Justin Bieber Says Someone Unfollowed Hailey From His Account

In early January, Justin and Hailey Bieber quashed divorce rumors. The couple, who got married in 2019, welcomed their first baby, Jack Blues Bieber, in August 2024. And although they’ve shared quite a few loved-up posts since then, that hasn’t stopped speculation about their marriage. In a viral video posted on Dec. 29, pop culture TikToker Sloan Hooks claimed that he received a “tip” about the couple’s relationship — and that it was not “going too well.” Amid the speculation, Justin and Hailey have both seemingly addressed the haters with telling Instagram posts. But weeks later, Justin unfollowed Hailey on Instagram, prompting speculation to start again.

Justin clarified things on Jan. 21 — the same day that the news broke about him unfollowing Hailey. Taking to his IG Stories, he explained that he was hacked. “Someone went on my account and unfollowed my wife. Sh*t is getting suss out here,” he wrote, per a screenshot shared on X, formerly called Twitter. He has since re-followed her and deleted the Instagram Story.

ICYMI, on Jan. 21, fans noticed that Justin was no longer following Hailey on Instagram. Some fans thought the unfollow must have been an accident, but others believed it was a PR stunt. “The only reason Justin unfollowed Hailey is because he’s releasing new music,” one wrote on X. Another fan guessed, “justin has to be hacked or something cuz no way he unfollowed hailey…”

Only a few days earlier, on Jan. 18, Justin shared an IG Story of Hailey on their Aspen trip. Per a screenshot shared by Elle, Justin captioned the photo, “The greatest woman I have and will ever know.” Justin also fawned over Hailey on Jan. 1, sharing a photo from their New Year’s celebration. “Um,” he wrote in an IG story, alongside the photo of Hailey in a bikini. “Goin anywhere with u bb,” he added, seemingly quelling the rumors about marital tension.

A few days earlier (and one day after Hooks’ TikTok), Hailey slammed haters and trolls with a Dec. 30 Instagram story. “Me to all of you on the Internet,” Hailey captioned the post, a TikTok from Bernard Joseph Velasquez. In the video, Velasquez said, “You’re not well and it’s OK. You’ve done made a lot of choices. The choices that you made done put you in situations that you hate. You don’t want to be in those situations. You recognize every day when you wake up, ‘F*ck, this is the reality that I made for myself.’”

Hailey has previously made her feelings on breakup rumors clear. In a July 2024 interview with W Magazine, she discussed how hurtful comments about her marriage can be, explaining that she’s worked with a therapist to “compartmentalize” the negative attention.

“People have made me feel so bad about my relationship since day one,” Hailey told the outlet at the time. “‘Oh, they’re falling apart. They hate each other. They’re getting divorced.’ It’s like people don’t want to believe that we’re happy. I used to try to act like it hurts less and less. I’ve tried to think that you get used to it at a certain point, that this is what’s going to be said and this is how people are going to be. But I realize that it doesn’t actually ever hurt any less.”