When I went on vacation earlier this month, there were mixed feelings involving Justin Bieber’s nude paparazzi pictures. There was the feeling of sadness over not being around for a big story, but hey, at least I didn’t have to see the pictures. And I still haven’t looked at them. Nooo thank you. Just like with the iCloud hack, Bieber never asked for his private parts to be splashed all over newspapers and the internet. He had no idea he was being photographed, so yeah, there’s sympathy for the guy on this end. No one deserves that invasion of privacy, and there were clearly some long-range lenses at work.
In the aftermath, Bieber briefly joked about “shrinkage“ but then sobered up, saying, “My first thing was like, how can they do this? Like, I feel like I can’t step outside and feel like I can go outside naked. You should feel comfortable in your own space.” He wasn’t wrong at all. Bieber made some sense! Then something else happened. Swaggy’s dad, Jeremy Bieber, took to Twitter (in a now-deleted tweet) to say he was proud. He wrote “what do you feed that thing #proud daddy [embarrassed emoji],” and it was perfectly disgusting, but Justin thought it was hilarious:
What do you mean… he didn’t mind?! A carefree Justin Bieber revealed in a new interview on Sunday, Oct. 18, that he thought his dad Jeremy Bieber’s reaction to his nude Bora Bora photos — “#proud daddy” — was “hilarious.”
Bieber, 21, spoke to the Zach Sang & The Gang radio show about the recent Internet-breaking, nude vacation photos, which featured the “What Do You Mean?” singer completely in the buff while vacationing with model Jayde Pierce. Alongside millions of other Beliebers, the singer’s dad took to his Twitter to chime in on the viral conversation.
“@justinbieber what do you feed that thing. #proud daddy,” Jeremy first wrote in a now-deleted post. He followed up with a separate pic of a puppy and wrote, “He’s a beaut.”
“I thought it was hilarious. ‘What do you feed that thing,'” Bieber quipped in his latest interview of his dad’s brow-raising tweets. “It’s such a dad thing to say. When I found out people were hating on him for saying that, I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ What dad wouldn’t be proud of that? It’s not like he’s saying it to an 11-year-old. I’m 21 years old.”
Bieber also joked that his many fans even bestowed a name upon his, um, junk. “They call it Jerry,” he boasted on Sunday.
[From Us Weekly]
Is this really “such a dad thing to say“? Maybe so, but not in public. Actually, I think this isn’t so normal but am open to other opinions. Jeremy Bieber has generally displayed himself with very little class. In early 2014, father and son verbally abused and harassed a flight attendant because they felt they were beyond reproach. When Justin was younger, Jeremy abandoned Patti Mallette, who raised Justin all by herself until Scooter Braun came along and made Swaggy a star. Then Jeremy swooped back into their lives because — guess what — he smelled the money. Now he’s so proud of his rich son’s manhood, and Jeremy just needs to shut his mouth. Maybe he got a clue since he deleted the tweet, but probably not. Daddy Bieber is gross.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN
It’s times like these when I feel bad for the kid these people used to be. It’s horrifying to hear this stuff. Like Michael Lohan or Hulk Hogan praising their daughters’ breasts. It’s not 100% confirmation that they’re pedophiles who view their children as property or servants, but it immediately sets those alarms off for me. Poor baby Bieber and his toxic family.
Your comment is fixing me flashbacks to papa Joe announcing about jessica: she had double d’s!!!! You can’t cover that up! *gagging*
OMG what’s happening, we’re defending The Biebs!!
Anyway, I think he did his best not to trash his dad. It’s his dad after all, it’s not like he was going to say “oh he was such an idiot to say that”. But then again, it is Justin we’re talking about so he could have said something like that but anyway, our instinct is to always defend our parents, isnt it?
I still think that the pics were a staged RP stunt
A douche never falls far from the tree ( I don’t sure of the expression)
I don’t think very highly of baby Biebs but seeing what a douche he has for a father does cause me to have some sympathy for him.
It is sad because he didn’t even know his dad until he (the kid) became rich.
No, it’s not normal for a dad to say that. It makes me feel a little sorry for JB if he thinks it is.
Yeah, I’m so sad that my mom has never complimented my breasts.
I think it’s fine. I actually thought it was kind of…..sweet? Not quite the word I’m looking for but close.
Guys comment on these things. Just like women comment on each other’s boobs.
In other, non US cultures there’s not so much prudishness around common phenomenon like men having penises.
I think a sweet father would feel protective of his son’s privacy, rather than focusing on and publicly commenting on his penis size. My father, or mother, for that matter, would never make such a vulgar remark, publicly or privately. But they’re from an era when people didn’t vomit up their every thought to the entire world. I’m not prudish about men having penises. I’m delighted that they do. I just think it’s disgusting that those pictures were published in the first place, without his knowledge or permission, and I thought his father’s comment should have been made privately, if at all.
