Is it too late now to say sorry?
Justin Bieber’s dad passive-aggressively apologized after sharing a homophobic post during Pride Month and facing backlash.
“Acknowledging the nuclear family is offensive? My apologies to those offended. Was not my intent. Not that my opinion matters,” Jeremy Bieber tweeted Wednesday.
Twitter users did not take kindly to the 48-year-old’s weak apology and proceeded to drag him.
“You knew what you were doing when you tweeted it and you also knew Justin would get thrown under the bus too, as if he hasn’t already been through it??????” one person wrote.
“you know exactly the intention of what you said, don’t pretend to be a saint. if you’re prejudiced, so be it, but keep it to yourself,” a second advised.
“you definitely knew you were being disrespectful and still posted it,” another agreed.
Jeremy found himself in hot water earlier Wednesday when he tweeted an off-color meme that netizens deemed homophobic.
“Don’t forget to thank a straight person this month for your existence,” the since-deleted message read over a photo of a rainbow flag.
And just two days prior, Jeremy — who has four children with three women — tweeted that people “need to celebrate families.”
He added, “U know the reason we’re all here! The things this generation glorifies is unbelievable!”
Justin, 29, has not commented on his dad’s posts, but he and Jeremy famously have had a complicated relationship.
Jeremy was not present during the pop star’s childhood, leaving Justin’s mom, Pattie Mallette, to raise him.
However, the Drew House founder has stayed in touch with his father and showed his support for Jeremy’s expanding family with Erin Wagner and Chelsey Rebelo.
Justin has even posted photos with his half-siblings — Jazmyn, 15, Jaxon, 13, and Bay, 4 — on several occasions.
The “Love Yourself” crooner has not outwardly shared his support for the LGBTQIA+ community; however, he did respond to a question about homosexuality during a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone.
“It’s everyone’s own decision to do that,” he said at the time — despite sexual orientation not being a person’s choice.
Justin, who married Hailey Bieber in 2018, added, “It doesn’t affect me and shouldn’t affect anyone else.”
