Justin Bieber's Viral Video Stunt: Fans Split Over Prank

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Justin fooled the world by pretending that an extortionist stole his computer and was threatening to leak a scandalous video with Nicki Minaj. Read on to find out how fans reacted to Justin’s prank!

Justin Bieber doesn’t take his prankster side lightly. The 18-year-old grabbed the world’s attention by pretending his laptop had been stolen during a stop on his Believe tour, creating a fake Twitter account to fake extortion threats about releasing personal videos — all to hype the release of his “Beauty And A Beat” music video. While most of his fans enjoyed the joke, some aren’t too pleased!

@TheRyanBeatty: “The way Justin Bieber released his Newest Music *Video was so smart and innovative!”

@theycallmejerry: “What kind of person pretends their things are stolen, “leaks” personal videos, then post their own directed video? Oh, Justin Bieber.”

@LOHANTHONY: “justin bieber is a genius who else thinks to release a music video like he did”

@Sam_Comf: “Thanks @justinbieber for trying to make Tacoma look ghetto #WhatATool”

@codychristman: “I used to like Justin bieber but after watching his new music video I’m just kinda like blahhhh over it”

@tomlinsoup: “justin bieber is the reason i have trust issues”

@druhunseth: “JUSTIN BIEBER MADE UP SOME FAKE TWITTER TO PROMOTE HIS NEW MUSIC VIDEO CLEVER JUSTIN CLEVER”

What did you think of Justin’s prank, HollywoodLifers?

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I loved the way he promoted his video.. It was creative.. And pranky. But Justin is the reason I have trust issues lmao

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I liked the video. Thought it was cute. they’re having fun.

Justin pranked his fans BUT ALSO WHOLE MEDIA!

what the hell was he pretending to grind nicki and she was like ah ah ah ah! omg thats so wrong, she shouldnt do that, he has young little five year plds that are watching him, what the hell was he thinking! but none the less it was still hot!

So clever i love it , my friends love it , we love him more after he did this

He should go to jail, like I would if I did something that STUPID! Are you idiots really agreeing with this? What if someone needed the police. Your kid, husband, mom, dad. IMMATURE IDIOTS! I hope he goes to jail. I hate that kid now. He’s been changing, but now???… He’s out of control. I’m also sick of hearing about his loser mother. Big deal. She had a tough childhood. SO DID I! I didn’t write a friggin book. GET OVER IT! You got lucky your kid got famous, because take the TUNES AWAY and HE CAN’T SING! ANYBODY CAN SING FROM A STUDIO. Why do you think they booted him when he was younger in your town. PLEASE! Kids like him because they are “KIDS”! He is NOT talented at all. People don’t know what MUSIC is anymore.

You must be high on something dude!!! No police was involve. The report was never filed. It was said that his tour manager did later on made a complain after all but it was never verified. Just give him a break. He just want to teach the media and people like you a lesson. “Don’t believe in whatever you read and don’t make a conclusion too fast without knowing the whole story. He had suffered enough animosity from the world! He just want to do musics. Give him a chance.

I was saying about something totally different. My mistake? NO! This site? YES! Sorry if you thought I was talking about this video. I wasn’t. keep the peace. lol