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The Kid LAROI<\/strong><\/a> is opening up about his friendship with Justin Bieber<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n The 21-year-old Australian performer met the 30-year-old \u201cAnyone\u201d singer years ago, and they even collaborated on the song \u201cStay<\/a>\u201d in 2021.<\/p>\n In a new interview, The Kid LAROI<\/strong> dished being a role model, and opened up about their first meeting and how he\u2019s leaned on him a lot, revealing Justin <\/strong>checks in on him every day.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFor me, I think the whole thing about being a role model is usually looked at as being like these things we\u2019re talking about like a perfect person [who] never [makes] a wrong move. And if that\u2019s what it means than I don\u2019t want to be a role model. Or like, maybe we redefine what that means because it\u2019s just not attainable,\u201d he said on The KIIS Network\u2019s Will & Woody<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, when we talk about having our own opinions and stuff, it\u2019s also another thing you got to just get right with yourself too, and just be like, there is a lot of pressure to be a role model or to do things perfectly, but understanding within myself, like I\u2019m just a guy,\u201d The Kid LAROI<\/strong> added. \u201cI\u2019m just a human. I\u2019m not going to get everything right and kind of like myself being okay with that, because I\u2019m also not okay with not being perfect. So, I think being able to have that acceptance in yourself, like you know what, I\u2019m going to try my best, but I\u2019m not going to get everything right, I think like having that is like the first kind of step.\u201d<\/p>\n He then got into his relationship with Justin Bieber<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, he\u2019s honestly part of the reason probably why I am kind of thinking like this a little bit [on being a role model]. He\u2019s the man and I would say I\u2019ve totally leaned on him a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cHe has the best advice, the best knowledge when it comes to that stuff. Even just everything he\u2019s been through at such an extreme. What I go through is not even a 10th of what he had to go through. So, I think a lot of it is definitely having a big bro you can go to who\u2019s already been through everything like times ten.\u201d<\/p>\n On how they became friends, he revealed, \u201cHe DM\u2019d me on Instagram and said something like, \u2018love your music\u2019 or something and he sent me a song that he put on his album Justice<\/em>. And I think the first time we hung, he invited me to the studio to come and like, listen to the album. And I think the next time we played basketball at his house and it was just kind of natural like that from there.\u201d<\/p>\n LAROI<\/strong> continued, \u201cWe just stayed in touch, and he\u2019s just always been super. I mean, that\u2019s a really cool thing about him that\u2019s so special is like, he\u2019s just so open and welcoming and always hitting me [up] every day like, \u2018hey, how are you feeling? Are you good?\u2019 You know, that translates to me as well, because then I pick up on that I pass it on and like, I\u2019ll check up on him or I\u2019ll text a friend or my brother or something. It helps you want to pass on that type of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n Back in October, The Kid LAROI<\/strong> and girlfriend Tate McRae<\/strong><\/a> joined Justin<\/strong> at his wife Hailey Bieber<\/strong>\u2018s Rhode<\/em> party<\/a>!<\/p>\n \n