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"content": "\u003cp>As the world adjusts to the news that America's favorite reformed rebel, Justin Bieber, is now engaged to model Hailey Baldwin, questions abound about how in God's name this all happened so quickly. Maybe when you're with the right person, you just know really quickly. Maybe that whole super-fast \u003ca href=\"https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a20979533/ariana-grande-and-pete-davidson-a-timeline-of-their-relationship/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariana Grande/ Pete Davidson thing\u003c/a> proved infectious. Or maybe God actually did have a direct influence, via the medium of \u003ca href=\"https://hillsong.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hillsong Church.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's exactly one year since Bieber memorably abandoned his 2017 tour two weeks early because, \u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/25/justin-bieber-canceled-tour-dedicated-religion-hillsong-church/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to TMZ,\u003c/a> he was \"rededicat[ing] his life to Christ.\" Around that time, he appeared in multiple photos \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/93845/bored-sick-gay-god-why-did-justin-bieber-cancel-his-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cozying up to Carl Lentz\u003c/a>, a Hillsong pastor, and Judah Smith, a pastor from City Church. Bieber has since covered almost his entire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/96910/lets-investigate-what-the-hell-justin-biebers-new-massive-tattoo-is\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">torso with religious tattoos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BW5lCstjEr7/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a clip of \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/music/justin-bieber-hailey-baldwin-meet-first-time-2009-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldwin and Bieber meeting briefly\u003c/a> for the very first time in 2009 recently emerged, there can be little doubt that their mutual faith had a major role in bringing them together. Baldwin—whose father \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/10/18/stephen-baldwin-says-faith-cost-him-roles-compares-him-and-alec-to-cain-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen is a born-again Christian\u003c/a>—is, like her fiancé, tight with both Hillsong and City Church. In April, the 21-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecut.com/2018/04/hailey-baldwin-hillsong-church-new-tattoos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told \u003cem>The Cut\u003c/em>\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"[Hillsong] is intense and it’s loud and it’s in your face ... But I know the people that run it really well, they’ve become like my family ... City Church is Judah Smith, who is amazing ... Carl [Lentz] is Hillsong and they’re best friends, so everybody is kind of interconnected ... So I just kind of know all of them.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you look at the wording of their engagement announcements, Baldwin and Bieber's mutual faith in God is transparent. In his, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BlBvw2_jBKp/?hl=en&taken-by=justinbieber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bieber said\u003c/a>: \"I promise to lead our family with honor and integrity letting Jesus through his Holy Spirit guide us in everything we do and every decision we make … Gods timing really is literally perfect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/haileybaldwin/status/1016452160459067393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldwin tweeted\u003c/a>: \"Not sure what I did in life to deserve such happiness but I am so utterly grateful to God for giving me such an incredible person to share my life with!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some reports suggest that Bieber and Baldwin (Jailey? Baldber?) will be taking a five-week \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5939715/Justin-Bieber-Hailey-Baldwin-Hillsong-pre-marriage-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"pre-marriage course\u003c/a> run by [Hillsong] on conflict resolution, managing their finances, being intimate” and “effective communication.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5939715/Justin-Bieber-Hailey-Baldwin-Hillsong-pre-marriage-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Daily Mail\u003c/em> has claimed\u003c/a> a source told the paper that: \"The marriage course is something which is encouraged and in some cases demanded by Hillsong pastors before they will marry you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last few years, Hillsong has gotten a reputation as the religious organization of choice for today's biggest celebrities. Attendance from the likes of Chris Pratt, Selena Gomez (who \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BDWlpPeujBe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">led worship\u003c/a> there in 2016), Nick Jonas, Vanessa Hudgens (who has described the church as \"epic\"), Kourtney Kardashian, as well as Kendall and Kylie Jenner, has given the church some great PR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Bieber, Chris Pratt has become far more vocal about his faith since joining the congregation and is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/06/29/chris-pratt-smitten-with-girlfriend-katherine-schwarzenegger-report/23471330/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dating fellow church attendee, Katherine Schwarzenegger\u003c/a>. Pratt started attending Hillsong last year and used his acceptance speech, while picking up the Generation Award at June's MTV Awards, to pass on some serious spiritual advice. Pratt intermingled poop jokes and tips for medicating dogs with stern commands including: “You have a soul. Be careful with it”; “God is real. God loves you. God wants the best for you. Believe that”; and “Learn to pray.