Justin Bieber has revealed he regrets making racist remarks when he was younger.
The singer, 25, was caught on camera using offensive terms when he was just 14 years old, including one clip where he changed the chorus of his song ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ by substituting ‘girl’ for the N-word.
The hitmaker took to Instagram and admitted he didn’t truly realise ‘the power’ of what he was saying.
Statement: Justin Bieber, 25, has revealed he regrets making racist remarks when he was younger (pictured in May 2019)
Alongside a post bearing the words ‘STAND AGAINST RACISM’, he wrote: ‘When I was young I was uneducated and found myself saying really hurtful things not knowing the power of my words.
‘Racism Is still very prevalent and I want to use my voice to remind we are all human being and all of EQUAL VALUE BEFORE GOD!’
Justin previously issued an apology five years ago after TMZ shared a video of him telling a racist joke when he was a teen.
The website explained they had received the clip – which was shot backstage at a promotional event – four years prior to that but decided not to post it because of Justin’s age and because he ‘immediately told his friends what he did was stupid.’
Video: The singer was caught on camera using offensive terms when he was just 14 years old (pictured in November 2009)
After it was published, the Canadian singer apologised for his ‘inexcusable mistake’.
He said: ‘As a young man, I didn’t understand the power of certain words and how they can hurt. I thought it was OK to repeat hurtful words and jokes, but didn’t realise at the time that it wasn’t funny and that in fact my actions were continuing the ignorance.
‘I take my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologise for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake.
‘I was a kid then and I am a man now who knows my responsibility to the world and to not make that mistake again.’
Post: Justin wrote on Instagram: When I was young I was uneducated and found myself saying really hurtful things not knowing the power of my words’ (pictured in February 2016)
Justin’s post comes shortly after the singer was seen arriving at a recording studio in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The Sorry singer modeled a pair of neon green sweats and bundled up in a John Mayer tour hoodie while laughing it up with a male pal.
He pulled his hood up over a tan knit beanie and rounded off his dressed-down ensemble with a pair of sneakers.
Justin added: ‘Racism Is still very prevalent and I want to use my voice to remind we are all human being and all of EQUAL VALUE BEFORE GOD!’
Justin, who is newly married to Alec Baldwin’s niece Hailey, made a holiday resolution on Instagram that day.
‘I’m determined this holiday season to take ownership of all my shortcomings and work on them for myself and the ones I love! What is your goal?’ he wrote.
The caption accompanied a picture of an animated Christmas tree covered in promotions for his streetwear line Drew, which he launched early this year.
Out and about: Justin flashed his megawatt smile when he was spotted out and about in Los Angeles this Tuesday
His post comes after Hailey posted to her Insta Stories to let her 23.7 million followers get a look at their Christmas tree.
‘I called it the “trinket tree” cause all these ornaments look like little trinkets,’ wrote the daughter of Stephen Baldwin.
Hailey, who has been sporting a $500,000 new Tiffany engagement ring, had a courthouse wedding with Justin in New York last September.
However, the pair of devoted Christians were set on an ecclesiastical wedding too and held a ceremony at the Montage Palmetto Bluff’s Somerset Chapel last month.
Their 150-strong guest list included a string of celebrities such as Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Usher and Jaden Smith – as well as various Baldwins.
Shortly after his last breakup from his on-off flame Selena Gomez last year, Justin and Hailey had whirlwind romance and he proposed that summer in the Bahamas.
Looking ahead: ‘I’m determined this holiday season to take ownership of all my shortcomings and work on them for myself and the ones I love! What is your goal?’ he wrote
‘we tried!! lol’: His post comes after Hailey posted to her Insta Stories to let her 23.7 million followers get a look at their Christmas tree
Showbiz legacy: ‘I called it the “trinket tree” cause all these ornaments look like little trinkets,’ wrote the daughter of Stephen Baldwin