Justin Bieber’s paparazzi showdowns have devolved into a tabloid spectacle, with each new confrontation more alarming than the last. While A-listers implicitly surrender to scrutiny when they don the spotlight’s cloak in their quest for superstardom, the escalating paparazzi skirmishes in Tinseltown have crossed a treacherous territory. Despite being a celebrity fixture in La La Land since his ‘Baby’ days, the clashes have taken a disturbing turn.
After consecutive face-offs, the pop star recently begged the flash bearers to ease off the throttle in a desperate plea.
Justin Bieber implores the shutterbugs to pause
Following the Coachella controversy and his no-holds-barred shots for the paps, Justin Bieber recently took to Instagram to share a clip which shows the extent of paparazzi probe in his life. In the clip, the singer trod down a dimly lit kerb, approaching a black van as photographers shoot flash in a row non-stop.
“This has to stop,” he captioned the Instagram post, clearly frustrated with the lack of privacy.
It is not like Bieber had no security surrounding him. But despite the team’s attempt to intervene, the flashing lights showed no signs of hitting the brakes. Bieber even panned out his camera in a 360-degree turn to capture the group of paparazzi who continued uninterrupted even after his constant pleas. While the security team tried to make the shutterbugs back off, the requests largely fell on deaf ears.
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Celebrity-paparazzi spats are not exactly news in Hollywood. However, this incident adds to a long row of clashes Justin Bieber has faced in his career
, one of the most recent being in Coachella.
Justin Bieber’s Coachella clash with paparazzi
Ahead of weekend one in Coachella, in a video shared by TMZ, Justin Bieber, who was staying at the Palm Springs in California, was seen masking his face the minute he noticed record cameras and flashing lights. A paparazzo wished him “good morning,”
but little did they know it was not one since he noted them. “No! Not good morning! You already know. Why are you here?”
he replied, agitated.
Justin Bieber out in Palm Springs, CA earlier. pic.twitter.com/YndH8326Ro
— Justice Tour Media (@justicetourvids) April 9, 2025
Bieber, however, did not stop at that. He approached them right ahead, calling them out, saying they just “want money.”
The pop star repeated the same while making money gestures with his fingers while attempting to cover a cellphone, trying to record him. “You don’t care about human beings,” he said, slamming the photographers left and right. But his recent Instagram post just underscored a melting point amidst his paparazzi battle.
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