Teenage pop phenom Justin Bieber is the latest celebrity to speak out against bullying, saying that even he feels the burn of hateful words. “Everybody goes through bullying,” he said on today’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “Everybody has, even me. On my YouTube page, there are so many haters. They just say crazy stuff. I’m not mad, I’m 16 and I don’t have chest hair. I’m not angry about it at the moment. That will come. People are like, ‘Look at him, he puts helium in his voice before he sings.’ You just have to laugh at yourself. It’s funny.”
It’s nice when adults have encouraging words for kids about how to stand up for yourself or to ignore bullies. But it sounds so much better coming from a kid — even if that kid is a star who has sold millions of albums around the world.
Check out the clip after the jump. After serenading the ladies with his new favorite song, he addresses the bullying epidemic.
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this would be all fine and dandy if his fans weren’t notorious for sending death threats to anyone who says anything against him. what was that whole thing of twitter going crazy because one fan said she was no longer a fan? the statements made by his fans then were ridiculous.
I would like to pop that kid right upside the head.
All you haters of justin bieber!,if you dont like him dont take time to comment on this!,you bullies out there need to GROW UP!,and act the age you are you guys think your cool by being mean to people well guess wht you guys arent!,GROW UP people!,justin bieber does not sound like a girl,so shut the hell up people,justin bieber i love you your sexii.Lol.and keep up the good work!:),all the other people grow up.
Why are you watching the video? and give a reason why you actually hate him? – hes actually made something of himself and your sitting at home hating on him? oh well, not like your stupid comments affect him
why he is not doing anything to you so why?
i would love to hit him to… and hes such a poser to and dont hate me girls i honestly dont see how anyone can be intrested in a four foot tall midget with chains and a hat turned back?
Gaawwwddd!!! He is so freaking annoying. Make this madness stop!! Refers to his fantards as “his people”. Well at least I can look forward to his ultimate demise…that’ll be a blast!
Don’t Hate.
I love Justin Bieber he hasn’t done anything wrong to us so why should we be mean to him he is talking about bulling and your just ignoring it and bulling him now its not really nice you wouldn’t like it if your were him and you were getting bullied and anyway I like to sing don’t here you bulling me he’s one of us so why bully him.
Yeah, he starts to ‘talk about bulling.’ And then he totally goes off-course. He made very little significant points.
And learn how to SPELL. We’re not “bulling” him. It’s bullying.
Thats why I have no problem with Justin Bieber himself and I turn my negative attention instead to that group of fans that pull that crap.
So…it’s wrong to speak against bullying because…there’s more than one bully??
um its not wrong because bullying is not a good thing and no matter how manny bullies there are its never OK
I don’t need Justin Bieber telling me anything…no matter how good intention the message is. He has such a “I’m the biggest thing out there right now and I know it” attitude.
how would you know? did you ask for his autograph and you got denied? cry me a river already
He never told you anything…you’ve never personally interacted with him to the point that he gave you commands and he isn’t specifically telling you to do anything. Keep in mind that a lot more celebrities have bigger “I’m the hottest thing out there and I know it” attitude more than him. Namely, Paris Hilton and Clay Aiken to start off with.
I knoww ppl don’t know celebs to judge. I hate this build them up to shoot them down factor, I mean what they suppost to do with it all? Hes doin quite well.
wow
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heyyyy guyzzzzz,all the BIEBERNATICS plzzz let as vote justine bieber for best male,best new act at mtvema.com 5 days are left guyzz soo vote nowww.justine i’m your nu.1 fan,i love you soo much.from benjo mar of the phil.
Okay First Don’t Judge Before You have actually Met The Guy. So How Would You Know If You Actually really dont know?
So those of you saying “You haven’t met him” and crap, well you you haven’t either, so do you know he’s nice….lol
The fact is that the person commenting about him acting like he’s the best thing in the world right now bar none is something you can typically tell from the way a celb handles themselves in interviews and public appearances. So if this little boy comes off like his crap doesn’t stink, then there is nothing wrong with calling him out for it.
@jjmmtt His FANS sent the death threats… not him. He can’t be responsible for some crazy fan making a threat. You say “his fans” as if he had some sort of control or ownership over them… please. (Hey, guess what? I’m going to name myself “IloveMariahCarey” on Twitter, and then send hate messages to everyone. Yeah, and then people can blame Mariah Carey for it. …Umm… No. Doesn’t work like that.)
Hallelujah!!
com quem estou falando vc fala portuques ou ingles vc pode me ajudar eu amo o justin bieber e vc gosta do justin bieber
His fans are some of the biggest bullies out there.
