for those wrongs.
Now that these mistakes from the past have become public I need to
apologize again to all those I have offended. I'm very sorry. 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. Ignorance has no place in our society and I hope the
sharing of my faults can prevent others from making the same mistake in
the future. I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say but
telling the truth is always what's right. Five years ago I made a
reckless and immature mistake and i'm grateful to those close to me who
helped me learn those lessons as a young man. Once again....I'm sorry."
Uh oh! Justin Bieber is once again making headlines and this time he may have gone too far. The Sun
has released an old video of the now 20-year-old which was taken when
the singer was 14, telling an offensive, racist joke on camera.
"Why are black people afraid of
chainsaws?" the Biebs begins, before delivering the expletive-filled
punchline, "Run n-----, n-----, n-----, n-----, n-----."
The Sun also reported that the "Boyfriend" singer's team tried to buy up the video to keep it out of the public.
This latest incident is just
another in the string of offenses from the Canadian pop sensation. After
getting arrested for a DUI in January, Bieber has had run-ins with his
neighbors over egg-throwing claims and is being investigated for
attempted robbery.
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