Justin Bieber is sparking up, burning bridges, and blowing through money.

“People are worried about him,” a well-placed source told The Post. “He’s literally going on [Instagram] live, smoking weed and looking out of his mind.”

The 31-year-old pop star and his glam wife Hailey Bieber, 28, welcomed their first child, Jack Blues, eight months ago. But rather than settle into fatherhood, Bieber has been acting strangely, partying hard, growing close with seemingly questionable people, and cutting ties with longtime pals — all while spending big.

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Justin Bieber’s recent behavior has people “worried” about him, a well-placed source told The Post, adding that the 31-year-old popstar is blowing through money.BACKGRID

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“He’ll spend $300,000 at the Nobu at Coachella,” the well-placed source told Page Six of Bieber’s spending, adding: “He hasn’t worked in a really long time.”BACKGRID

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“He’s flying in all his friends on private jets to his birthday party, putting it all over Instagram,” the source said.

During the second weekend of Coachella earlier this month, Bieber appeared shirtless and seemingly gaunt, smoking marijuana near his 15-year-old brother, Jaxon, in a video posted by a fan on X on April 20.

In it, wife Hailey — with whom he’s rumored to be having marital issues — appears to place her hands on Jaxon’s back as if steering him away from the drug use.

The well-placed source alleged that Bieber is spending more than he’s making at the moment.

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Bieber’s smoking and drug use have sparked concern, according to reports.Justin Bieber/Instagram
“He’ll spend $300,000 at the Nobu at Coachella,” they told Page Six. “He hasn’t worked in a really long time.”

A source close to Bieber denied this claim and said he hadn’t been to Nobu at Coachella.

Bieber skyrocketed to pop super stardom in the 2010s and has an estimated worth of $300 million, after making a $200 million deal to sell the publishing rights to his music catalogue in 2023. But sources say he’s hardly financially secure.

He hasn’t released an album since 2021’s “Justice,” though last week, The Hollywood Reporter reported that he is “very close” to finishing a new project.

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Bieber has been rumored to be having marital issues with his wife, Hailey Bieber, 28.The Hollywood JR / BACKGRID

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Fans noticed that Bieber was conspicuously absent from the pictures Hailey posted of herself and baby Jack celebrating Easter.Hailey Bieber/Instagram
The source close to Bieber told Page Six that he is working on new material, saying, “He’s making music, he’s helping to run a fashion brand, he’s a new father — he’s got a lot of things going on in his life.”

In September 2022, Bieber pulled the plug on the remainder of his “Justice” tour following a rare diagnosis of Type 2 Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a facial paralysis disease.

He lost out on an estimated $90 million in income he would have earned from the tour, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Scott “Scooter” Braun (left), Bieber’s longtime manager who discovered the pop star on YouTube in 2008, was rumored to be on the outs for several months before they stopped working together.Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Insiders say Bieber was left owing more than $20 million to the tour’s promoter, AEG. His manager at the time, Scott “Scooter” Braun, paid, through his company, what was owed in a loan favorable to Bieber, who has only returned some of what he borrowed, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The “Peaches” singer hasn’t toured since, and given the music industry’s shift to streaming, concerts are now where artists make the majority of their income.

Meanwhile, Bieber owns six homes — including a $26 million mansion in Beverly Hills, a $16 million home in La Quinta and a property in Idaho — and he and Hailey hardly live a simple life.

“These two are traveling on vacations every two days on Instagram, they’re running around with full-time security and there’s no money coming in for a long time,” the well-placed source said.

Hailey, who has launched a beloved beauty brand in Rhode, has “become kind of the breadwinner,” the source said, adding that she’s also a big spender.

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A third source told Page Six Bieber’s pastor, Judah Smith (left) is “the consigliere around him” and involved in his business dealings.FilmMagic
“She’s keeping up with the Kardashians,” they said, noting that her spending has made for clashes with Bieber staffers.

The source close to Justin said the claim is “totally untrue.”

While Rhode has been popular and influential, the company is only a few years old and likely not a cash cow at the moment.

“Rhode hasn’t made any money yet,” the well-placed source said. “If they sell she’ll make a lot of money. There’s no money that comes out of it. It’s all going back into marketing … If they sell Rhode they’ll be exponentially wealthy and I really hope they do.”

