Justin Bieber, looking to turn over a new leaf, followed up a contrite appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with a video apology to his fans. The pop singer, whose downward spiral has become the stuff of legend in recent years, posted an emotional mea culpa to Facebook late last night … Justin Bieber Apologizes for Actions As we told you earlier, Justin Bieber broke down on Ellen , admitting he was nervous in front of the audience but coming clean about his bad behavior. Without getting into specifics, such as egging homes, peeing in buckets, acting like a jackass in court depositions and so on, he told DeGeneres: “I’ve done some things that might not have been the greatest. I just want to be able to, you know, just kind of own up to some of the things.” On the Facebook video, the soon-to-be 21-year-old addressed his fans – and the Ellen interview, during which he was noticeably awkward. He seemed to chalk that up to how seriously he takes his own actions. Bieber said he hoped he didn’t come off like he was “arrogant or conceited, or basically how I’ve been acting the past year, year and a half.” “I’m not who I was pretending to be. Often we pretend to be something we’re not as a cover-up of what we’re truly feeling inside,” Justin said. Justin Bieber Opens Up on Ellen “There was a lot of feelings going on in there, just being young and growing up in this business. It’s been hard. Growing up in general is hard.” “I really want people to know how much I care about people, and how I’m not that person to say ‘I don’t give a f–k. You know, I’m not that kid.” “I’m a person who genuinely cares,” he adds. “And although what’s happened in the past has happened, I just want to make the best impression on people.” Justin Bieber, in the eyes of Justin Bieber, is “kind and loving and gentle and soft. And although people can call me a softie, that’s how my mom raised me.” Actions, as they say, speak louder than words, but he’s certainly using all the right ones as he looks to turn things around in his career and life. With the Comedy Central roast of Justin Bieber approaching, he’s looking to atone and be at peace with the past, while making his future brighter. A bold ambition given his past antics, but we’ll see where he takes it … 25 Reasons Justin Bieber Needs to Get Punched 1. He Bragged About Taking Selena Gomez’s Virginity The guy actually had the nerve to brag about how he took Selena Gomez’s v-card and how she was so in love with him at the time. Classy move.
Clergy Members Send In Their Pictures To Replace Pics Of Black Men Used For Target Practice By Florida Police via Think Progress When National Guard Sgt. Valerie Deant arrived at a shooting range in Medley, Florida for annual weapons qualifications training in December, she was expecting a typical military exercise. But as she readied for target practice, she noticed several bullet-hole-ridden mug shots of young black men hanging near the range, left behind by the North Miami Beach Police snipers who had just finished using the facilities. That alone was enough to frustrate Deant, but she suddenly came to an even more horrifying realization: one of the pictures was of her brother. Over the past few weeks, dozens of priests, ministers, and seminarians — including celebrated progressive Christian author and pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber — have protested the actions of the North Miami Beach Police Department by using a Facebook page and the hashtag “#usemeinstead”, posting images of themselves and daring police officers to shoot at pictures of collared faith leaders instead of black youth. Kudos to these clergy members for publicly standing up for what’s righ t. Clap for ‘em.
Marijuana Based Personal Lubricant To Go On Sale In Colorado Hit it first… Via DailyMail A marijuana-based spray which claims to be the first sexual lubricant designed specifically to improve sex for women goes on sale in Colorado next week. Foria contains marijuana extract and the makers claim the relaxing properties of cannabis can help women have better and more satisfying sex. An edible coconut oil-based spray, users are advised to spritz Floria on their genitals about 30 minutes before sex to ‘create the relaxation needed for sensual experience’ and possibly multiple orgasms. Aphrodite Group – the California-based medical marijuana collective that sells the potion – said the majority of women who use it won’t get high, but will feel more relaxed. The product was launched several months ago in California, but will go on sale in Colorado next week at an Aspen marijuana boutique just in time for the X Games, which begin on January 22. ‘We definitely have patients coming in for it, requesting it specifically. … A-list celebrities that come in specifically for it. You’d be surprised who comes in for it,’ Matthew Rosen of the CannaSutra co-op in Studio City, California told USA Today. ‘Most people have been giving positive feedback on it.’ Let some folks tell it weed and sex go together like PB & J. Image via Facebook/Foria
Dear Bossip , All my life I have tried to force myself to get rid of these thoughts. These thoughts haunt me daily. I am attracted to women being a male, but there’s something I’ve been forcing myself to control and that is that I’m seeing men as attractive. I hate it, and I hate myself. I do not want to be gay. I sometimes cry myself to sleep and I am deeply depressed. I need to know why in the world these thoughts consume me when I can’t control them. I’m stuck because I don’t feel as though people are born that way and things happened to me during my childhood that traumatized me that could possibly force me to have these feelings. I’ve been sexually abused by a man in my family and I told no one. Now, what is happening to me is being twisted around to make me feel as though it was my fault by my aggressor. The only reason I won’t say anything is because the fact that it happened disgusts me. I wish I could find help and some reason for why I have these feelings. Again, I don’t want to be this way. What should I do? I am on the verge of losing my mind. I have a feeling a lot of young men are dealing with this issue and me stepping up to ask these questions can help someone else. – Struggling With My Sexuality Dear Mr. Struggling With My Sexuality , I truly