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EihqXHqxri0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of its very visible celebrity contingent, there is an impression that Hillsong is a Hollywood thing. But the church started life in Australia and has since spread to Argentina, Denmark, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Israel, Russia, Bali, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, the UK, Portugal, and Sweden -- most of which each have multiple locations. There are also \"Gathering Locations\" in New York, Seattle, Boston, Arizona, and, yes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/hillsongsf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Hillsong website (there are many) greets the viewer in the same way—\"WELCOME HOME\"—and strives to cater to multiple demographics. It holds child-only \"Kidsong\" services. There are women-only \"Sisterhood\" events. And, since 2012, there has been a youth wing called \"Young & Free.\" The South Africa chapter promises to help you \"Find Your Group.\" And the London, Australia, and Africa chapters conduct \u003ca href=\"https://hillsong.com/media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a variety of community outreach programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 741px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-104452 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM.png 741w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-160x86.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-240x129.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-375x201.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-520x279.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from Hillsong.com's homepage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Exploring Hillsong for the first time is a dizzying experience. The church seems to understand the importance of aesthetics and glamour to spread its message, but is self-consciously attempting to also appear down-to-Earth and relatable. Its aim—in addition to \"being the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus\"—is to make church cool again. It pursues that goal via, not just celebrities, but also social media and music marketing. At the time of writing, there are now 46 Hillsong albums, across a number of genres, specifically designed to suit all ages and tastes. The Young & Free contingent, for example, tends to lean in this direction:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k2d3xIvSMg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social media marketing to support these albums (Hillsong has 1.1 million Instagram followers and 4.4 million Facebook \"likes\") frequently depicts groups of young beautiful people in beanies and overalls having \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BkmWzY-g9Kg/?hl=en&taken-by=hillsongyoungandfree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">good clean fun\u003c/a>. It's hard to look away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you put all of the above together into a service, it ends up looking like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0kmvXlDBYI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hillsong's commitment to this kind of high profile means that church policies have come under extra scrutiny. One former attendee, \u003ca href=\"https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ben-fenlon/christianity-hillsong-chu_b_8192976.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Fenlon, wrote an article\u003c/a> about his experience as a gay man in the church, back in September 2015, for the \u003cem>Huffington Post\u003c/em>. In it, he stated:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I have always been told that there is no judgement within church, but if I wanted to be a leader I would be judged and turned away ... I can't worship at a church knowing that I am … surrounded by people that might love me as a person but do not accept me as being gay … People who might tell me that being gay is okay, but on the inside are praying for me to let Jesus move in my life and change me. People who don't recognize that any relationship that I have with a man is part of God's plan and that it would be full of love, equal to any other.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>To make matters worse, church founder, Brian Houston, has also suggested that his own father (a non-Hillsong pastor) \u003ca href=\"https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/hillsongs-brian-houston-my-father-the-child-sex-criminal/news-story/1152a3c988e76759170b908706ea7c02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"committed pedophilia\"\u003c/a> because \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/bjjvk8/i-joined-the-london-branch-of-justin-biebers-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"I think my father was homosexual,\u003c/a> a closet homosexual… I think whatever frustrations he had, he took out on children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Vice\u003c/em> has also reported that Hillsong pastor Jentezen Franklin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=251&v=EQ18exdhR6I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visited with Donald Trump\u003c/a> and prayed for his candidacy because of Trump’s stance on “pro-life judges, pro-religious liberty judges.\" Questions have also been raised about the church's finances. \u003ca href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/inside-the-hillsong-churchs-moneymaking-machine-20151026-gkip53.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Sydney Morning Herald\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reports that Hillsong \"pulled in tax-free revenues of nearly $80 million in Australia [in 2014] and more than $100 million internationally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of all that, Hillsong's pull remains strong for young celebrities like Bieber and Baldwin, and its practices are obviously appealing for thousands of people around the world. From a cynical standpoint, Hillsong's current popularity could be viewed as just another in a long line of spiritual movements that have garnered celeb followings before—the Kabbalah craze of the early 2000s, Richard Gere's friendship with the Dalai Lama, Scientology (pre-Leah Remini's \u003ca href=\"https://www.aetv.com/shows/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath\">\u003cem>Aftermath\u003c/em>\u003c/a>), among others. We have seen this kind of thing before. But it's difficult not to take notice when famous people seem to have found answers to life's biggest questions. If Bieber and Baldwin get married at Hillsong, as is expected, the church's popularity is bound to grow even further—at least for a little while.