Justin Bieber talks commitment struggles
Justin Bieber opens up about how he struggled with commitment at the start of his relationship with Hailey.
He makes the revelation during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music.
The pop-star admits he was hurt from his previous relationship.
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Justin tells Zane that he told Hailey he couldn't commit to her at the beginning of their romance.
"I said, "Listen, I'm still really hurt and still trying to figure out my way, and I'm not ready to make a commitment to you in a way that... I just don't want to say something and do the opposite.""
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The singer explains, "I was at the point where I'd done that in the past."
"And I just was honest with her, I was like, "I'm not in a place to be faithful," and all this sort of stuff, that I wanted to be - but I just wasn't there yet."
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Justin's previous relationship
When asked why he couldn't commit to Hailey, Justin admits, "I think I was just hurt from my previous relationship."
He explains, "I think I still was dealing with a lot of unforgiveness and all that sort of stuff."
"To be honest, I don't think I even knew what I was really struggling with at the time."
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Justin had been in a long-term relationship with Selena Gomez prior to his romance with Hailey.
They called it quits in early 2018 after about eight years of dating.
He tells Zane, "I don't think I knew I was dealing with unforgiveness."
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Justin says, "I was just in a place where I knew I didn't want to tell [Hailey] one thing and..."
"I felt like she respected me at the time and I had a lot of respect for her."
"So I just didn't want to say something and then she'd see me off doing some other thing."
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Justin and Hailey hurt each other
Justin reveals, "But either way, she loved me and seeing me with other people hurt her."
"And so with that being said, she went out and did things that hurt me. And so just this hurt, I've hurt her, she hurt me."
He continues, "And then before tour we just really stopped talking, I was really upset."
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Justin admits he was, "reckless," in his previous relationship.
So instead of going down that path again, he said he took the time to focus on himself and make better decisions.
Watch the full interview below:
