The problem is that tween idols all inevitably grow up. Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan can attest to this; Chris Brown too. And while Bieber hasn’t gone bat-s*** crazy like Spears or Lohan or done anything as detestable as Brown, his general douchebaggery is starting to wear pretty thin. (You could argue that he’s been past that point for a while, but I think it could be mostly ignored before…not so much anymore.) And like young athletes that come from nothing and suddenly have multimillion dollar contracts, it’s probably not a good thing that the Biebs went from nothing to megastar so quickly at such a young age. If douchey-ness was a kind of bacteria, those would be the perfect conditions for it to multiply and spread into some kind of douche-outbreak.
Case in point.
For me, Bieber’s 1st strike against him was him being awarded the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game MVP trophy a few years ago. Now, the celebrity game is a joke in and of itself, and his actual winning of the award was through no fault of his own, but I couldn’t help but think, what a punk. His line for the game: 8 points on 3/11 shooting while playing on the losing team. And his plus-minus was -10 for the game where his team lost by 5. So, you could actually make the argument that he lost the game for his team. Get the f*** out of here!
In terms of his music, I’m generally not a fan…although to be fair I do have 1 Bieber tune on my playlist, one of the singles (“As Long As You Love Me”) off his latest album. He’s made a concerted effort to appeal to a more adult audience the past year with his music…the only problem is the more you see of him the more he looks like a (sorry to rehash earlier descriptions) a punk douchebag.
Within the past few months, Bieber’s transgressions include childishly blowing up at a radio deejay on the air when the deejay compared his new album to the work of Justin Timberlake (meant as a compliment, but not taken that way), getting busted for smoking pot, and getting into it with some paparazzi over in London.
Individually, those all can be brushed off as understandable. So, he’s a little sensitive about being compared to other artists…big whoop. So, he smoked a little pot…how’s that different than 90% of all teenagers on this continent? So, he flipped out at some camera-wielding a**hole…most paparazzi probably deserve it. Like I said before though, it’s the accumulation of these things that raises some red flags. Also, if Bieber’s bodyguards weren’t there, I suspect his skills in a fight are probably on par with his skills on a basketball court…and I would have loved to see that…yikes.
Bieber won some brownie points back for his relatively funny and self-deprecating appearance on Saturday Night Live a few months ago, but he still dresses like an idiot (skinny jeans constantly falling off his a**) when he exhibits the ability to dress himself at all…which he hilariously drew the ire of Olivia Wilde on Twitter for as well. Bieber also apparently acted like a douche (again, sorry I can’t find another word, but it just seems to fit so well here) in his romantic split with fellow pop star Selena Gomez, for what that’s worth. When are famous teenagers going to learn to not date fellow famous teenagers anyway?
Or we could go with pants falling off a** and shirtless at the same time.
Yes, it may be time for the Biebs to just go away for awhile. While he may always be an idiot, some time out of the limelight might allow everyone to forget him for 5 seconds, which would actually be a good thing in his case. If you get booed at the halftime show of the Grey Cup (which is played in your home country) it might be time to give it a rest. And Canadians are notoriously friendly people too. However, I doubt that will happen anytime soon. Look for Bieber to remain a punchline for the foreseeable future.
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