Well, whether or not you think the pics should have been published, they were already ‘out there’ so to speak, his Dad made a humorous reply and expressed his pride. That’s not vulgar in the least. Justin could well have felt very embarrassed by the exposure- but his Dad gave him the best support a man (the prime male in Justin’s life) could give- that he was proud and that Justin should be proud, too. Not ashamed.
And (very, honestly) respectfully, I’m unsurprised that women don’t understand that it was a very cool thing of his Dad to do that.
Yeah it must be us dumb womenz who just don’t get it.
EXCEPT I just asked my BF and about it and he said “Wow, seriously? That’s completely creepy.”
Should I tell my boyfriend to give his penis back and renounce his manhood, Jonathan?
Why, Kitten, yes.
He sounds a bit kitten whipped, to phrase it colloquially.
And please, if I can get schooled on feminism threads and threads about white privilege, you womenz can at least listen to a man- a gay man at that- about penis.
Well, my BF wouldn’t like a comment like that from his dad either. It’s vulgar. And this is coming from someone who is living in a country where there are naked people laying around in publics parks with their private parts on full display as soon as it’s more than 15 degress celsius outside.
There is a line between not being prudish and being creepy. Mr. Bieber crossed that one.
You and your father can high five each other’s penises all day long as far as I’m concerned. But when your father puts a tweet out to the public about your penis size, I’ll think he’s just as vulgar as Beiber’s father.
And your kitten whipped joke pretty much tells me the everything I need to know about your attitude towards women and your taste level. P.S. There are few things less attractive than a man in a speedo.
Please- even you acknowledge that what I said was a joke, GNAT. I’m more of a feminist than a good percentage of women on these boards, so don’t talk BS about my attitude towards women. It was a play on words and Kitten’s fricking screen name. And I could give a crap what you think is attractive. Back the hell off and stop being so hostile.
@ Jonathan
Would you say the same thing if a mom or dad complimented their daughter’s p@ssy and said it looked good to the media? I think if it waz a woman you would be feeling totally different. I understand what you’re saying about him supporting his son, But its tacky and would not be applauded if it was a daughter’s genetalia he was talking about. This is another example of it being ok for men to parade around, proud of their d@ck, but if you are a woman. You. Better keep it in your pants or guys like this will call you a slut. Cause you know, double standard and all that. That’s why we have an issue with it. Or I do anyway
@ zip
Where do you live? 🙂
@Snowflake- yeah, admittedly if a father said that about his daughter I’d feel uncomfortable- but mostly because I don’t assume a heterosexual Dad would have a sexual interest in his son’s genitals in the way I think a straight Dad could conceivably have sexual interest in his daughters’ vagina. Yes, I’d find it creepy. But a mother saying her daughter’s genitals are great looking? I think that’s kind of nice. I’d imagine that’d be kind of flattering to hear.
I have NO double standard when it comes to the level of nudity ‘allowable’ for women. I think women are okay to wear whatever they do or don’t want. All humans should be proud of their bodies.
GNAT,
I totally agree!
@Jonathon, I did come off as more hostile than I intended, and I’m sorry for that, and I’m sure you don’t care about my opinion of Speedos, but your joke about “Kitten whipped” wasn’t funny, and wasn’t the comment of a feminist, any more than racist “jokes” are funny. I know you are intelligent enough to know the origin of that expression and the backlash against Women with Opinions. And it sounded a lot more like you were lashing out at Kitten for disagreeing with you by implying that her boyfriend was unmanly than it did that you were joking.
Thanks, Goodnames.
The implication was that my BF is not masculine enough to think it’s cool when dudes show off their wieners to their dads, and you know what?
I’m 100% totally ok with that.
Seriously.
I am here to say that I am unequivocally fine with the Jonathan’s opinion that my boyfriend might be less of a man because his father isn’t bragging about my BF’s d*ck. Personally, I think it’s indicative of healthy adult boundaries between parents and their children so Jonny and I can agree to disagree, no prob.
@GNAT- no, you meant to come across precisely as mean and hostile as you did, don’t play coy. Nobody makes a comment about a father & son high fiving each other’s penises without knowing exactly what they’re saying- and you were saying something pretty unseemly. Then you add on the ‘nothing so unattractive like a man wearing a speedo’ sucker punch. Homophobia AND misandry, well done. You would never tolerate a man making similar pronouncements on a woman’s level of attractiveness based on what they’re wearing.
The term “pussy whipped” refers to men who have no opinions of their own and defer to the opinions of their female spouse. And if you really thought I was seriously suggesting Kitten’s partner should hand in his penis and his manhood card, you’re deliberately taking that the wrong way to justify your insults towards me. I maintain that it IS quite funny- to those who don’t want to take things too seriously to fit their own agenda. And you’re not the goddamn arbiter of what’s funny or not.
I’m a capital F, shoot sexist pigs down Feminist, I don’t need to prove my credentials to you, of all people.
Why you mention racist jokes is unknown, unless of course you’re trying to warp things to suit your own agenda, again. Stop blurring arguments.
