Even The Bieber isn’t immune to bullying.
In a segment that aired Wednesday on “The Ellen Show,” Justin Bieber, our favorite “Baby Lady”-crooning, surfer-haired heartthrob, talked about how even he is bullied for his high-pitched voice and lack of body hair.
Citing comments on his battle-for-top-popularity-with-Gaga-herself YouTube page like, “Look at him; he puts helium in his voice before he sings,” we can’t help but smile with The Bieber and his don’t-let-it-get-me-down attitude against bullying.
We just hope Bieber hasn’t seen the website where people upload photos of gay women who look remarkably like him. That might be too much.
Lending his support to the nationwide “It Gets Better” campaign to target bullying, which prompted President Barack Obama to make his own video against bullying, Bieber’s message about not letting the teasing and taunts about his lack of chest hair at age 16 get to him speaks volumes about the larger issue.
Whether it be taunting or teasing for not having enough testosterone to grow a lumberjack-quality beard, for being overweight, for being black or white, gay or straight, or just generally different, we’re happy to see so many celebrities and important figures address the issue that results in so much harm and often goes unnoticed.
And the opportunity to change the way we look at others, to change the way we treat others, just might lie in Justin Bieber.
It Gets Better, Justin. We promise.
