Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber dominated headlines again — and this time, it’s all because Justin doesn’t know how to just say congratulations like a normal person?
Let’s be honest: Hailey Bieber has never been beloved by pop fans. Why? Well, to understand that is to understand the mind of a stan. You could gather the greatest minds in psychology, host a three-day summit, provide graphs, snacks, maybe even a whiteboard — and you’d still leave with more questions than answers. The gist, though, is this: Justin Bieber was the darling of a generation. Half his fans wanted him to end up with Selena Gomez. The other half wanted to be Mrs. Bieber themselves. So when Hailey came into the picture? Yeah… not exactly a warm welcome.
But Justin hasn’t exactly been helping matters. Lately, he’s been teetering between “off-duty pop star” and “man wandering streets in expensive hoodies having a quarter-life crisis.” He and Hailey have been unfollowing and refollowing each other all year and yes — their particular pocket of the internet, the ones who treat Instagram stories like CIA intel, are convinced this is proof of impending marital doom.
Still, May was supposed to be different. Hailey — model, skincare entrepreneur, and professional enemy of online girlies — landed the Vogue US cover. Huge deal. Career milestone. Fire photos. Applause all around.
You’d think that Justin, knowing how much this meant to her, would take the moment to celebrate his wife. Say something sweet. Be publicly supportive. But no. If you thought that, you thought wrong. Justin did post the cover, but he chose this as the perfect opportunity to publicly reminisce about a fight they once had — specifically, the one where he told her she’d never make it to the cover of Vogue US. And now, he admitted, he was “sadly mistaken.”
Now, as you can imagine, fans were taken aback. Maybe Justin thought he was being recent open self. Maybe he thought this was romantic. But was this really the time? Was this really the moment to center himself and his past failures as a supportive spouse? Users on X certainly didn’t think so.
Most users simply begged him to stop embarrassing her. Another said, “he clearly hates her.” Someone else even predicted “Kanye-style crash out” imminent, which feels both harsh but somehow fair
He clearly hates her
—(@Mutant_Menace) May 20, 2025
Mark my words, he’s gonna have a Kanye style crash out in the next 3 to 5 years
— The Vü Viscount (@tasimetre) May 20, 2025
To be fair, Justin does have a lot going on. He’s been plotting a musical comeback, and there’s reportedly a lot riding on it. The pressure is real. And while “stressed out” sometimes beats “checked out,” this is one post that absolutely should have stayed in the drafts. He’s since changed the caption — no more personal anecdotes, just a few random emojis. A digital shrug, basically.
Hailey, on the other hand, managed to salvage the entire situation with the kind of finesse that might finally win over some of her critics. In her “What’s in My Bag” segment with Vogue, fans got a rare look at her personality — and surprise: she’s actually kind of funny. She turned the whole segment into a parody of itself, didn’t take anything too seriously, and even managed to sneak in a dig at the people who’ve made it their life’s work to hate on her.
It was breezy, clever, and above all — unbothered. A subtle reminder that she knows exactly who she is, and maybe always has.
And if no one else is going to say it, we will — Congrats, Hailey!
