Justin Bieber has been making headlines lately with this “bad boy” attitude and behavior, but during a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Bieber said that he is “happy with the man he is becoming and he doesn’t “give a f—” what people say.

“I don’t give a f—.” he said. “Not ‘I don’t give a f—‘ to just be reckless and do whatever, but ‘I don’t give a f— what they say.” He continued, “I know who I am and what I’m doing in my life and what I’ve accomplished and continue to accomplish as a performer, as a writer, as an artist, as a person, as a human being. I’m happy with the man I’m becoming.”

Everyone knows that happiness does not sell the way negative stories do, and Bieber says that is why people are hearing all about the negative in his life and not the positives.

“When people see a negative thing about me on a magazine, they’re gonna buy it,” he said. “Every time some site writes something bad, all my followers go on there, and it brings them more traffic. Now they have all the Beliebers on their site, which gives them money from advertisers. They’re just worried about money. They don’t care about ruining someone’s name.”

blessed to do this night after night. honored to have these fans. my beliebers. thank you. smiling. #BLESSED

— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 20, 2013

Maybe Bieber has decided to put his vandalism/graffiti ways away and has decided to act like an adult. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

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