Another day, another Justin Bieber scandal. The crowd cheered when the polarizing pop star was on the receiving end of a slug from actor Orlando Bloom Tuesday. But they couldn’t have been very surprised.
Biebs has been landing in hot water on a nearly monthly basis for the past couple of years. Let’s take a trip down memory lane:
Feb. 28, 2013
The singer celebrated his 19th birthday at a UK club — then he was snapped returning to his hotel at 6 a.m., shirtless in below-freezing temperatures.
March 26, 2013
Bieber bared his abs yet again, this time at a Polish airport. “He wasn’t told to take off his clothes. He had no metal objects on him,” a spokeswoman for Wladyslaw Reymont Airport told Reuters. “He’s quite skinny, so I assume he was probably freezing.”
March 28, 2013
The singer brought his pet capuchin monkey into Munich on his private plane. But when officials discovered he didn’t have the proper paperwork, they confiscated the animal and charged Bieber a fine. The monkey now lives in a German zoo.
April 12, 2013
Between concerts, Biebs stopped by the Anne Frank Museum, where the singer wrote the most cringe-worthy guest-book entry ever: “Anne was a great girl. Hopefully, she would have been a Belieber.”
May 27, 2013
It was reported that Bieber was under investigation for reckless driving.
July 10, 2013
A video showed the star urinating into a NYC restaurant’s mop bucket, then yelling, “F—k Bill Clinton!”
Aug. 4, 2013
A month later, Page Six reported, he sicced his bodyguards on a man after a Hamptons argument “over a waitress and an H&M bow tie.”
Sept. 30, 2013
The teen posted an Instagram photo of his bodyguards carrying him up the Great Wall of China. Turns out, Bieber was tired from filming a video — in which he’s seen grinding on unsuspecting tourists — at the landmark.
Oct. 7, 2013
A video surfaced of Biebs at a party, holding what appears to be a joint.
Oct. 29, 2013
The “Beauty and a Beat” singer, channeling his inner Banksy, showed support for Chris Brown, recently arrested for felony assault, by painting “Free Breezy” on a wall in Bogotá.
Nov. 1 and 6, 2013
The singer was photographed sneaking out of a Rio de Janeiro brothel. Days later, a woman leaked footage of herself in the same room as a sleeping, shirt-free Bieber.
Dec. 30, 2013
Toronto cops looked into an accusation that either Bieber or a member of his entourage attacked a limo driver.
Jan. 9, 2014
LA cops were called after the singer egged his neighbor’s home. He was later charged with misdemeanor vandalism, having to undergo anger management and pay $80,000 in damages.
Jan. 23, 2014
The well-coiffed 19-year-old was arrested for driving under the influence and resisting arrest in Miami. He reportedly tested positive for pot and Xanax.
Jan. 29, 2014
Bieber surrenders to Toronto police for the December alleged assault on a limo driver.
Jan. 31, 2014
US Customs and Border Protection officers searched Bieber’s private jet in New Jersey and detected the scent of marijuana on the plane, law enforcement officers told CNN at the time. No drugs were
ultimately found.
April 23, 2014
Bieber apologized to fans for posting a pic of his visit earlier in the week to the Yasukuni Shrine, a controversial landmark honoring war criminals in Tokyo.
He tweeted: “While in Japan I asked my driver to pull over for which I saw a beautiful shrine. I was mislead to think the shrines were only a place of prayer. To anyone I have offended I am extremely sorry. I love you China and I love you Japan.”
May 12, 2014
Biebs allegedly snatched the cellphone of a woman who tried to take snaps of him on a mini-golf course in LA, according to the Hollywood Reporter. She accused him of attempted robbery.
June 1, 2014
TMZ released a video taken when Bieber was 15 of him telling a racist joke.
June 3, 2014
The Sun then released its own video of Bieber using the N-word.
July 18, 2014
TMZ snapped a photo of Bieber downing a beer at a West Hollywood nightclub.
July 20, 2014
Beverly Hills police responded six times in a single weekend to complaints about noise and fan misconduct at the singer’s pad, Beverly Hills police Sgt. Matt Subin told the Los Angeles Times.
July 29, 2014
Orlando Bloom threw a punch at Bieber after the singer reportedly made a lewd comment about Bloom’s ex, Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr.