Update: Members of 4chan, an online message board known for “trolling,” took credit for creating the hoax urging Bieber fans to self-harm. According to an article in the National Post, members posted the following message: ”Tweet a bunch of pics of people cutting themselves and claim we did it because Bieber was smoking weed.” Hence the ensuing (fake) photos of slashed arms. Making a prank out of self-harming makes this story all the more disturbing... Thoughts?
A bad time for Justin Bieber just got worse. Not only was a paparazzi recently killed trying to cross the street after trying to get a photo of the megastar, but his fan base seem to have taken an insane pledge to get him to stop smoking dope. By cutting themselves.
It wasn't long before the #CuttingForBieber and #CutForBieber hashtags spread on Twitter, with disturbing pictures of bloodied arms of fans promising to stop cutting when he stops smoking marijuana.
"It hurts, but I do it for my Justin," tweeted one fan, according to an
article in Hip Hop Wired, where a series of tweeted images were posted.
Sources allege that Bieber had been pulled over by police when the photographer died, and that the photographer had proof of the star's pot habit.
It's not clear whether the photographer's death and the ensuing media circus has fuelled Bieber's recreational drug use, but fans blame the bad influence of rapper and friend, Lil Twist. Fans want their clean-cut, sweet-faced Beeb back, and they'll clearly do whatever it takes to persuade him to stop.
Beyond disturbing.
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