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Bieber’s mom ducks question about his friends

Pattie Mallette and Justin Bieber, pictured in 2012. Getty Images

TORONTO — Justin Bieber’s mom spoke this week about the pop star’s recent behaviour — and seemed to suggest she’s not a big fan of his choice of friends.

Asked if she likes Bieber’s buddies, Pattie Mallette hesitated.

“I…well… I don’t know how to answer that question,” she told Extra host Mario Lopez.

Mallette, who is promoting her book Nowhere But Up, said she regularly talks to Bieber.

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“We talk about the things that he’s going through and the pressures he’s under and what people are saying and how he feels about it,” she said, “and the questionable things that people are saying that he’s doing, his behaviours.”

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Mallette added: “I definitely am a mom first and I care deeply about how he’s feeling and what he’s going through.”

She admitted it’s not easy to learn about Bieber’s antics, including urinating in a mop bucket, spitting off a hotel balcony and alleged spats with strangers.

“Imagine how I feel as a mom to see these headlines,” she said. “He know what I think.”

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