As you've probably heard, 20-year-old crazy person Justin Bieber fan Mariah Yeater is claiming that The Beebs knocked her up after a concert in LA last year. Now, she has hit the 17-year-old pop singer with a paternity suit claiming that he's the father. Everybody sing!
"Baby, baby, baby, oh! It's not my baby, baby baby, nooooooo!"
If Bieber actually is a deadbeat dad, it wouldn't be the first time a rock star ditched his kid for fame. There's the case of Steven Tyler, who allowed Liv Tyler to grow up thinking that Todd Rundgren was her dad (her mom Bebe Buell slept with a lot of rock stars). Why do we automatically assume that Bieber's not the dad? Sure, there's no paternity test yet, but until that comes back, there's a 50/50 chance he is the father. Maybe Yeater is just another crazy person obsessed with fame like Courtney Stodden. Or maybe she's a troubled, naive girl telling the truth. There are so many worthless deadbeat dads in the world, many of them teenagers. (Ever watched Teen Mom?) Are we really to assume that Justin Bieber is automatically above that just because he projects a wholesome image? I'm not trying to smear the kid -- I'm just saying let's wait until the paternity test comes back before we slut-shame this girl who may be telling the truth.
Yeater said she tried to contact Bieber about the Lil' Biebs growing inside her, only to be brushed off my Team Bieber's all-powerful lawyers. For his part, Bieber denied the allegations, Tweeting,
"I'm going to ignore the rumors...and focus on what is real."
So is it Bieber's baby? Does it matter? The fact is we'll never know. Even if her paternity test comes back positive for 100% Bieber, the junior Justin Timberlake's legal team will either pay her off to keep her quiet or besmirch her by making her look like a crazy skank. Who knows? Maybe Beebs did knock her up. But at this point in his career, he could do pretty much anything short of murdering a hobo in cold blood and come out looking squeaky-clean.
If Bieber actually is a deadbeat dad, it wouldn't be the first time a rock star ditched his kid for fame. There's the case of Steven Tyler, who allowed Liv Tyler to grow up thinking that Todd Rundgren was her dad (her mom Bebe Buell slept with a lot of rock stars). Why do we automatically assume that Bieber's not the dad? Sure, there's no paternity test yet, but until that comes back, there's a 50/50 chance he is the father. Maybe Yeater is just another crazy person obsessed with fame like Courtney Stodden. Or maybe she's a troubled, naive girl telling the truth. There are so many worthless deadbeat dads in the world, many of them teenagers. (Ever watched Teen Mom?) Are we really to assume that Justin Bieber is automatically above that just because he projects a wholesome image? I'm not trying to smear the kid -- I'm just saying let's wait until the paternity test comes back before we slut-shame this girl who may be telling the truth.
Of course, I also kind of feel sorry for Biebs. Sure he has millions, but he was kind of thrust into ultra-fame. As he gets older, this kind of thing is only going to get worse. Stalkers and crazy fans will come out of the woodwork claiming everything from love childs to witnessing visions of him singing in Mexican food. You know how Michael Jackson was crazy? Well, a big part of that was due to the fact that he dodged more nutzo fans as a 10-year-old than Bieber has his whole career.
What do you think? Is Mariah Yeater telling the truth? Will Bieber ever have a normal life? What do you think, young Bieber performing Alanis Morisette's "Ironic"?
Bieber says: "Isn't it ironic? Don't ya think? What does 'ironic' mean?"
i want this to be true. his squeaky-clean image annoys me... and his squeaky voice... I HATE HIM. lol ;)
Is he 17 now? Or was he 17 then? I'm confused. If he was 16, couldn't she be counter-sued for statutory rape of a minor?
Exactly! Is fifteen minutes of fame and maybe child support really worth accusing herself of something like that?
I thought the exact same thing when I first read it.
Nick...you present a very balance point....
I think Bieber was MADE in the media. Yes, he can hold a note, has Usher as a mentor and is a dreamy delight to young girls, but similar to Vanilla Ice, who was considered an icon after one song (which, by the way, was just a sampled Bowie track with simple minded lyrics)... this kid has had ONE, repeat ONE hit song, which repeats the word Baby for 3 minutes. I don't get it. I'm cool with the pop genre, but Bieber's whole career is the definition of HYPE.
I don't wish the kid any ill will, and if he's a good kid, all the best to him, but if he DID have sex with this young female fan without a condom (or any common sense) his PR team better encourage him to become a spokesman for "doin' the right thing"....Hopefully it's less painful to witness than Bristol Palin's mess.
Whaa? Do you listen to the radio? The kid's had like five hit songs, maybe more depending on what you consider a hit. "One Time", "Somebody to Love", and "Never Say Never", "One Less Lonely Girl", and now "Under the Mistletoe" is already blowing up. I don't see how you can compare that to Vanilla Ice's one-hit-wonder-dom. Not to mention the hit documentary he put out last year. It kind of scares me that I could recall all of those songs, btw. Just goes to show you how big he really is.
Anyway, as far as this whole baby daddy thing is concerned, I really couldn't care less. Sure, it's out of left field, but I just feel like nothing that happens in pop culture can really surprise me anymore.
I wonder what Selena Gomez thinks of all this.