Justin Bieber recently released the music video for “Anyone”, this latest single following “Holy”, “Lonely” and “Monster” (featuring Shawn Mendes). In the 4 and a half minute clip, Bieber can be seen channelling his inner fighter, with the video being loosely based on the first “Rocky” film. However, it is his random challenge to a certain action star that is raising eyebrows.
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And while multiple celebs have since commented on the image (including Logan Paul, who dubbed Bieber “Rocky Balbieber”), it is a comment from one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time that really got fans abuzz. Seemingly taking sides, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson commented on Bieber’s photo:
“You’re gonna eat lightning and crap thunder. Go get em bro.”
Oof, who couldn’t be chuffed with his words?
Why exactly has the 26-year-old Canadian singled out Cruise? Your guess is as good as mine at this point. However, this is not the first time that the “Baby” hitmaker has challenged the “Top Gun” actor. Back in 2019, Bieber had tweeted – again, unprompted – that he wanted to “challenge Tom Cruise to a fight in the octagon.”
I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon. Tom if you dont take this fight your scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight? @danawhite ?
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 10, 2019
And while he hasn’t taken his latest challenge back, he did retract his initial tweet, telling paparazzi at the time that he had simply been joking.
“I was just playin’. I’m pretty sure Tom would … probably whup my a** in a fight.”
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As for what Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (yes, that’s this actual name) has to say about the debacle: nothing at all, apparently. Despite not being a trained fighter, there’s no doubt that the father of three could definitely hold his own in a fight. Let’s just hope it doesn’t actually come down to that.
*Cover image credits: Instagram / @justinbeiber / @therock / @tomcruise
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