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‘I was raised better than that’: Hailey Bieber speaks out against claims she ‘stole’ husband Justin from Selena Gomez-Rishma Dosani-Entertainment – Metro
‘If we have moved on, why can’t you?’
Hailey Bieber has clarified the timeline of her relationship with Justin Bieber (Picture: Getty)
Hailey Bieber has slammed claims that she ‘stole’ husband Justin Bieber from Selena Gomez.
The Baby singer announced his engagement to the supermodel in 2018 following a whirlwind romance, shortly after he called time on his years-long tryst with the Only Murders In The Building actress once and for all.
They tied the knot in a secret ceremony in that same year, before hosting a ceremony for family and friends in 2019.
Fans have continuously questioned the timeline of the two relationships and speculated that there was an overlap, slamming Hailey in comments on social media.
However, in a new interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the 25-year-old spoke out against the rumors for the first time, insisting that she would ‘never’ date someone who was still in a relationship.
‘Your husband was in a very public relationship. People were obsessed with them being together,’ host Alex Cooper questioned in the candid chat. ‘Were you ever with Justin romantically at the same time as her?’
Hailey spoke out over the speculation on the Call Her Daddy podcast (Picture: Rex)
Selena Gomez had a lengthy on-off romance with Justin (Picture: FilmMagic)
‘No. Not one time. When him and I ever started hooking up or anything of that sort, he was not ever in a relationship. Ever. At any point. I would never…,’ she replied.
‘It’s not in my character to mess with someone’s relationship, I would just never do that. I was raised better than that. I was not interested in doing that and I never was.
‘I think there are situations where you can still have back-and-forth with someone, but even that was not the situation. I can say, period, point blank, I was never with him when he was in a relationship with anybody. That’s the end of it. I had been involved with him since I was 18.’
The pair went their separate ways in 2018 (Picture: FilmMagic)
Justin dated Selena on and off for eight years before they finally went their separate ways in March, 2018.
Months after they ended their relationship, he rekindled his former fling with Hailey – who he was previously linked to in 2016 – and they got married soon after.
Reflecting on the timelines, she explained that she ‘understands’ how it may look from the outside, but vowed that how the situation was perceived in the public wasn’t quite how it happened behind closed doors.
Justin and Hailey tied the knot in a secret wedding in 2018 (Picture: Getty)
‘They were not in a relationship at that time. But, of course, there’s a very long history there and it’s not my relationship, it has nothing to do with me, so I respect that a lot,’ she continued. ‘It closed a chapter and I think it was the best thing that could have happened – for him to move on and be engaged and get married, and move on with his life in that way.
‘It’s hard for me to talk about this because I don’t want to talk on either one of their behalf again because it was their relationship and I honestly respect that very deeply. I know what was going on when we got back together, and I know what had to happen for that to come back together in a healthy way.
‘As a woman, I would never want to get into a relationship with someone and get engaged and be married to them and think in the back of my mind, “I wonder if that was really closed for you”.
‘I know for a fact that the reason we were able to get back together was because it was very much completely closed. And that is respectful for me.’
She voiced that discussing the situation makes her ‘so uncomfortable’ as she has had to deal with a lot of hate and trolling in the past – to the point that she has publicly pleaded to be left alone.
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‘People will probably take it the wrong way. I don’t want to say anything that is disrespectful,’ she added. ‘I know we’re all just so far moved on and I’m so happy for that.
‘A lot of the hate and perpetuation comes from like, “Oh you stole him.” Maybe that comes from the fact that they wish he ended up with someone else and that’s fine. You can wish that all you want, but that’s just not the case.
‘If we have moved on, why can’t you?’
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