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Rumor: Does Justin Bieber Smoke Pot?
Justin Bieber is the target of seemingly endless rumors. One that persists is that he has been caught smoking pot. Alleged photos of him smoking pot have also circulated for about two years, none of which have been verified. Let’s take a look at the rumors a little more closely.
1/4/2013 Update
TMZ today posted images they allege to show Justin Bieber smoking pot. The article below was written in July 2012 and addresses older images being circulated online at the time, not the TMZ images posted today.
1/7/2013 Update
The TMZ pot photos led to the #cutforbieber hoax, which we discuss here and has fooled some in the media reporting it.
2/10/2013 Update
Justin Bieber appeared on Saturday Night Live last night and appeared to offer a humorous apology for the TMZ photos showing him holding a blunt. Read the full article here.
Fake Photo
The Justin Bieber pot-smoking photos are old news. It has been established that the most common photo of him supposedly smoking pot is a fake, while others have shown him smoking electronic cigarettes. The Examiner actually did a fine job of debunking the most popular fake Bieber photo. That photo is often cited as being a scene from his CSI appearance, which it is not. It’s merely a Photoshopped hoax, or perhaps merely a lookalike.
But the rumor refuses to die.
This is a fake photo that has been circulating for two years.
Fake Twitter Headlines
Recently there have been fake headlines on Twitter about Justin Bieber smoking pot, such as:
BREAKING NEWS: Justin Bieber caught smoking Marijuana with Selena Gomez http://instgram.me/Lmxm70 (photos)
Many users who saw the headline but didn’t click on the link assumed the headline was a real story, but it wasn’t. The link actually takes you to an AOL Autos page for a 2012 Scion xD.
Another fake headline read:
Dang, Justin Bieber caught smoking!!
The photo included with that Tweet was simply a graphic that read “RT and pretend something happened.”
Yet another Tweet read:
OMG… Justin Bieber smokes pot??? WTF! (See the vid below)?
This one went to a rambling political page, having absolutely nothing to do with Justin Bieber.
Fake headlines like these, along with the ubiquitous fake image of him smoking pot, along with several other purported to be Justin smoking cloves or electronic cigarettes all play their part in the rumor that Justin Bieber smokes pot.
Fake Youtube Videos
Searching for Justin Bieber pot-related videos will yield several results. Most will refer to the famous fake photo discussed above. Others are simply “Rick Rolls” or just fakes.
Alas, there is no credible evidence as of this writing that Justin Bieber smokes pot. If he does, it’s behind closed doors and far away from any cameras.
Until credible evidence arises that Justin Bieber smokes pot, this is can be considered nothing more than a rumor spread by spammers and people who haven’t done their homework. Merely saying, “I heard Justin Bieber smokes pot,” isn’t quite corroboration enough.
What have you heard about this rumor?
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yall is so fake all of yall he will never smoke that yall should be sued
i hate yall tweet me @aniyarandall at twitter.com
hey you girl named Aniyah or what ev er your name is you need to shut up because no one wants to tweet you on twitter or what ever it is called
pot is bad for u dont do it
Actually dear pot is one of the best and most helpful medical drug there is. If it wasn’t helpful then other states wouldn’t make it legal and there is absolutely nothi g in the bible that says its wrong so really it’s not bad you just haven’t done it. Do it and I bet your mind will change(:
Justin definitely smokes weed. I work at one the centers where they just had a concert and he and his entourage walked by smelling (and acting) like they were smoking weed. Then if you saw him on stage he made overly obvious references to smoke when the smoke makers started working on the stage saying things like ‘don’t bring so much smoke next time…’ and if you saw him perform he just wasn’t sharp. He was definitely high IMO and I saw him perform when he was younger. He’s a weed smoker for sure. Just look at him when we was 15 or 16. He’s on the path for a crash if he doesn’t get a grip.
Who the fuck cares, he’s still a bad singer, so where’s the advancement? Weed obviously didn’t make him better or worse.
Assholes think Justin Bieber is so talented, the only thing driving his fame is the stupid media that booms threw your flat screen tv like a damn bullet. Listed to free bird, or perhaps quick silver messanger service. Real music. Oh they did smoke weed
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First of all Justin bieber isn’t a bad singer im tired of everyone saying that or sayin that hes gay, hes this hes that like seriously stop riding it i bet hes got more talent then all those ppl who say he can’t sing nd so what if he smokes weed hes a teenager let him live life and do what ever the f–k he wants
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Nerd girl problems
Also, I’m on the road to being in the Paris Opera, and I think he sounds like a girl. Just saying, no hate
i knew it was a rumor
OMG!!!!!!!! Justin how could you do this to your fans you know how much they love you and you knew that they will put those on the images of Google and i seen the images of you and S pretty Salena you guy s looked so happy together and would you brake her heart like that she is so
OMG!!! I wish that I could go to his contert but i cant because we dont have enough money i am so sad
I wish I could go to his concert
that’s not a weed pipe guys… that’s a g pipe, and if you’ve never heard of that term, it’s a meth pipe. so whoever in this photo isn’t smoking weed, it’s meth. and that doesn’t even look like justin bieber really, that could just be someone who looks very similar. you are all idiots and know nothing about drugs.
A bunch of ignorant f–ks in here. How about you worry about bettering your own life instead of worrying about a famous pop singer.