Justin Bieber Compares Himself to Noted Misogynistic Racist

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Justin Bieber has it really damn hard, man. Why doesn't anyone feel sorry for him, man? Why can't everything be normal again, man?

In an interview with British music magazine NME, Bieber opened up about his struggles with fame, fortune, and rolling blunts. He feels he has been picked on too much by the media due to the goody two-shoes tween branding of Justin Bieber. Need you be reminded that Justin was but a tween when he first stepped on the scene.

The 21-year-old singer complained that "If you see Gandhi roll up a blunt, it's different to seeing Ryan Gosling roll up a blunt. You wouldn't give Ryan Gosling a hard time." Seemingly forgetting that Gandhi got away with treating his wife like crap, perpetuating India's internally racist caste system, and being extremely anti-black without any consequence, Bieber's comparison is a little misguided. Though, Bieber's behavior is mostly crap anyway — remember when he spat on a fan? It's kind of hard to feel much sympathy.