Justin Bieber Ends Roast With Apology

In lieu of the onslaught of offensive and deranged jokes aired on the Comedy Central’s telecast of the “Roast of Justin Bieber” Monday night, the pop heartthrob was hysterically creamed by fellow entertainers Kevin Hart, Martha Stewart and Jeffrey Ross, among others, as they slammed his looks, music and previous public antics. The Biebs ended his roast with an apology for his “bad-boy image.”

Hart, who hosted the roast of the night, started off with an edgy joke saying that most of the 21-year-old star’s fans "are either in middle schools or standing at least 500 feet away from one," NBC quoted. Natasha Leggero, Pete Davidson, Shaquille O'Neal, Snoop Dogg, roast veteran Jeff Ross, Chris D'Elia and Ludacris also joined him in lambasting the poor superstar, keeping up with the long tradition of celebrity roasts and showering the over two-hour special with Holocaust, genitalia and abortion jokes and N-word mentions without bleeping -- all of which made The Biebs cringe.

The group also poked fun at his past controversies, including his DUI arrest, weed smoking, mop-bucket urination, doing $20K worth of egging damage to his neighbor’s house and the Selena Gomez breakup, all of which contributed to his "bad-boy image." Bieber could only occasionally chuckle and clap at the offensive jokes, but managed to make a few rebuttals, even telling roast guru Jeffrey Ross, “You look like the emoji you send when you want to tell someone you have food poisoning.”

Shortly after the lambasting, Biber turned serious and gave the crowd a heartfelt speech, asking for forgiveness for all the shenanigans he had been through in the past years. He explained that he was not prepared for the life under the spotlight, in which he was thrown into at 12 years old. “There’s been moments I’ve been proud of, then a lot of moments that I’m disappointed in myself for -- things that I’ve done that really don’t define who I am,” he added, as quoted by Deadline. He then ended his roast apologizing for losing his best qualities.

Billboard believes that the move was orchestrated by the pop act’s team in a desperate attempt to return Bieber into a positive light in preparation for his next music project, which is due for release late this year. Bieber has previously made “nice-guy” rounds in the midst of his controversies, including an appearance on “Ellen,” a cameo in an Ariana Grande show, and an act in ABC’s new reality comedy “Repeat After Me.”

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