{"id":173385,"date":"2025-06-08T18:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/08\/justin-bieber-rants-about-god-and-ketamine-freaks-fans-out\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:20:15","slug":"justin-bieber-rants-about-god-and-ketamine-freaks-fans-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/08\/justin-bieber-rants-about-god-and-ketamine-freaks-fans-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bieber Rants About God and Ketamine, Freaks Fans Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Justin Bieber is back in the news.<\/p>\n<p>For all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The singer dropped a new series of cryptic social media posts over the weekend, this time making references to both God (a good thing) and ketamine use (a very bad thing).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1391722554-1024x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527338 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1391722554-1024x866.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1391722554-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1391722554-768x650.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1391722554-2048x1733.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1391722554-960x812.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1391722554-1080x914.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1391722554-1200x1015.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1391722554-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Bieber performs with Daniel Caesar onstage at the Coachella Stage during the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 15, 2022 in Indio, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images for Coachella)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is how I feel after people keep telling me there\u2019s more work to do after I\u2019ve given everything I have to give. I don\u2019t think any of us can handle hearing, \u2018You just gotta try a little harder and you will be like me.\u2019 It\u2019s not true,\u2019\u201d Bieber wrote over an extreme closeup photo of his face via Instagram on June 7. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI listened to fools who told me to work harder. And there\u2019s no end to trying to earn ur spot in this life because I tried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a long while now, Bieber has shared similarly mysterious posts \u2014 talking, for example, at one point last month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/justin-bieber-labels-himself-selfish-in-latest-worrisome-social-media-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about being selfish<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bieber on February 13, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-526263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bieber on February 13, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-526263 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0523_justinbieber_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Bieber attends Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium on February 13, 2022.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this case, Bieber went on as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis life is about God loving us so w\u201de can love each other. Quit making ur life about work smh. God will always inspire U to want to work hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bieber then argued, \u201cU think if you don\u2019t tell people to work hard, they won\u2019t. Stop playing God please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a fair point, we suppose, albeit a seemingly random and confusing one.<\/p>\n<p>For someone whose alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/03\/justin-biebers-assistant-quits-amid-concerns-about-singers-drug-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug abuse caused an assistant to recently quit,<\/a> though, things later took a turn amid this flurry of uploads.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bieber on April 3, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-525523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bieber on April 3, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-525523 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Bieber performs onstage during the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Rich Fury\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A subsquently slide included screenshot of an AI response to Bieber asking if \u201cketamine has been used to control people\u2019s emotions.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The AI response claimed that \u201cthere is clear evidence ketamine has been misused in certain law enforcement scenarios\u201d with \u201cproportionate effects on Black individuals.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>(Ketamine is a prescription drug that can be used as a dissociative anesthetic to treat depression and pain management under a doctor\u2019s care. But it can be very dangerous when abused.)<\/p>\n<p>In a yet another Instagram Story, Bieber suggested that \u201cconditioning\u201d will \u201cmake u feel like u didn\u2019t know what the f*** you knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-1024x850.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bieber attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-523589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-2048x1699.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-960x796.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-1080x896.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-1200x996.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-1024x850.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bieber attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-523589 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-2048x1699.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-960x796.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-1080x896.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-1200x996.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1340178680-2-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Bieber attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI f***ing always knew in my gut that Jesus was the answer to the pain we are all facing,\u201d Bieber said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople still keep making me think if I work hard on myself, I\u2019ll [be] better like them. But the harder I work on myself, the more I think about myself. I thought the point was to think about one another? The only thing that helps me to think about others [is] to let go, not try harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As cited above, Bieber has raised many concerns of late over messages such as these.<\/p>\n<p>Fans simply don\u2019t know what to make of them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber in February 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-525526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber in February 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-525526 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0514_justinbieber_04-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Singer Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber attend Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium on February 13, 2022.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bieber concluded his new post by encouraging his followers to \u201cjoin [him] in letting go of not trying harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From what we can gather, Justin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/03\/justin-bieber-and-wife-react-to-divorce-rumors-wtf-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marriage to Hailey Bieber<\/a> is actually doing just fine these days. But can the same be said for the artist himself?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing him disintegrate like this \u2026 it\u2019s watching the embodiment of someone not living their purpose,\u201d said one source this spring to The Hollywood Reporter, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s lost,\u201d added another insider, who was identified only as \u201ca former colleague.<\/p>\n<p>This same individual added: \u201cWhatever he\u2019s going through, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/justin-bieber-is-lost-spiralling-leaving-loved-ones-concerned-insiders-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I pray for him and hope he\u2019s okay<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/justin-bieber-rants-about-god-and-ketamine-freaks-fans-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 4 minutes Justin Bieber is back in the news. For all the wrong reasons. The singer dropped a new series of cryptic social media posts over the weekend, this time making references to both God (a good thing) and ketamine use (a very bad thing). Justin Bieber performs with Daniel Caesar onstage at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-173385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}