Thats bull!
u dont no all the fans so how can u say that
How can she/he say that? Because you can generalize about a group of people based on their actions. If 10 out of every 20 fans do that bullying crap, & no one speaks out against the crazy fans, you CAN reach that conclusion.
actually, he does have a quite a lot of influence over his fans. given that give him wake up calls on twitter. and he knows it. he could use that to further promote this message because right it now it seems to be lost on them. and look at all these responses from some of his fans on this message board. the first thing they do is start to insult ppl. i may not be a fan, but i think he could do some good here if he tried.
wait.. i’m sorry again i sent this to the wrong person :O i meant that to go to the person that replyed to u in @ form (being a numpty
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Goodness this time scale doesn’t make sense
ones at 10pm, ones at 1am, ones at 9am- confusing or what? and i know its international and thats why but if u didn’t know that u’d be well confused D: :S lol 
lol their evil minions! ROFL (thats what i meant to say i’m sorry i didn’t know i was still replyin in the last message)- and oh my goodness love me had just come on when i was typin this and my ipods on shuffle :O what a quinkidink
Aww he’s starting to look older! (I’m being sincere…not sarcastic for once).
He makes our society look so sad
YOU MAKE OUR SOCIETY LOOK BAD FOR DISSING AWESOME PPL LIKE HIM. DUMBUTT!!!
and you’re not?
How exactly is Justin Bieber awesome? What has he done for the world? Nothing. He’s a 16-year-old manufactured pop star.
Why do you have to act like that? Does Justin Bieber tell you to be mean to people?
you wanna know whats sad….the fact that he is giving off a positive message to the world and you haters are downgrading it and by downgrading the positive message that he is giving off you have basically said that you are for bullying and not against it….you guys are what ACTUALLY makes our society look sad….haters should take a look in the mirror before they say stuff like that….and last but not least GROW UP and GET A LIFE!
You forgot that our society also looks sad due to the cause of: Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Kanye West, Clay Aiken, Kirsten Dunst, Anna Nicole Smith, Freddie Prinz Jr., Nicole Richie, Rosie O’Donnell, Kevin Federline, Britney Spears, Mel Gibson, the asshole who wanted to burn the Quran on 9/11, and more.
WTF who ever says that justin bieber is bad gay wierd or a girl i will get my body gurde to bit you up so shut up plz its for your owen good
pce xena
I don’t understand why people have something against him just because he’s young. There are plenty of other “pop stars” who are older and have done even less than him. And he started on Youtube, which obviously means he worked hard to get views, and means that he’s actually GOOD at what he does.
As an actual talented musician whos been in a rock band for 5 years and who holds a minor in music, I don’t hold anything Bieber for being young, simply for being an untalented, cootie-cutter, industry controlled musician. There are so many other musicians out there far more talented than this JB and yet he’s insanely famous? It’s such bullsh*t, grown up America…
@PersonWhoTalks: if you are as talented as you say, then how come you aren’t as famous as him? if you don’t have as much fame as him then you don’t have a right to criticize his talent. Justin Bieber techinically isn’t industry controlled since he actually started out on YouTube and became famous that way. In response to your comment of how there are many more talented musicians out there, I am assuming that you mean yourself in which since you are not famous, you aren’t that much more talented than him. Also, Paris Hilton hasn’t contributed anything to the Hollywood world entertainment worth praising about yet she’s also insanely famous. Please include other people who are worse than Justin Bieber in the future so that this won’t be biased.
You make our society sad because of that kind of negative attitude.
While I (and most of you, probably) will never understand why the younger set are obsessed with him, they are – and will probably embrace whatever he says. If this gets the tweenyboppers to think before hurting someone, it’s a good thing.
he is a teenie bopper pop star. every generation has their share k.p. are you telling me you really have no idea whatsoever why they can find him appealing. dood can sing, is a cute kid, and they marketed the hell out of him. that is what a teen idol is. not everybody is as sophisticated as you by the age of 13.
That’s the problem and why so many people are irritated with his fame. He CAN’T sing. At least no better than any other kid his age. He’s got nothing definable in his voice. His tone is very lackluster and boring. He’s got no vibrato to add character to his voice, and he lacks decent support. It’s just very “BLEAH”. How this kid is so popular just confuses the heck out of me.
@Ries, I think you’re taking KP’s comment a bit too far. KP was clearly commenting that outside of his target audience it’s hard to see the appeal, but good that his fans might embrace it. Honestly, I look at who I idolized at 13 and am a bit baffled at times why I gushed over them so. Tastes change.
I dunno. He’s so widely hated (other than his teen girl fanbase) that I suspect his message will just further incite the bullies. That, and the hat and gold chains.
I DO want to rip the gold chains off his neck. I hope you’re wrong about the rest, but I honestly have no idea. I just pictured a tweeny girl hunched over at the computer thinking twice about bullying someone as her eyes locked with her bieber poster. Maybe not.
WE UNDERSTAND VERY WELL THANK YOU. HES AWESOME SMART HOT TALENTED NICE FUNNY CUTE AND ALL AROUND AMAZING AT EVERYTHIN HE DOES (:
Shouldn’t you be working on your reading comprehension homework?