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Bieber (pictured with wife Hailey) said earlier this month he was “no longer involved” in the fashion brand he co-founded, Drew House, and urged his fans not to associate with the brand anymore saying it “doesn’t represent me or my family or life,” in a now-deleted post on Instagram. Flash / BACKGRID
Meanwhile, Team Justin has lost a number of key players as of late.

Braun — Bieber’s longtime manager, who discovered him as a young Canadian teen on YouTube in 2008 and made him a star — announced his retirement in June 2024.

He and Bieber had been rumored to be on the outs for several months before the announcement.

Bieber’s deputy, Allison Kaye, resigned in January. Security chief Kenny Hamilton and chief-of-staff Lauren Walters have also stopped working with the star in recent months. Bieber has unfollowed several of them on Instagram.

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Page Six reported that Bieber and longtime friend Ryan Good (left) have not spoken to each other in more than a year after Good left their congregation, Churchome.Toronto Star via Getty Images

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Good, (left) was the best man at his wedding. “When Ryan chose to leave the church, he basically got excommunicated,” a second source familiar with the situation told Page Six.Mandatory Credit: Plixi.com/ WEN
Earlier this month, in a now-deleted Instagram post. Bieber said he was “no longer involved” in the fashion brand, Drew House, that he co-founded with pal Ryan Good. He urged his fans not to associate with the brand anymore saying it “doesn’t represent me or my family or life,” in a now-deleted post on Instagram.

“If your [sic] rocking with me the human Justin Bieber don’t waste ur money on Drew House,” the singer wrote in the post.

Good was Bieber’s best man when he married Hailey in 2019. The buddies founded Drew House that same year.

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“Justin started to add Judah to the boards of everything — he’s buying him like $300,000 Rolexes and all this kind of stuff. Everyone around Justin is part of this church,” the second source said.Jason Merritt
Late last month, Page Six reported that Good has not spoken to the pop star in more than a year — after Good left their congregation, Churchome in Beverly Hills, Calif. Former members of the megachurch have compared it to a “cult.”

“When Ryan chose to leave the church, he basically got excommunicated,” a source familiar with the situation told Page Six.

As Bieber’s inner circle has shrunk, the church’s pastor, Judah Smith, has allegedly taken a larger role in his life and business affairs.

“Justin started to add Judah to the boards of everything — he’s buying him like $300,000 Rolexes and all this kind of stuff. Everyone around Justin is part of this church,” a source familiar with Bieber and his church told Page Six.

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Bieber has spoken out about his struggles himself. In an Instagram post on March 22 he told fans, “I think I hate myself sometimes when I feel myself start to become inauthentic. Then I remember we’re all being made to think we’re not enough but I still hate when I change myself to people please.”GC Images
“[Judah’s] the consigliere around him,” another source familiar with the situation told The Post.

Page Six has reached out to Smith and Churchome for comment.

Bieber has spoken out about his struggles himself.

Last weekend, the singer took to Instagram to mourn the death of his grandfather with a photo of the two of them from 2009.

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The “What Do You Mean?” singer lashed out at a group of paparazzi on April 6 outside of a Palm Springs coffee shop.BACKGRID

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“All you care about is money, not human beings,” Bieber shouted at paparazzi.DICAPUA / BACKGRID

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Bieber continued to defend himself from cameras while in Palm Springs. He recently revealed to his nearly 3 million followers he has “anger issues,” in an Instagram post.DICAPUA / BACKGRID
“I can’t wait to see u again soon in heaven,” he captioned the image. “Until then I know ur watching down …. I will miss u. I will ache.”

Some posts have been darker. On March 22, he told Instagram followers, “I think I hate myself sometimes when I feel myself start to become inauthentic. Then I remember we’re all being made to think we’re not enough but I still hate when I change myself to people please.”

That same day, in another Instagram post, he admitted: “I got anger issues, too,” noting that he aspired to “grow and not react so much.”

His apparent rage has manifested publicly with the “What Do You Mean?” singer lashing out at a group of paparazzi on April 6. “All you care about is money, not human beings,” he said, outside of a Palm Springs coffee shop.

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One source said it’s time Bieber starts acting like an adult. “He’s not [a child]. He’s a grown man with a child.”@kirbiejohnson/ TikTok
In the years just after he and Hailey married, Bieber talked of being eager — more eager than his wife — to start a family. But fans noted that he was conspicuously absent from the pictures Hailey posted of herself and baby Jack celebrating Easter.

The source familiar with Bieber and his church said it’s time the former teen idol starts acting like an adult.