A teenage Justin Bieber was caught on camera dropping the N-word, while telling a tasteless joke to pals, it was reported Sunday.
“Why are black people afraid of chainsaws?” Bieber, now 20, asks a woman sitting next to him on the couch, according to a video published by Britain’s Sun.
A male pal off camera tried to stop the mop-topped singer from finishing the joke: “Don’t even say it, don’t say it.”
But Bieber couldn’t help but deliver the nasty punchline: “Run n—er, n—er, n—er, n—er, n—er.”
Bieber’s team knew about the offensive video clip — believed to have been recorded when the singer was 17 years old — and had offered big bucks to keep it quiet, according to The Sun.
A rep for Bieber could not be immediately reached for comment.
The video was reportedly shot during filming for his 2011 documentary, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.”
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