UPDATE: After press time, Justin Bieber shared a jokey photo with his hands on Post Malone’s neck, so it looks like they’re on good terms. See the photo at the end of this post.
After a photo surfaced of rapper Post Malone with his hands around Justin Bieber‘s neck, Malone took to Twitter to insist he wasn’t choking his Purpose tourmate.
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The “choking” photos went viral, with WorldStarHipHop suggesting that the “White Iverson” rapper was mad at Bieber for putting a cigarette out on Malone’s arm.
Justin Bieber uses Post Malone as an ashtray which resulted in a choke? — pic.twitter.com/6Sr4xl5hZv
— WORLDSTARHIPHOP (@WORLDSTAR) April 13, 2016
However, Malone insists that he and Bieber are doing just fine. On Wednesday (April 13), Malone took to Twitter to dispel rumors of the feud, writing: “I love Justin y’all tripping.”
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In a series of tweets, the singer continued: “He’s my big brother and we like to rough house. If we was fighting someone would have done something instead of just sit around while the Biebs gets chokeslammed.”
i love Justin y’all tripping lol
— G-Unit Posty (@PostMalone) April 13, 2016
he’s my big brother and we like to rough house
— G-Unit Posty (@PostMalone) April 13, 2016
if we was fighting someone would have done something instead of just sit around while the beibs gets chokeslammed——
— G-Unit Posty (@PostMalone) April 13, 2016
end of story i love jus more than life — and THE MIXTAPE IS ON THE PRECIPICE OF RELEASE. God bless my fans —
— G-Unit Posty (@PostMalone) April 13, 2016
Whatever the case may be, let’s hope for the tour’s sake that Bieber and Malone are in fact still tight as ever, since they’re stuck with one another for a few more months.