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Justin Bieber Apologizes For Saying N-Word:

Justin Bieber is apologizing after a years-old video surfaced showing the then-teenager telling a racist joke with the N-word.

CelebNMusic247.com has learned via 4UMF.com that Canadian native Justin Bieber just got in trouble for something he said five years ago in Toronto.

In a statement Sunday to The Associated Press, Bieber said when he was a kid he didn’t realize how certain words could hurt. He says he learned from his mistakes and apologized for them, and now is apologizing again because they have become public.

Bieber said:

“I’m very sorry.”

“I take all my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologize for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable behavior.”

The British tabloid The Sun first published the video, which is five years old. In it, a then 15-year-old Bieber tells a joke about black people that has the racial epithet as the punchline. Before he says it, someone warns him not to — but he says it anyway amid laughter.

“I thought it was ok to repeat hurtful words and jokes, but I didn’t realize at the time that it wasn’t funny and that in fact my actions were continuing the ignorance,” the statement said. “Thanks to friends and family I learned from my mistakes and grew up and apologized for those wrongs. Now that these mistakes from the past have become public I need to apologize again to all of those who I have offended.”

It’s the latest controversy for Bieber, who over the past couple of years has dealt with brushes with the law and other problems that have dealt a blow to his once wholesome image. The video was taken when Bieber was just emerging as a pop sensation.

In his statement, Bieber said that “ignorance has no place in our society and I hope the sharing of my faults can prevent others from making the same mistake in the future.

“I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say but telling the truth is always what’s right.”

He ends the statement by saying “Once again … I’m sorry.”

FYI: Using the N-Word in Canada has no meaning like it does in the US. In America the N-Word comes with a negative meaning and although hip hop loves to use it, many in America would like to see the word gone. Outside the US, Canadians don’t look down at a person for that word and it doesn’t have a negative history of slavery like it does here, so we will give Biebs a break on this one.

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