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To say Justin Bieber has had a controversial few months would be an understatement. From having a pet monkey quarantined and lashing out at photographers, to angering fans by turning up hours late to an O2 gig and mocking Lindsay Lohan on Instagram, he's been a regular feature on GLAMOUR's daily news round-up of late.
Now the Beauty and the Beat singer has courted controversy again over the weekend, sparking outrage on social media following a visit to the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam.
After touring the house where Frank and her family hid during World War II to escape persecution by the Nazis, Bieber decided to leave a comment in the museum's guestbook:
"Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber"
The Canadian singer, who is currently in Amsterdam on tour, then received a huge online backlash after his comment was quoted on the Anne Frank House Facebook page. User Meghan Mausteller wrote "Way to turn an inspiring moment into something about yourself" whilst Angela Gigi Mohler agreed: "Here I thought it was nice of him to go and see the history of her until I read what he wrote. Have some respect Mr. Bieber for she will be famous long after your fame fizzles".
Whilst Bieber's fans flew to his defence, and a source close to the singer told US Weekly that "He wasn't trying to be offensive at all…He was really moved by the experience", the response to the singer's remarks was overwhelmingly negative online.
The Anne Frank press office confirmed with the BBC that Bieber had written the comments, and said
"He's 19, it's a strange life he's living, it wasn't very sensible but he didn't mean bad…He was very interested in Anne Frank"
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Source: Us Weekly
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