@Kitten- that’s not what I was saying AT ALL. Tongue in cheek humour falls flat with you, fine. I was making light of your partners’ response leading on from your snark that he should hand back his penis & turn in his man card (WHO would seriously suggest that? It’s not even possible, FFS) and using your screen name as a light hearted way of making fun of his reply. I thought YOU would be delighted by having the phrase “Kitten Whipped” to use with your partner IF you aren’t already using that phrase with him- I’d be surprised if it’s not occurred to you before. But I’m sure you’ll claim moral superiority and say you’d never commit such a heinous crime like having a freaking joke. Because you’re so much better than me, I get it, Kitty.
Jonathan-I admit that I chuckled at “kitten whipped” but initially I wasn’t wild about *some* of the gender stereotypes implicit in your comments. After your second comment I totally got that you’re just kidding around.
I was attempting to lightly rib you back but perhaps it came across as snarkier than I intended.
Anyway I’m sorry if it seemed like it took it all too seriously. See, this is the problem with print. If the three of us were saying this to each other in person we’d probably all be laughing hysterically.
The Biebs should never be a serious event, after all.
So peace and cheers and all that good stuff, Jonathan.
Ah 🙁 We had such fun here until Jonathan the Jackass arrived with the drama :/
Accomplishment points for the bully, here we go
“Guys comment on these things. Just like women comment on each other’s boobs.”
Yeah, guys and women, not Moms and Dads. It was s total bro thing to say. But that’s his Dad, not his bro.
Exactly. Good god I must be old because the thought of a parent saying something like that about their child horrifies me.
Depends on the level of class, obviously- but it’s certainly not the first time I’ve ever heard a Dad comment on such. Jeez, I think even my Dad said something like it at my 18th or something (but then, my Dad’s a drunk).
But then again, I’m Australian. We wear speedos at the beach! We have a very relaxed attitude to pretty much everything.
I’m German, we wear nothing on the beach!
@Zip- ha ha, we had a German foreign exchange student live with us for a year when I was a teenager, she used to strip naked all the time around the house during summer (like, 40 degree summer). My Mum was horrified-but too horrified to say anything! It was the first (& last) time I’d ever been in the same room as a naked woman!
Women comment on each other’s boobs? I’m a woman and I’ve never done that. Is women commenting on each other’s boobs normal?
Also, if my mother commented on my genetalia in any way, in public or in private, I would be horrified. I would not take that as a compliment; I would be incredibly skeeved out.
This was news to me too! I have never commented on my girlfriends brests, and never, ever have I had anyone comment on mine. I guess we’re missing out, Jessica?
Really? My girlfriends talk about breasts more than anything else. They’re kind of obsessed with ’em. “Wish I had her breasts/her breasts are fabulous/do my breasts look good in this?” I can’t tell you the endless amount of trying on tops, bras etc that goes on when we’re out shopping.
Ah- it just dawned on me: a couple of them work for lingerie companies. One of my friends, Caroline, is pretty flat so maybe she’s just breast obsessed for that reason.
No – none of my friends have said “Wow, great tits – you should really be proud of that rack!” I’ve had guys make comments… unfortunately. But no. Not fellow women and definitely, thank God, not my Mother.
I’ve never really understood pride or shame in things one was born with anyway. Pride comes with things earned… like if we’re talking about abs or a college degree, those are things to be proud of because it took work to get them. And shame comes from doing something disgraceful. But a body part someone was born with? Just doesn’t apply.
hearing about his father explains everything about Justin.
Ooo, creepy, we typed the same thing at the same time. But yeah, having a father who would feel it necessary to put that out there, who would be proud of his son’s penis size, because, forget about privacy, yay now people will think more of the father because obviously it reflects on HIM, because everything is about HIM… Ugh.
As my Mother would say, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
@saphana
It really does, doesn’t it? I mean I’m not going to place 100% of the blame on him, but definitely a huge chunk of it. As much as Justin annoys the crap out of me, I do feel bad for him that his father abandoned him & his mother only to resurface when he became rich & famous. The douche definitely runs strong in that one.
Well, that explains a lot.
Ewww for the father and a complete opportunist.
The way it’s a dad thing for Donald Trump to brag about his daughter’s “allure,” sure. That kind of dad.
What makes it more disturbing for me is that JB’s baby face-I find him so neotenous, the retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
He may be 21, but he totally looks like a 12 year old from the neck up.
That whole family is just sad sad sad.
Men like that make me sick. If it was his daughter that was naked, he wouldn’t be saying, what’d you feed that? That’s a beaut. He prob calls the women his son sleeps with sluts while patting his son on the back for getting that much p@ssy. He’s that kinda guy. Trashy
Agree.
This thread was a one way ticket to prudeville. I think it is totally normal for a father to congratulate his son in that way and I comment all the time on other women’s breasts. Wow! Talk about some cold fish.
I thought it was hilarious too (although yes, slightly creepy, and I’d be embarrassed by EITHER parent publicly making any comment about my vagina. ) I think his dad was trying to deflect some of the embarrassment and negative attention Beiber may have been getting over private pictures of his dick by turning the situation into a ‘compliment’.