Teen idol Justin Bieber stirs up a frenzy wherever he goes.
It’s hard to believe that just two years ago Justin was a regular kid growing up in a town in Canada, but there’s one guy who says he always knew Justin would be a star.
“I’m not surprised at all; once he went at this, I knew he was going to be great,” says Jeremy Bieber, Justin’s dad.
The proud father is speaking for the first time, only on INSIDE EDITION. He gave our Megan Alexander a personal tour of Justin’s old haunts.
Justin came from humble beginnings. His parents were high school sweethearts. His dad was just 22 years old when Justin was born, and he works as a carpenter.
As early as age 8, Justin would perform on steps with his guitar and drums playing his original songs for anyone who would listen. The tips were pretty good; one year he made enough money to take his mom on vacation!
But it wasn’t those performances that would launch his career. Justin was discovered via YouTube! He had posted videos he made for his grandmother, and they were seen by a talent scout and singer Usher. The rest is history.
“I never thought anything of it, in fact I wasn’t even so much aware of it, it was something he just did in his spare time,” says Jeremy.
The small town boy with the mop-top haircut became an overnight sensation.
“In two short years, from YouTube video to superstardom, does that just amaze you?” INSIDE EDITION’s Megan Alexander asks him.
“It seems so normal because he’s just been so good at everything he’s done, he’s been such a good boy all around, I mean it sounds like a fairytale and I may be biased because I’m his dad but he’s just been so amazing,” Jeremy says.
But there are downsides to fame too. Earlier this year, police were called after a 12-year-old boy claimed Justin shoved him during a laser tag game near Vancouver.
Jeremy was there. “Right away everybody noticed him and knew who he was”
Justin was never charged, and Jeremy says the incident was blown out of proportion. But now they are more careful where they go.
He says, “We just can’t do that anymore, unfortunately, unless we rent out the whole place out and just invite his friends.”
Do you miss the old days, when Justin was just a regular kid?” Alexander asks.
“I definitely miss that,” says Jeremy.
INSIDE EDITION
Justin Bieber mother has denied rumors that the teen pop star has fired his manager, and called the report ‘absurd’.
The singer hits ‘Baby’ it has long been rumored to dismiss the manager, Scooter Braun. But the mother, Pattie Mallette, insisted denied the fake news.
“The news does not make sense. Please, do not believe everything that you hear. Nothing is changed from the team of Justin Bieber. Scooter Braun and all the other teams we love you!” Pattie wrote in a Twitter account.
Justin Bieber’s mother believes she’s being cut out of his career and has spent the past week looking to hire a lawyer to represent her interests, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
While Bieber has dominated headlines the past few days because of an incident with another boy while playing laser tag, behind the scenes a far more contentious battle is brewing.
Pattie Mallette believes she’s been pushed too far out of Justin’s career – to the point where she never read her son’s autobiography until it came out, one source familiar with the situation told RadarOnline.com.
In addition, when Justin’s team announced he was launching a nail polish line, his mother had no idea.
“No one in Justin’s camp told her or consulted her,” the source said. “She found out about it by reading it in the press.”
Pattie is so upset she’s looking for a lawyer to represent her interests.
“She doesn’t want anyone to think she’s after her son’s money – and she’s not,” a source said. “But she hasn’t bought clothes for herself in two years! She flies coach. Her son writes an autobiography and no one even shows it to her.
“It’s ridiculous. And Pattie is really tormented over it.”
Scott “Scooter” Braun is Justin’s manager and the man credited with discovering the star, who grew up in Ontario, Canada. Braun denied that Pattie is unhappy over the situation with Justin and told RadarOnline.com: “There are no truth to rumors that Justin’s mom is unhappy. She worked and co-operated on his autobiography.”
But people close to Pattie say Braun is unaware that she has been looking for a lawyer to represent her interests. And in terms of the autobiography they say it’s just one of many Bieber projects that Braun controls with very, very little or absolutely no input from Pattie.
“She’s in a tough position,” one source said of Pattie. “She feels that she’s being cut out of her son’s business life by the people around him. She doesn’t know what to do. It was a big step for her to finally go out and look for a lawyer for herself.
“Now we’ll see if she follows through.”
The Baby hitmaker joined in the festivities at the Jewish wedding of Dan Kanter and was accompanied by his mother Pattie Mallette, reported Daily Mail online.
Wearing a traditional yarmulke skullcap with his pink shirt and vest, the 16-year-old danced with his mother.
The 32-year-old also manages her son’s career and had her first and only child when she was just 16.
And Pattie was his date to the nuptials, despite rumours he is dating another teen pop star, Jasmine Villegas, who co-starred in one of his music videos.
Yet the Canadian 16-year-old has pulled it out the bag yet again by admitting a striking dedication to the main woman in his life – his mother.
The tiny teen Youtube star Justin Bieber has talked about his struggle to treat his mother Pattie Mallette properly. Justin’s parents divorced when he was young.
He’s now revealed that he busked before becoming famous for smash-hits such as One Time and Baby in order to earn enough to whisk her away on holiday.
He said: “I often sat with my guitar and sang. After a while, I got so many tips that I could pay for the first ever vacation for my mom and me. We went to Florida.”
Justin also said that his mother was the most important woman in his life.
He said: “My mom and I have a really good relationship because together we made it from rags to riches. Without her I’d never have achieved this much. She made a lot of sacrifices to make my dream of a music career possible.
“She’s always there for me and I never want to let her down. She’s the best mom in the world.”
A JBShrine Exclusive! Wanna see how Pattie looked like in high school?
Above is Pattie’s yearbook pictures from Canada sent to us by a classmate of hers from Stratford who told us:
“I went to high school with Justin’s parents, here are pictures of his Mom I found in the year book, from 1991 and 1993.”
This looks like when she was 16 or 17 and since she gave birth to Justin when she was 17 it probably means that Justin was already growing in her stomach when these pictures were taken. Kinda weird to think of it that way but quite interesting.
Btw, we also have Justin’s year book picture.
Stratford Guy, can you submit a picture of Jeremy’s year book picture? Then we can see if Justin and his dad look alike at the same age.
