Michael Herbert Miller

Michael Herbert Miller is an editor at the New York Observer.

Ich bin ein Belieber: Ich bin ein Belieber

Michael Herbert Miller, 21 March 2013

The pop star Justin Bieber was born in London, Ontario, the son of two teenagers. His mother was a high-school dropout who liked beer and LSD, and his father an amateur musician. Jeremy Jack Bieber, also a heavy drinker, was in the local jail the night his son was born. He abandoned the family when Bieber was ten months old and went on to pursue a career as a martial arts fighter, often missing visits to his son, resurfacing now and then with a guitar in tow as the boy got older. Justin Bieber grew up very poor and very Christian with his mother, Pattie Mallette. She’s now 38 and believes in family values.

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