Will.I.Am: Justin Bieber’s Mum Will Help

will.i.am says Justin Bieber’s mother will help him through his rough patch.

The 19-year-old singer has had a difficult time after a recent controversy-filled trip to London – which included him turning up 2 hours late to a show and getting into an altercation with a photographer – and new reports of his pet monkey being seized by customs.

It seems he has support from the ‘Scream & Shout’ rapper, who has suggested he his parents could be the secret to saving his reputation.

He told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: “It’s dangerous to be a child star, but it’s dangerous to be a child in the ghetto, or to be a child at school being bullied.

“If you have good parents, you’ll be all right. Justin’s mom is great.”

The ‘Beauty and the Beat’ hitmaker’s grandmother also weighed in earlier this month, adding he may have fallen in with the wrong crowd and is struggling to “cope” with being a celebrity.

She said: “I don’t think for one moment this is all about him being a bad boy. He’s only just turned 19 and he’s still learning to cope with the pressures of fame.

“But it’s worrying. You read all sorts of things about him … and he needs to understand some of those so-called friends probably don’t have his best interests at heart.”

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Justin Timberlake has hinted that ‘Mirrors’ is about Jessica Biel.

The singer-and-actor appeared has suggested his recent chart-topping single is dedicated to his wife of six months, explaining that the lyrics refer to “someone that you feel is your other half”.

In an audio clip on his official website, Justin said: “It’s definitely a special song for me. ‘Mirrors’ is a love song to someone that you feel like is, you know, sort of your other half. And it became a play on that. Not specifically about looking into a mirror.

“One of the most valuable things in a relationship is being able to constantly change and be individual, but look to the other side to the person that you’re with and know that they’re changing as well individually, but somehow you two can mirror each other and be the other half of that world that you both create.”

The mid-tempo hit is sung from the point of view of a lover fighting to save a rocky relationship with the love of their life, which seemingly echoes the 32-year-old pop star’s own relationship with Jessica, 31.

The couple briefly ended their four-year romance in March 2011, before reuniting and marrying in October 2012.

Justin added: “I think a relationship, when it’s working, is constantly evolving because we as individuals evolve. You want to know that the person you’re with is evolving with you. People change like seasons. We’re always growing, always evolving, and to know that the other half of a special part of your life is, like I said, mirroring you, but also being an individual in their own way.”

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