Justin Bieber’s South American tour has been…. interesting. There was the alleged hooker in Brazil, the food poisoning incident in Buenos Aires, and now he’s apparently offended all of Argentina by disrespecting the country’s flag on stage.
According to Rolling Stone, Bieber was playing in Buenos Aires when a fan threw an Argentina flag onstage. The singer didn’t notice that it was a flag and kicked it out of his way.
And then people freaked out.
Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun said that Bieber spent the entire day “dealing with the pandemonium caused in Argentina.”
The singer also used Twitter to apologize to his fans. Bieber said that he didn’t realize that it was a flag (he still thinks that it was a t-shirt) and added that he would never do anything to offend his Argentina fans.
heard about what is going on with me down in Argentina and im shocked. I love Argentina and have had some of the best shows of my tour there
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 14, 2013
people throw stuff on my stage all show and i get it to the stage hands to get off so no one got hurt. that video i saw a bra and thought… — Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 14, 2013
…it was a shirt. Im being told by my team it was a shirt but even if it was a flag I would never do anything to disrespect Argentina… — Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 14, 2013
…or the people of Argentina or the fans. Im so sorry for anyone who took my actions the wrong way and I hope you can forgive this mistake — Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 14, 2013
so once again to the people of Argentina. Im sorry if that was taken the wrong way and im sorry for my mistake. I hope u can accept this.. — Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 14, 2013
..and I loved my time there performing for you and look forward to coming back. I gave my all and I know the fans did there too. te amo — Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 14, 2013
I would never do anything to disrespect my fans. I dont like having to defend myself but this time it was needed as I mean no disrespect — Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 14, 2013
so it is all love all around the world. thanks
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 14, 2013
Argentina takes its flag pretty seriously. The AP notes that disgracing the flag can be punishable by up to four years in prison. But really? Was Justin Bieber the one being disrespectful? It seems to me that the person who threw the flag onto the stage should be the one issuing an apology. But something tells me that that person doesn’t have 47 million Twitter followers….
Here’s a video about some of Justin Bieber’s other concert troubles.
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