Judge Judy has made a surprise revelation as she recalled being neighbors with teen heartthrob Justin Bieber.
The beloved 80-year-old judge, who goes by the name Judy Sheindlin, spoke to Access Hollywood ahead of the release of Judy Justice Season 2.
During the interview, Judy insisted the Grammy winner was “scared to death” of her after she famously condemned his actions following his 2014 DUI arrest in Miami.
“He’s scared to death of me. There was a period of time before he grew up — when he was foolish, and doing foolish things,” she claimed.
Recalling the time they were neighbors, the judge added that Bieber must have taken her comments seriously because he began paying people to check the hallway and see if she was there before he would enter the building and walk to his apartment.
“I must have said something about it, and then, I understood that he was paying the front door people to let them know when I was there, coming and going, so he wouldn’t have to bump into me,” she added.
Judy’s revelation comes eight years after she blasted Bieber for “making a fool out of himself” and misusing his stardom.
“Being a celebrity is a gift. You could either treat it reverently or you could make a fool out of yourself. And he’s doing a very good job of making a fool out of himself,” she said in 2014.
“I think it’s sad. And nobody’s going to remember that he was a marginal singer. But they’re going to remember a young kid who had a chance to have it all and who is blowing it by acting like a fool.”
Following his DUI arrest in 2014, however, Bieber turned his life around while crediting faith for his change of heart.
“God has brought me a long way. From then til now I do realize something. God was as close to me then as he is right now. My encouragement to you is to let your past be a reminder of how far God has brought you,” he said back in 2021.
“Don’t allow shame to ruin your ‘today’ let the forgiveness of Jesus take over and watch your life blossom into all that God has designed you to be.”
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