Post Malone grabs Justin Bieber by throat, says they were ‘roughhousing’

The internet went bonkers over a video that surfaced showing what looked to be an altercation between Canadian musician Justin Bieber and recording artist Post Malone.

TMZ video shows Bieber touching a lit cigarette to Malone’s arm at a club in Houston, Texas last week.

Malone seems to barely notice Bieber’s actions, but then a photo surfaced showing Malone grabbing the 22-year-old by the throat. (It isn’t clear what night the photo was taken.)

Bieber looks shocked and genuinely scared, but shortly after, the rapper posted a series of tweets insisting that he and Bieber are friends, and he would never seek to hurt him.

Bieber himself took to Instagram to clear up the matter.

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So what really happened? It seems the public will just have to take the two celebs at their words.