Justin Bieber fans can feel their hearts aching for the “Baby” singer after he shared an anxiety-inducing view of what it’s like to be hounded by a crowd of paparazzi in a new Instagram video.
In it, a member of the singer’s security team walked ahead of him as they headed down a narrow alley toward a gate, where several men with cameras stood waiting on the other side.
“Watch out, watch out, coming out,” the bodyguard said as he opened the gate, while Bieber or someone with him muttered, “This shit is crazy.”
Flashes began going off from all directions as the singer hit the sidewalk and headed toward his car, continuing in a disorienting manner for the duration of the clip. “Look at these guys, man,” he sighed as the flashes obscured his own camera’s sight.
Security tried to corral them out of the way, with one person eventually snapping, “Yo, watch out!” but they refused to budge.
“This has to stop,” Bieber pleaded in the caption of the video, which was uploaded to the social media site early in the morning of Friday, April 25.
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Fans were devastated for the 31-year-old, with one commenting, “Poor justin 💔💔💔.”
“What a horrible feeling :(,” someone else surmised, as another say they couldn’t “imagine dealing with this.”
“the constant flashes. omg,” somebody else reacted, with one calling it “SO DISRESPECTFUL.”
“Dang I think this is the celeb pov of paparazzi we’ve gotten…” someone else mused, admitting that it “really does show the perspective.”
“Praying for you JB! This would be such a tough way to live everyday 😢,” another commented.
One pleaded, “let him live, this is insane,” while another declared that the behavior “should be illegal.”
“IS IT THAT HARD TO RESPECT SOMEONE’S PRIVACY????” somebody wanted to know, calling the singer “STRONGER THAN ME FOR DEALING WITH THIS RESPECTFULLY.”
“To think this has been happening to you since you were 13 is just absolutely insane..” another lamented, as someone else pointed out the dangers of the behavior: “It’s cray how this hasn’t stoped even after it took the life of Princess Diana😥👑.”
