Justin Bieber booed in native Canada
TORONTO (AP) - Justin Bieber faced a hostile homecoming during his halftime performance at Canada's football Grey Cup, facing boos and jeers.
The Toronto crowd booed Sunday when the 18-year-old pop star's face popped up on the JumboTron screen. They booed when a host spoke his name. And they booed as he took the stage and throughout his medley of the chart-topper "Boyfriend" and the disco-inflected "Beauty and a Beat."
If Bieber was bothered, it didn't show.
"Thank you so much Canada," Bieber said. "I love you."
Earlier in the week, Bieber was presented with a Diamond Jubilee Medal by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and caused a scene by wearing overalls, unbuttoned on one shoulder, over a white T-shirt, with a backwards baseball cap.
There was sufficient uproar that Harper even weighed in on Twitter.
"In fairness to (Bieber)," Harper tweeted Sunday, "I told him I would be wearing my overalls too."
The Canadian Football League may have been hoping to court Bieber's army of tween followers on Sunday. But recent Grey Cup halftime performers have skewed toward the comparatively heavy likes of Nickelback and Lenny Kravitz.
"J-Biebs doesn't scream football, you know? Neither does Carly Rae Jepsen," said Calgary's Ryan Prisque, 22.
The 27-year-old Jepsen also received a mixed reaction at first Sunday but won the crowd over during an enthusiastic medley of her latest single, "This Kiss," and her infectious hit "Call Me Maybe."
The Toronto crowd booed Sunday when the 18-year-old pop star's face popped up on the JumboTron screen. They booed when a host spoke his name. And they booed as he took the stage and throughout his medley of the chart-topper "Boyfriend" and the disco-inflected "Beauty and a Beat."
If Bieber was bothered, it didn't show.
"Thank you so much Canada," Bieber said. "I love you."
Earlier in the week, Bieber was presented with a Diamond Jubilee Medal by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and caused a scene by wearing overalls, unbuttoned on one shoulder, over a white T-shirt, with a backwards baseball cap.
There was sufficient uproar that Harper even weighed in on Twitter.
"In fairness to (Bieber)," Harper tweeted Sunday, "I told him I would be wearing my overalls too."
The Canadian Football League may have been hoping to court Bieber's army of tween followers on Sunday. But recent Grey Cup halftime performers have skewed toward the comparatively heavy likes of Nickelback and Lenny Kravitz.
"J-Biebs doesn't scream football, you know? Neither does Carly Rae Jepsen," said Calgary's Ryan Prisque, 22.
The 27-year-old Jepsen also received a mixed reaction at first Sunday but won the crowd over during an enthusiastic medley of her latest single, "This Kiss," and her infectious hit "Call Me Maybe."
Well IF I had any respect for him in the first place, I would have already lost it anyway -- after the publicity cr*p he pulled in at the Tacoma Dome ... that is BS.  No respect. Get rid of the little girl already!
Hahaha good.Â
One thing for sure, Beiber has placed himself under a huge stream of money. For his sake I hope he is stashing millions of it away because the next kid idol is already being prepped to replace him.
This made my monday much better.
Amazing place Canada is, they give us guys like Sidney Crosby, Mario Lemieux then they gives us Bieber, how is this possible?
I guess there were no 11 year old girls in the audience.
Wow Justin. Don't let all that stardom go to your head. Actually maybe you should. Only gonna be a matter of time before you fade like Vanilla Ice, New Kids On The Block, and no one's gonna know who the hell you are! Can't come soon enough for me.
Justin Bieber " I'm so gangsta" Justin your a short, white, Canadian boy, how gangster do you think you can be I mean seriously. You at least need to be able to shave first.              Â
Let the old people hate. Every girl his age is in love with this kid because he has it all. He is as popular as Elvis.
 @Fast Eddy Elvis = the KING, Bieber = the little PRINCESSÂ
 @Fast Eddy BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA  Justine is a one-hit wonder compared to Elvis.  Do your research.
 @Fast Eddy Oh please! I almost choked on my spit ater reading that! Very dumb comparison!
@Fast Eddy Elvis was macho, Justin should be name Justine.
@Fast Eddy Popular as Elvis? You must be 12 years old.
 @Klondiko  @Fast Or somebody's 40-year-old mom (or dad?) working on a little crush...
if I had the money he getting, I wouldn't care less if they boo'd at me too..
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 @PackersCougsBravesSounders how old are you, three?
Ok, what I care about this child could be written on a matchbook in grease pencil.
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But has anyone noticed just how much this kid looks like Vanilla Ice? Just sayin'...
@svensson Good thing you emphasized you were just sayin', otherwise we never would have known.
good job canada
go gangnam style smoke him
 @armor Gangnam Style youtube vid gets--an unprecedented--million views an hour!Â
Well done! And well deserved!
I would have bought a ticket to the game just to boo Beiber. Â
Hope he is enjoying his fame while it lasts.  Look at Leif Garrett now.  I believe he is living under the Pier in Santa Monica.  Â
 @KRM66 Ouch...
Any time a "singer" has to be surrounded by dancers they're 9 times out of 10 crap.Â
Ah, this story warms my heart on this cold November morn.
@Doxie Hi, Doxie!
 @Silvia  @Doxie Hi, sorta-neighbor!
 @DoxieI need *snow*. We're building a log home near Granite Falls - more snow up there, I think. Maybe I'll be tired of snow in a few years?
 @Silvia  @Doxie We could probably go today, it's really icy!
@Doxie For now...until we move in 2013. :-P But we still need to go sledding at the mansion before then.
 @Doxie LOL.....
Justin WHO???
Sorry, but I think Bieber is a girl. He just hasn't announced it yet. Joke will be on us.
It's a case of knowing your audience. Bieber's audience is 13 year old girls. Having him sing at a football game is a terrible idea. Canada should hire the Black Eyed Peas like we do for every sporting event.
@kockatoo I was at a Seahawks game that had the touring company for the musical "Hair" do the half time show. After their performance you could tell they were all pumped up and excited how well they'd done, but they were met with an awkward silence and then a slow build up of boo's. I agree, know your audience. lol
 @tennistime  @kockatoo Even the weiner dog races at Seahawks halftime got a better reaction than that!