Justin Bieber’s Ups and Downs

 

Justin Bieber has had periods of closeness — and times of estrangement — with his mom, Pattie Mallette, and dad, Jeremy Bieber.

The “Yummy” singer was born in March 1994 in Toronto, Canada, where he was primarily raised by Mallette — then a teen mom who struggled financially.

“As a single mother [I sometimes said], ‘I have no idea how I’m going to feed Justin,’” Mallette told Canadian Christian talk show 100 Huntley Street in 2008.

While the “Baby” artist has insisted that his dad was in his life as a child, Justin told Billboard in 2015 that Jeremy “left for like a year when I was about 4, went to British Columbia, came back on Father’s Day,” Justin added: “I remember my mom said, ‘If you’re going to be here, you have to be here.’”

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