Justin Bieber seeks VERY unlikely source of comfort amid marriage woes with Hailey... as he tries to heal huge childhood wound
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Justin Bieber's increasingly bizarre and erratic behavior has sparked concerns not only for his marriage, but also his mental wellbeing.
Despite the turbulence - from seemingly dissing his wife Hailey Bieber to apparent public drug use - the troubled singer has reportedly found himself leaning on an unlikely source of stability... his parents.
For years, the hitmaker has struggled in his relationships with his mother, Pattie Mallette, and father, Jeremy Bieber, who has been described as being largely absent throughout much of Justin's adolescence.
But now, the Daily Mail can reveal Justin, 31, is focusing on healing those complicated relationships - something his wife Hailey, 28, is slower to achieve with her own parents Stephen and Kennya Baldwin.
'Justin loves his parents very much,' said a source close to Justin. 'He has a complex relationship with them, but there's still a lot of love there.'
The Canadian star, who went golfing with his father Jeremy last week, has been open about his struggles with his dad, who reportedly battled with addiction and allegedly was in county jail on the day Justin was born.
Speaking to Billboard in 2015, Justin said that Jeremy, who was just 18 when he became a parent, wasn't ready for fatherhood.
'He was immature,' the singer said. 'He left for like a year when I was about four, went to British Columbia, came back on Father's Day. I remember my mom said, "If you're going to be here, you have to be here." There's a misconception that he's this deadbeat dad, but he has been in my life since. I was with him on weekends and Wednesdays.'
Jeremy is said to have introduced Justin to music and taught him how to drive, but was reportedly not always the perfect role model for the rising star.
When Justin was arrested in Miami and charged with a DUI while street racing in 2014, it was allegedly Jeremy who had blocked off the streets for his son's joyride.
But according to our insider, Justin is finally at peace with his father, now 49.
'He's worked through all the absenteeism and he now respects his father for the man who he is,' they said. 'They are good.'
It is understood that Justin also maintains relationships with his three half-siblings and one stepsister.
After Justin was born, Jeremy fathered two children with his then-girlfriend Erin Wagner: daughter, Jazmyn, 16, and son, Jaxon, 14.
After they split in 2014, Jeremy went on to date Chelsey Bieber and the pair tying the knot in 2018. Chelsey was already a mom to daughter, Allie, now 18, but she and Jeremy welcomed their only child together, daughter Bay, in August 2018.
'Justin loves them all, and they love him,' said our insider. 'They've got a good sibling relationship.'
It has clearly been a restorative time for Justin who is also healing wounds with his mother, Pattie Mallette, 50. The mother-son pair were estranged from 2013 to 2015, during which time Justin was arrested, dealt with drug use and faced a string of scandals.
'I was distant because I was ashamed,' Justin told Billboard in 2015. 'I never wanted my mom to be disappointed in me and I knew she was. We spent some time not talking, so it takes time to rebuild that trust.'
In 2016, the singer revealed he hadn't been seeing his mom as much as he would have liked, admitting at the time, 'I’m a lot closer to my dad than I am to my mom.'
Now, they are said to be tentatively back in contact.
'He has his moments with Pattie, but right now, she's the one he talks to less frequently,' our insider said.
But it is not such a harmonious story for Hailey, who has kept her distance from her famous father, Stephen. The father-daughter duo have reportedly gone months without speaking, and are only just now beginning to send each other occasional texts and messages.
The model touched on her familial relations last year, revealing she was focused on her independence.
'I'm not super close with my family at this point in my life,' she told W Magazine. 'Because I feel like I'm very independent. I'm my own individual now, and I've built my own family. But when I look back on my childhood and how I grew up, I have very fond, beautiful memories.'
It is understood that Hailey was left furious in February last year when her father Stephen took to Instagram to ask people to 'pray' for his daughter's marriage.
'Hailey had a blowout with her family when her dad asked for prayers for Hailey and Justin,' an insider said at the time. 'She told him that she did not want him meddling in her life.'
Meanwhile, a seperate insider claimed that even Hailey’s relationship with her mother, Kennya, was suffering and had 'started to break down when [Hailey] fell pregnant because she didn’t want to tell her family for months.'
Hailey and Justin welcome son Jack Blues in August last year.
In September, Stephen spoke briefly about being in 'grandpa mode' - this time being more careful with his words.
'And of course, here comes Jack Blues Bieber,' he told People magazine. 'And yeah, he's just… I don't want to say too much. He's unbelievably cute.'
And, as for Justin, relations are said to be showing signs of warming for the Baldwins and Hailey, who just announced she is selling her make-up brand Rhode in a deal worth up to $1 billion.
'She's talking to them a bit more, nothing deep or serious,' said our source. 'She doesn't hate her parents by any means, but she doesn't always see eye to eye with them, and she's asserting her independence. She's 28 now.
'Hailey's parents gave her a great childhood, better than what Justin had, and she appreciates that. They just are a lot for her to take sometimes, they give unwanted opinions, stick their nose in, and say things they shouldn't say publicly. It happens; they're parents.'
Hailey is said to have clashed with her parents over religion and politics. In 2017, the model, who threw her support behind former Vice President Kamala Harris, admitted her father's political leanings had been a 'big issue.' She claimed 'his opinions have [since] changed' but did not elaborate further.
Stephen and Kennya are die-hard evangelicals who are very open about their beliefs online.
'These relationships are evolving, as always,' our source said. 'They'll continue to evolve. All four parents love Justin and Hailey, and they love Jack. Relationships are just complex sometimes.'