feel for you, and I empathize with you and your struggle to understand your sexual thoughts and desires. I cannot tell you how to fight these desires, feelings, and thoughts you have for the same sex. I cannot tell you that these are abnormal thoughts, and it is not who you are. Your feelings, thoughts, and desires are your own, and only you can decide for yourself how you will identify, if you choose to do so. However, just know that you are okay the way that you are. You are fine. You are a beautiful human being, and there is nothing wrong with you, and nothing you need to fix. The fact that you mentioned that you are attracted to both men and women may mean that you could be a bisexual male. It’s interesting that you stated that since you have an attraction to men you shared that you don’t want to be gay. You still have desires for women, from what you stated. I suggest that you research and read up on bisexuality. Also, understand the entire range of LGBT – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual. I am concerned that you were abused by a man in your family and have not told anyone. I do hope that you will strongly consider talking with someone, and deal with what happened to you. I am also concerned that your aggressor turns the situation back on you, which means you are still in contact with this person, and he makes it appear as if his rape and assault on you was an invitation by you, or something you did. That is not the case. Your aggressor is a pedophile and someone who is mentally ill. What they are doing to you, and have done to you, is classic for a pedophile who doesn’t want their secret to get out, and they know they are wrong for what they did. He doesn’t want you to tell you anyone, and he is making you feel guilty for what happened, thus, he is manipulating you and controlling you. Tell someone. Tell everyone. Tell anyone who will listen and put him blast. Do not allow him to continue to control you, and make you feel you warranted what he did to you. I also recommend that you get into therapy and speak with a licensed and professional therapist to deal with your depression, the assault you endured, and your thoughts about your sexuality. You cannot manage this alone, and you cannot keep these bottled up. You will do more harm and damage to yourself mentally, emotionally, and physically. Please get help and deal with these issues before you spiral out of control. Being gay or bisexual is not wrong and neither does it mean that there is something wrong with you. Your sexual identity is a part of who you are, and no one can determine your sexuality but you. Please do not feel that people are not born that way, and that there is something wrong with being LGBTQIA. People think that persons choose to be gay, and it is not the case. Ask a heterosexual person if they choose to be heterosexual. They may say or tell you it’s wrong or abnormal to be gay or bisexual. And, then you ask them what is right and normal. And, normal based on what? Normal defined by whom? Normal according to whom? Hell, there are many people who thought, and still think that being black is abnormal. You can’t help who you are, and know that you are brilliantly and beautifully designed the way you are. It’s going to be long process for you to get to where you learn to love, accept, and appreciate who you are. Work on embracing yourself. It begins with you first. I do hope that you will stop hating yourself. I do hope that you will stop allowing your rapist to turn this on you. And, I do hope that you get the help you need. If you keep beating yourself up, hating yourself, and accepting the blame for what your rapist did to you then you will end up harming yourself and others emotionally, mentally, and physically. Lastly, I do recommend reaching out to an LGBT community center in your area, and schedule some time to go and speak with someone. They can help you with resources, and information that can help you understand who you are, and provide support groups and meetings, as well as a counselor/therapist you can speak with. So, today, claim victory over your life. Claim love. Claim acceptance. And, claim power. You deserve to be accepted, loved, appreciated, and empowered. – Terrance Dean Photo source: Shuttershock Hey Bossip Fam, what do you think? Share your opinions and thoughts below! 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“Sweet baby bump picture of our Jill and her little one! At this point in gestation, there is now a 90% chance that he could survive outside the womb. Life is beautiful. We can#39;t wait to meet this boy!” Jill Duggar is so excited to meet her little boy that she’s literally counting down the days. The 19 Kids and Counting star, 23, shared a pregnancy update on her family’s official Facebook page on Sunday, Jan. 4, revealing that she is 28 weeks and 4 days along — and may give birth sooner than
Whoa. Usually when Farrah Abraham shocks us, it’s because she did something like make out with a married man and share a photo of it on Twitter. But this time….this time we actually feel bad for her, because despite Farrah’s insane stripper salary , she apparently decided to go to a cut rate plastic surgeon, and as you can see she’s paying the price in a big way: “Girlfriends don’t say I didn’t warn ya,” Farrah captioned the above pics. “#Botched California #ER #Fixit” Farrah was reportedly trying out a new type of procedure in which the patient receives an implant rather than injections. The upside is that the work doesn’t have to be maintained with costly fillers. The downside is that you may end up looking like Farrah in these pics. Farrah’s had plenty of plastic surgery in the past, and she claims she thoroughly researched the doctor and procedure before going ahead with it. She says doctors are looking into the possibility that she had an allergic reaction to the implants, and figuring out how to proceed. We’ll refrain from jokes about Farrah needing her lips for her career, or the fact that her plastic body parts are usually sold to male fans on the Internet. Watch Teen Mom online to remind yourself what Farrah looked like before she got addicted to going under the knife. 25 Most Cringe-Worthy Farrah Abraham Pics 1. Farrah Abraham Vagina Costume Farrah Abraham dresses up like a vagina. You cannot make this stuff up.