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Baldber?) will be taking a five-week \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5939715/Justin-Bieber-Hailey-Baldwin-Hillsong-pre-marriage-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"pre-marriage course\u003c/a> run by [Hillsong] on conflict resolution, managing their finances, being intimate” and “effective communication.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5939715/Justin-Bieber-Hailey-Baldwin-Hillsong-pre-marriage-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Daily Mail\u003c/em> has claimed\u003c/a> a source told the paper that: \"The marriage course is something which is encouraged and in some cases demanded by Hillsong pastors before they will marry you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last few years, Hillsong has gotten a reputation as the religious organization of choice for today's biggest celebrities. Attendance from the likes of Chris Pratt, Selena Gomez (who \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BDWlpPeujBe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">led worship\u003c/a> there in 2016), Nick Jonas, Vanessa Hudgens (who has described the church as \"epic\"), Kourtney Kardashian, as well as Kendall and Kylie Jenner, has given the church some great PR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Bieber, Chris Pratt has become far more vocal about his faith since joining the congregation and is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/06/29/chris-pratt-smitten-with-girlfriend-katherine-schwarzenegger-report/23471330/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dating fellow church attendee, Katherine Schwarzenegger\u003c/a>. Pratt started attending Hillsong last year and used his acceptance speech, while picking up the Generation Award at June's MTV Awards, to pass on some serious spiritual advice. Pratt intermingled poop jokes and tips for medicating dogs with stern commands including: “You have a soul. Be careful with it”; “God is real. God loves you. God wants the best for you. Believe that”; and “Learn to pray.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/EihqXHqxri0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/EihqXHqxri0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Because of its very visible celebrity contingent, there is an impression that Hillsong is a Hollywood thing. But the church started life in Australia and has since spread to Argentina, Denmark, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Israel, Russia, Bali, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, the UK, Portugal, and Sweden -- most of which each have multiple locations. There are also \"Gathering Locations\" in New York, Seattle, Boston, Arizona, and, yes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/hillsongsf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Hillsong website (there are many) greets the viewer in the same way—\"WELCOME HOME\"—and strives to cater to multiple demographics. It holds child-only \"Kidsong\" services. There are women-only \"Sisterhood\" events. And, since 2012, there has been a youth wing called \"Young & Free.\" The South Africa chapter promises to help you \"Find Your Group.\" And the London, Australia, and Africa chapters conduct \u003ca href=\"https://hillsong.com/media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a variety of community outreach programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 741px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-104452 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM.png 741w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-160x86.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-240x129.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-375x201.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-520x279.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from Hillsong.com's homepage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Exploring Hillsong for the first time is a dizzying experience. The church seems to understand the importance of aesthetics and glamour to spread its message, but is self-consciously attempting to also appear down-to-Earth and relatable. Its aim—in addition to \"being the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus\"—is to make church cool again. It pursues that goal via, not just celebrities, but also social media and music marketing. At the time of writing, there are now 46 Hillsong albums, across a number of genres, specifically designed to suit all ages and tastes. 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It's hard to look away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you put all of the above together into a service, it ends up looking like this:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/t0kmvXlDBYI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/t0kmvXlDBYI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Hillsong's commitment to this kind of high profile means that church policies have come under extra scrutiny. One former attendee, \u003ca href=\"https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ben-fenlon/christianity-hillsong-chu_b_8192976.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Fenlon, wrote an article\u003c/a> about his experience as a gay man in the church, back in September 2015, for the \u003cem>Huffington Post\u003c/em>. In it, he stated:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I have always been told that there is no judgement within church, but if I wanted to be a leader I would be judged and turned away ... I can't worship at a church knowing that I am … surrounded by people that might love me as a person but do not accept me as being gay … People who might tell me that being gay is okay, but on the inside are praying for me to let Jesus move in my life and change me. People who don't recognize that any relationship that I have with a man is part of God's plan and that it would be full of love, equal to any other.