Justin Bieber: How He Showed Selena Gomez Love After She Was Fat Shamed

So sweet. As Selena’s been dealing with nasty online bullies, who are fat shaming her, Justin found a special way to boost her morale, HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY learned. Find out how!

Selena Gomez, 22, has been having a hard time dealing with all nasty comments about her thicker bikini body, so getting support from Justin Bieber, 21, must have been a big help. And even though he wasn’t always the most perfect boyfriend when they were together, we love the way he let her know that she shouldn’t listen to the online body bullies.

Justin Bieber Supports Selena Gomez: Fat Shaming Prompted Him To Show Her Love

Justin loves the way Selena looks with a little extra meat on her bones and he made sure to tell her — using an emoji, of course.

“Justin sent her a screenshot of her bikini pic with a whole bunch of thumbs up emojis, which was really sweet. He’s still playing games with her — they both play games with each other — but it meant a lot to get that support from him. She still values his opinion more than anyone else’s, so that helped her confidence a ton,” a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.

And that’s not all! Our source says, “A lot of people reached out to Selena, including James Franco and Pink!”

We’re so glad Selena is getting lots of support. No matter how strong she appears to be in public, getting bullied is never easy.

Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber: He Just Wants To Hook Up With Her Again

Justin is giving Selena all kinds of mixed signals, but a source tells HollywoodLife.com exactly what his intentions with his ex-girlfriend are. “He wants to hook up with her again, but he doesn’t want to date her right now. He knows it’s toxic, but he is down to hook up at any time.”

Selena was hoping for an engagement ring before their last breakup, so we have a feeling she won’t be down for something so casual. But he does seem to be making an effort to be there for her, so maybe he’s ready to get serious with her again. What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Was Justin’s sweet message a sign that he still wants Selena to be his girlfriend?

— Susan Johnson