TMZ is reporting that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are indeed in couples’ therapy because of a fight they had over Bieber talking to his ex Hailey Baldwin. Been there.
Bieber apparently contacted Baldwin to try to “clear the air” over their brief relationship and bad breakup, sources “connected to” Bieber’s church Hillsong told the outlet.
The Biebs then told Gomez he did as part of “his new ‘open and honest’ approach to life,” per TMZ. Gomez did not take the idea of Bieber being in contact with an ex well, perhaps because Bieber has admitted to cheating on Gomez in the past. Bieber told i-d magazine in 2015:
We were working out how to be in a relationship, how to be ourselves, who we were, in the middle of having people judge our relationship through the media. I think that really messed my head up too. Because then, it’s like trust and all this other stuff that starts messing with your mind. You’re on the road. And there are beautiful women on the road. And you’re just getting yourself into trouble…
And—while they weren’t dating when it happened—they had a pretty ugly and public Instagram fight over Bieber’s photos with then-girlfriend Sofia Richie last year.
“It’s funny to see people that used me for attention and still try to point the finger this way,” Bieber wrote in a comment response then. “Sad. All love.”
Gomez’s mother was hospitalized last week, partly (reportedly!) because she learned that Jelena was doing couples’ therapy together, and seemed to be in it for the long haul. The drama.
