Last summer it was in all the magazines and on the numerous showbiz websites: cracks had appeared in the marriage of the Canadian singer and the entrepreneur who is sometimes also a model. They did not want to comment on it, but the rumors later turned out to be completely true.

Only now did Hailey want to respond to it during an interview with GQ Magazine. “We have been taking our lives day by day for some time now,” she says. “Justin and I feel very comfortable in our marriage, but it doesn’t all happen naturally. Love is a verb,” she says. “It doesn’t help with obstacles that everything immediately becomes public. We console ourselves with the thought that a day will come when we become less important to the paparazzi. Or at least we hope so.”

Hailey Bieber admits that there are ups as well as downs in their relationship. © Afp

Son Jack Blues was born on August 23, 2024. That gave their marriage a new dimension. “We feel extremely protective. That feeling will never go away. It is also a personal reason for us to continue our marriage. There has been a common goal for a year now,” she says.

Justin Bieber is always very silent about his marriage during interviews. © AP

Message in song

Justin has never spoken about marital problems in interviews, but he did hint at them in a few songs on his unexpected comeback album Swag. In the song Walking away he sings: “Girl, we better stop before we say shit / We tested our patience / I think we’re better off if we just take a break.”

Perhaps the song was made when their relationship was in a slump. Justin and Hailey have now climbed out of the proverbial hole and are navigating calmer waters again.

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