The pregnant Jill Duggar has posted a baby bump photo for the first time in awhile, and that bump sure is coming along at 28 weeks and counting. #BabyDilly is coming so soon, she’s literally counting down the days! Jill Duggar Baby Bump Photos 1. Jill Duggar Baby Bump: 28 Weeks! Jill Duggar has reached the 28-week mark! That is one cute bump! The 19 Kids and Counting star, 23, shared an update on her family’s official Facebook page Sunday, revealing that she is 28 weeks and 4 days pregnant. The caption reads: “Sweet picture of our Jill and her little one!” “At this point in gestation, there is now a 90 percent chance that he could survive outside the womb. Life is beautiful. We can’t wait to meet this boy!” Jill is due in mid-March, exactly nine months after she married husband Derick Dillard. Fitting. Typically, 37 weeks is considered full term for a pregnancy. Mothers usually hope to give birth around 39 weeks or later. Children born before that time are more likely to have developmental issues or health problems, though as the family notes, most if not all survive. True to form, Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard are planning and preparing up a storm, stocking up and saving in anticipation of #BabyDilly’s arrival. They’ll pick a real name for their son when he’s born, we assume, but they have sort of made that hashtag and moniker his “name” while in the womb. “@jillmdillard got a really good deal on some bananas!” Derick wrote on Instagram. “($0.10/ lb) Gonna be great for the little monkey growing inside of her.” “#frozenbananas #savemoneylivebetter,” Derick, who works as a tax accountant at his local Walmart, appropriately captioned the picture below. Oh, these two. So freaking cute. Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard Photos! 1. Jill and Derick Go Bananas Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard go bananas about the deal they just got on these. 10 cents a pound. What a sick price, even if they’re already brown. In other Duggar news … Evelyn Ruark , a.k.a. Michelle Duggar’s lesbian sister , is reportedly broke, yet receives zero help from her estranged, famous sibling. More controversy erupted over this Jedediah Duggar gun photo , in which the 16-year-old packed serious heat over Christmas. Jana Duggar continues to be maligned, put upon and the subject of Internet campaigns to “free” her from the grip of her famous family. Jessa and Ben are likely having sex in public right now. Just kidding. But by all accounts, those newlyweds are hot for each other!