I love Karate Pants.
he is sexxxyyyy and i a gree bout bulling i get bulled to ones in a well
jUsTin iS jUst 16 yEars oLd..
hOw cOmE sOme oF yOu gUys aRe likE tHat,aRe yOu jEalOus wItH jUstIn bIebEr bEcAusE yOu don’t have wHat hE hAvE…
hE’s fAmOus aNd fOr mE nO oNes gOnnA rEacH hIm bEcAusE hIs iNnocEnt aNd hIs gOod bEttEr tHan yOur atTitUdEs…I lOvE jUstIn bIebEr aNd I’m hIs bIggEr fAn…
This has to be a lame attempt at satire, not a sincere comment, right? Right?
Oh,and bullying is bad.
dont write like that. “/
hi girls how are you going today just so you no im not dating
Pce JUSTIN
justin, i just wanted to say thanks and tell taylor thanks too if u can. Just coz i did have a run in today with a couple of bullies and i kinda felt rubbish then i sang to mean which helped and then watched it on utube and now i feel soo much better. I donno why but i do. I hope u see this but it doesn’t matter if u don’t coz at least i thanked u
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byee x p.s plz don’t b rude about this I’m just thanking justin like i do with anyone who makes me feel better when i feel rubbish
Justin Bieber you are a true insiration ! i have always been bullied since i was young and never know what to do . i like to forget about things by listening to music your music has inspired me to be a better person to stand up to people no matter what it is . and i thank you for giving up your time to inspire diffrent people in a way to listen to . your music is fab hope you never give up your dream and enjoy life to the max …..<3 abd keep ob makin more music that people love especially meeee !! x
Wow, people accuse him of putting helium in his voice before he sings? What a rough life. I’m inspired by his strength.
Me too, imagine some of us worried about real problems and things that are important…but people write things on his you tube page! The tragedy! Who is this child anyway?
yay
yes i totally agree with her its a tough life to deal with! >:(
I hate to break it to you, but for a 16 year old kid (which is actually what he is, a kid) hurtful comments online ARE a serious problem and can be tough to deal with regardless of whether or not he has fame or money. I am a school counselor and work with students every day who have been bullied. Something that seems silly or trivial to an adult, that we might just shake off, can feel like the end of the world to a KID. Furthermore, numerous studies have shown that victims of bullying experience negative effects of their victimization well into their adult years so it’s not something that just goes away or you “get over.”
Being beat up may put some hair on his chest. Of course he’s not mad at the haters- he’s sitting on a pile of money with hair scuffed the wrong way.
So was Kanye when he dissed Taylor Swift last year.
yeah, he comes across as someone with quite the ego and he licks his lips and says um you know too much.
if you want to talk about someone with quite the ego talk about Kanye West, The Jonas Brothers,and Miley Cyrus(especially). If Justin Bieber is as bad as you say, how come these people aren’t getting told off too? Miley Cyrus fakely apologized to Selena and Demi for making fun of them. She has a humongous ego because her dad is famous, she has her own tv show about her, she’s famous. Justin Bieber has nothing but his own voice. If you’re gonna talk about ego, stop being biased against him and include other people who have a bigger ego than him
You are exactly right!! I agree 100%!!!
@jane yes and we like it(; @justin bieber You Keep Doing Your Thing<3
WE LUV JUSTIN BIEBER SO MUCH IT WANTS TO MAKE ME DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!♥♥♥♥♥♥
Theres one problem right there, its a shame that you have those thoughts for thinking about a boy like that. I think today’s parents don’t know how to raise their kids.
Nope,i think thats just called being a teenage girl gettin obsessed over hot boys in the media
Don’t worry you’ll get over it
we luv you ah all yall out there check out justins youtube page they said some really dumb stuff
hi justin i like ur music i wish i had money to come to ur concert one day and i wish i had 2 tickets to ur concert fo my birthday
This creepy little dude (comparing himself to Tom Brady, 3 time super bowl champ… give me a break) is a teen throb of the week. Short attention spans will pick someone else soon, and this guy will fade away. TBrady will still be winning games.
tom brady might be a champ now. he might have won a few superbowls. but give him 5 years tops hes goin to retire. a singer/performer can 10, 15, 50 years from now.
TBrady won’t be winning any games when he gets a serious injury. He’s going to get kicked out of the sports world and nobody will remember him because there are many more talented players out them. However, the only way Justin Bieber can fade away is if he gets his vocal chords cut off which certainly won’t be happening anytime soon.
Honestly, If he was not attractive guy to the girls, which is probably most of his popularity. He wouldn’t be as famous, His music is i don’t have an opinion for it, i don’t believe in criticizing genres of music that people listen to, i just don’t care for it, I’m not going to be a hater and spam everywhere. But he will probably die down in popularity in a year or so.
Considering he was famous from YouTube and then got got scouted by an agent, I would say that his popularity will not die down. Take a look at his fans who gave death threats to Kim Kardashians
While I admire the sentiment of Bieber speaking out against bullying, do you really think any of the viewers of the Ellen show or any of Bieber’s fans are thinking about bullying anybody?
Justin Bieber’s fans sent death threats to Kim Kardashian for their joke about them two dating. I’d say that was bullying.
Meh….Justin who?
Justin Drew Bieber. JFWilder Who? I thought so.
Really, her middle name is Drew? That’s just too awesomely lesbian for words.