BIEBER CANCELS THIS WEEK’S TV APPEARANCES

CBS can’t be terribly pleased with Justin Bieber after he canceled bookings on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and the network’s Thanksgiving Day Parade telecast for undisclosed personal reasons. He alluded to his motives in a tweet apologizing to Colbert (below). The kid must be whipped after the full-court media blitz that helped bring him a resounding chart victory last week.

We were thrown off by the following headline on Hollywood Life—“Justin Bieber Smiles on Scooter After Canceling Thanksgiving Parade Performance”—until we saw the accompanying photo. Oh, you mean that scooter.

@StephenAtHome thank you for the understanding as sometimes life kicks our ass and we need to deal with it. I will see u soon. Thank you

— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 24, 2015