Justin Bieber “feels bad” that it took the death of George Floyd to make him wake up to the issue of racism in America. The conversation surrounding the issue has been ongoing for the past week, as riots spread across America following the killing of unarmed police suspect Floyd at the hands of white Minneapolis officers.
Speaking on Instagram Live with his wife Hailey and CNN commentator Angela Rye, the Intentions hitmaker confessed he “feels bad” for not using his platform more proactively to support African-American communities. “I’ve been feeling shame in the sense of like, why did it take these men being killed for me to almost take a blanket over my eyes.