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Justin Bieber performing in Lisbon, Portugal, earlier this week.
(Photo by Jose Sena Goulao/EPA)
It ain't easy being Bieb. The beleaguered Justin Bieber took to Instagram Thursday to complain about the "countless lies in the press" about him, notably reports that he is headed to rehab and that his family is disappointed in him.
"if Anyone believes i need rehab thats their own stupidity lol I'm 19 with 5 number one albums, 19 and I've seen the whole world. 19 and I've accomplished more than I could've ever dreamed of, i'm 19 and it must be scary to some people to think that this is just the beginning," he writes on his Instagram account.
He had posted another version earlier that scoffed at comparisons to Lindsay Lohan ("Look at her 2012 tax statements ;"), but took that down and replaced it with an edited version that did not mention Lohan.
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The once squeaky-clean teen idol has been taken down a few notches since January, when photos surfaced showing the then-19-year-old appearing to be smoking a joint at a party. Earlier this month, his entourage scuffled with the security team at a London nightclub over the presence of 14-year-old Jaden Smith, one of his opening acts. Bieber was booed by fans when he failed to take the stage until nearly 10:30 p.m. at his first London concert, and a couple of days later, he collapsed during a concert and was briefly hospitalized, and on his departure from the hospital, he threatened to beat up a paparazzo.
"I'm a good person with a big heart," he writes to his fans. "And don't think I deserve all this negative press I've worked my ass off to get where I am and my hard work doesn't stop here. ... All this isn't easy. I get angry sometimes. I'm human. I'm gonna make mistakes. In gonna grow and get better from them. But all the love from you guys overcomes the negativity."