Justin Bieber’s father Jeremy has been slammed by fans after posting offensive anti-LGBTQ+ messages during Pride month.
Bieber, 48, who shares Justin, 29, with ex Patti Mallette , shocked followers when he shared a photo of a Pride flag on Twitter on Wednesday and wrote: ‘Don’t forget to thank a straight person this month for your existence.’
The comment was compounded by a previous vile tweet posted on Monday, which read: ‘We need to celebrate families. U know the reason we’re all here!
‘The things this generation glorifies is unbelievable!’
A representative for Justin Bieber declined to comment when approached by DailyMail.com.
Awful: Justin Bieber’s father Jeremy has been slammed by fans after posting offensive anti-LGBTQ+ messages during Pride month (pictured with Justin, daughter Jazmyn and ex Patti Mallette) in 2011
Ill-advised: Bieber, 48, who shares Justin, 29, with ex Patti Mallette , shocked followers when he shared a photo of a Pride flag on Twitter on Wednesday and wrote: ‘Don’t forget to thank a straight person this month for your existence’
Fans quickly erupted on social media, calling out Jeremy for alleged hypocrisy for urging others to ‘celebrate families’ when he has fathered children by multiple women.
One fan wrote: ‘Yes! thanks straight man, who left your woman at the time raising your child alone. You are definitely the best person to something about family, respect and love.’
Another penned: ‘Says the man who abandoned his child and only came back bc he became famous.. that’s how you celebrate family?
Another wrote: ‘Yes! thanks straight man, who left your woman at the time raising your child alone. You are definitely the best person to something about family, respect and love.
Others called out the star and said he would be ‘nothing’ without his superstar son, writing: ‘don’t forget to thank justin about all the money u have.’
Justin previously bought Jeremy a $850,000 house and was previously claimed to be sending his father thousands of dollars a month to fund his lifestyle.
Another wrote: ‘Says the guy who abandoned his son and only came back to his life once he was a millionaire.
One wrote: ‘To be honest I think a person who abandoned his son and only came back to his life once he was millionaire is waaay worse’ while another typed: ‘you’re so pathetic.’
Tweet: The comment was compounded by a previous vile tweet posted on Monday, which read: ‘We need to celebrate families. U know the reason we’re all here! ‘The things this generation glorifies is unbelievable!’
Close bond: Others called out the star and said he would be ‘nothing’ without his superstar son, writing: ‘don’t forget to thank justin about all the money u have’
On display: Bieber has a 2.1million follower count on his Twitter platform
Backlash: Followers took to Twitter to lambast Bieber for his vile comments
Others wrote: ‘Don’t forget to thank your son, who you abandoned as a baby, for the money that you have now’, ‘lol why would anyone listen to you on the subject of families??’ and ‘Sorry yes lets glorify families. The three ‘families’ you’ve started w three different women having kids all around. GLORIFY FAMILIES!!!’
As well as Justin, Jeremy had two children – daughter Jazmyn, 13, and son Jaxon, 12 – with ex Erin Wagner, whom he was with from 2007 to 2014.
Jeremy then married his girlfriend Chelsey Rebelo in February 2018, and together they welcomed daughter Bay, 3. Jeremy is also a stepfather to Chelsey’s 14-year-old daughter Allie.
He split from Justin’s mother, Pattie Mallette, just 10 months after she had given birth to the future global superstar following a troubled on off relationship.
According to Pattie’s autobiography, The Only Way Is Up, the teenagers were actually engaged, but called off the wedding when Jeremy cheated on her with a mutual acquaintance.
She also claims Jeremy was in the county jail for fighting the day Justin was born and that he often let his son down, regularly failing to turn up when he was due to take him out for the day.
There is no official recording of his time in jail at the time of Justin’s birth – although records are expunged after a certain period of time in Canada.
But he has got other offenses on his rap sheet. In 1997 he was convicted of assault and sentenced to 90 days in prison.
Kids: As well as Justin, Jeremy had two children – daughter Jazmyn, 13, and son Jaxon, 12 – with ex Erin Wagner, whom he was with from 2007 to 2014 – he also has a daughter with wife Chelsea
Two years later he spent another 21 days in jail after violating his probation. He was also convicted of a second probation violation at the same time.
Then in January 2004 he was charged with assault again, but the case was dismissed.
Despite his criminal past Justin still seems to look up to his wayward father. Even though they were out of contact for extended periods during his childhood, Justin gave an interview saying: ‘I have a great relationship with my dad.
‘When I was younger, he taught me how to play some songs on the guitar, like ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ by Bob Dylan. He taught me how to drive too.’
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