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>To make matters worse, church founder, Brian Houston, has also suggested that his own father (a non-Hillsong pastor) \u003ca href=\"https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/hillsongs-brian-houston-my-father-the-child-sex-criminal/news-story/1152a3c988e76759170b908706ea7c02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"committed pedophilia\"\u003c/a> because \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/bjjvk8/i-joined-the-london-branch-of-justin-biebers-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"I think my father was homosexual,\u003c/a> a closet homosexual… I think whatever frustrations he had, he took out on children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Vice\u003c/em> has also reported that Hillsong pastor Jentezen Franklin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=251&v=EQ18exdhR6I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visited with Donald Trump\u003c/a> and prayed for his candidacy because of Trump’s stance on “pro-life judges, pro-religious liberty judges.\" Questions have also been raised about the church's finances. \u003ca href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/inside-the-hillsong-churchs-moneymaking-machine-20151026-gkip53.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Sydney Morning Herald\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reports that Hillsong \"pulled in tax-free revenues of nearly $80 million in Australia [in 2014] and more than $100 million internationally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Officially speaking, Bieber and Gomez split back in 2014, after three years of on-and-off dating, but the two have remained oddly committed to talking about each other this entire time. Could it be a case of pop stars who doth protest too much? Maybe all of their drama the last few years was just a smokescreen to keep their relationship secret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bieber has admitted that tracks, \"Mark My Words\" and \"What Do You Mean?\" are about Gomez, and Gomez's \"Love Will Remember\" is reportedly about Justin. According to E!, a \"leaked\" demo of the track even featured a voicemail from Bieber. \"Obviously, 'Love Will Remember' is a personal song to me,\" Gomez told \u003ca href=\"http://www.instyle.com/news/exclusive-first-look-five-things-youll-learn-about-selena-gomez-junes-instyle\">\u003cem>InStyle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \"and I don't really need to say anything. 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Then Gomez released \"Feel Me,\" a track many people presumed was about Bieber, thanks to the lyrics:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"No one loves you like I love you,\u003cbr>\nI never cheated, never lied,\u003cbr>\nI never put no one above you,\u003cbr>\nI gave you space and time,\u003cbr>\nAnd now you’re telling me you miss me,\u003cbr>\nAnd I’m still on your mind,\u003cbr>\nWe were one in a million,\u003cbr>\nOur love is hard to find.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Just days after press and fans \u003ca href=\"http://www.hollywoodtake.com/justin-bieber-rude-fans-selena-gomezs-ex-wants-her-back-bad-behavior-continues-nyc-161126\">speculated about this\u003c/a>, Gomez made a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0lpARptIJI\">big stink\u003c/a> on stage in Fresno, when a fan held up a sign reading \"Marry Justin Please.\" Gomez grabbed it and crumpled it up, seemingly genuinely angry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just three months later, Bieber conveniently spent August making a big show about dating Sofia Richie -- a woman who basically looks like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BXnghV9nB1r/?hl=en&taken-by=sofiarichie\">Selena Gomez in a blond wig\u003c/a> -- then broke up with her after only one month. During that month, when Bieber told off fans for criticizing Richie online, Gomez remained ever present and chimed in:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BJG0UDEgHrz/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make matters even more intriguing, rumors have been rife for the last year that Gomez's relationship with The Weeknd was fake. \u003cem>StyleCaster\u003c/em> called it out from the very beginning with an article titled \u003ca href=\"http://stylecaster.com/selena-gomez-the-weeknd-fake/\">\"This is Why Selena Gomez and The Weeknd are a Fake Relationship.\"\u003c/a> Plus, Wendy Williams chimed in earlier this year, stating: \"I don’t believe that Selena Gomez and The Weeknd are a real couple... First of all, they were spotted kissing outside of a restaurant in L.A... the restaurant they were at... it’s where you go when you want to be photographed. They just stand there all day with their cameras waiting to photograph somebody.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skip to 7:40 for Wendy-realness:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jTA8MttPQo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only would a hidden relationship keep the pressure off Bieber and Gomez, but it would also permit Bieber to indulge in bad boy antics without damaging Gomez's reputation by association. It could be no coincidence that Gomez is willing to go public with Bieber again, now that he's won back the trust of the public and become an outspoken Christian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/etnow/status/925831820201136129\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or maybe these two are just living out the most real life soap opera-est relationship since Liz Taylor and Richard Burton. Either way, they're doing an excellent job of keeping themselves in the press. The plot is bound to thicken.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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