Hold on wait a minute…y’all thought they were finished?! Remember when we told you that members of the Divine 9 were STEAMING mad with Mona Scott Young for her attention slorey “Sorority Sisters” reality show? Well in addition to (continuing) to boycott the program and encouraging advertisers to pull out , they’re uniting via Facebook (not Twitter) to hopefully put it to bed once and for all. Via D9 For Change: It appears that the real story is being missed, which is, BGLO members and non members have come together and organized on FaceBook, directing members to use Twitter. We teach how to tweet and what works most effectively and work in groups, collectively. It’s a collaboration of BGLO members utilizing numerous social media platforms and resources. We believe that you do FaceBook an injustice when you give all the credit to Twitter. Twitter does not allow us to meet, set up in committees/groups, post daily targeted companies or share ideas and documents all in one location. We have to be organized before we can be really effective on Twitter. We are now adding Instagram and Pinterest to our list of social media platforms. We have ambushes, daily targets and missions. Groups are lead by different members of BGLOs who are all working toward the same goal- to have Sorority Sisters CANCELED. We are using social media platforms like they have never been used. We believe that our efforts are effective and today’s line-up provides confirmation. When have you ever witnessed a network run two new shows, and an in between “behind the scenes” program on a brand new show? Why are they so insisted on degrading our history, we don’t know. But we won’t give up. Our ancestors’ legacies are to important to our communities. D9ForChange has since launched an “Online Block Party” to portray positive images of sorority and fraternity members. Kicking off today, the “party” will take place as “Sorority Sisters” airs on VH1. Our first D9ForChange ONLINE *Block Party* featuring REAL Sorority Sisters & Fraternity Brothers, Is today, January 5, 2015 on FaceBook, where we have designated specific members to watch the show, list the advertisers on the wall, then we all will go over to Twitter and tweet our messages. As the shows are airing, we will be posting step show videos and pictures. Each week will have a different theme. Now, as for the why now? Let us give you a little history lessons. We are so tired of being asked: “Why now?” Why weren’t you upset about all the other negative reality TV shows, before they started exploiting sororities?” […] While it may seem as though the opposition to negative reality TV programs is new, many people have been voicing their concerns, rejecting these images and demanding better representations of Black women on TV since this genre began. “Reality” TV is now depicting our historic organizations that have over 100 years of leadership, service and activism members as classless, hostile, ratchet hoodlums. The negative and false depiction of the members of these organizations despite the many dynamic Black women who are members – Coretta Scott-King, Dorothy Height, Zora Neal Hurston, Hattie McDaniel and countless others – is just outrageous and cannot be tolerated. What do YOU make of these continued protests??? Is it time to relent and just not watch???
Madonna may be a lot of things: a music icon, an envelope pusher, someone who loves to pose naked. But the legendary singer has come out and said she is not Nelson Mandela. Or Martin Luther King, Jr. Or Bob Marley. The artist is in scolding hot water these days after publishing photos of these famous figures impersonating the cover of her new album, “Rebel Heart,” implying (to many) that there’s a similarity between herself and these world changers. In response to the criticism, Madonna has taken to Facebook and offered up the following explanation: I’m sorry. I’m not comparing my self to anyone. I’m admiring and acknowledging there Rebel Hearts. This is niether a crime or an insult or racist. I also did it with Michael jaclson and frida khalo and marilyn monroe. Am I saying I am them? NO. I’m saying they are Rebel Hearts too. And I didn’t do it. My fans did. And I just re posted those photos. My fans aren’t racist either. If they put me in the same category as these other people. Thank you. I’m very flattered and I hope one day to live up to 1 100th of what those people accomplished. Madonna then included a new pictures of John Lennon and Princess Diana (above) Photoshopped as a “Rebel Heart.” What do you think, readers? Is Madonna still crossing a line by including these activists in her album promotion? Or does this scandal pale in comparison to past Madonna scandals, such as when she referred to the vegetable kale as gay ? 10 Controversial Photos of Madonna 1. Madonna Armpit Hair Pic Madonna has hair in her armpit. And she’s not afraid to show it off.
Sarah Palin is probably very happy to say goodbye to 2014. The now-famous Palin family brawl that took place in September seemed to make headlines every few weeks, as new details emerged about the drunken throwdown that cemented Sarah’s place as the most Jerry Springer-ready former governor in US history. Unfortunately, Palin has chosen to start the year with a different kind of controversy by posting a photo of her youngest son Trig stepping on a freaking dog, dontcha know: “May 2015 see every stumbling block turned into a stepping stone on the path forward,” Palin wrote on her Facebook page, along with the photo on the right. “Trig just reminded me. He, determined to help wash dishes with an oblivious mama not acknowledging his signs for ‘up!’, found me and a lazy dog blocking his way. He made his stepping stone.” Trig suffers from Down Syndrome, and Palin was obviously proud of his ingenuity, but as a number of Facebook users have pointed out, the image of a 6-year-old standing on top of a dog is more distressing than cute. “Poor dog,” wrote one commenter. “And how exactly is the dog supposed to get up with a seventy or more pound kid on his spine?” Others went so far as to accuse Palin of animal abuse for not only allowing Trig to step on the dog, but posting photos of the incident online. Obviously, it’s not exactly Michael Vick-level animal cruelty on display here, but one would expect a woman who spent several decades in the political arena to be a little more discerning with regard to her social media pics. Maybe Palin should just stick to makeup-free selfies going forward. Sarah Palin Photos? You Betcha! 1. Sarah Palin in New York Sarah Palin poses here outside Fox News Studios in NYC. That place is her home away from home.
