On May 10, Bieber shared with fans that he will no longer grant fans the opportunity to snap a photo him.
“If you happen to see me out somewhere know that I’m not gonna take a picture. I’m done taking pictures,” the artist wrote on the photo sharing platform. “It has gotten to the point that people won’t even say hi to me or recognize me as a human. I feel like a zoo animal, and I wanna be able to to keep my sanity.”
He added: “I realize people will be disappointed, but I don’t owe anybody a picture.”