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The Kid LAROI is opening up about his friendship with Justin Bieber! The 21-year-old Australian performer met the 30-year-old “Anyone” singer years ago, and they even collaborated on the song “Stay” in 2021. In a new interview, The Kid LAROI dished being a role model, and opened up about their first meeting and how he’s leaned on him a lot, revealing Justin checks in on him every day. Keep reading to find out more… “For me, I think the whole thing about being a role model is usually looked at as being like these things we’re talking about like a perfect person [who] never [makes] a wrong move. And if that’s what it means than I don’t want to be a role model. Or like, maybe we redefine what that means because it’s just not attainable,” he said on The KIIS Network’s Will & Woody. “You know, when we talk about having our own opinions and stuff, it’s also another thing you got to just get right with yourself too, and just be like, there is a lot of pressure to be a role model or to do things perfectly, but understanding within myself, like I’m just a guy,” The Kid LAROI added. “I’m just a human. I’m not going to get everything right and kind of like myself being okay with that, because I’m also not okay with not being perfect. So, I think being able to have that acceptance in yourself, like you know what, I’m going to try my best, but I’m not going to get everything right, I think like having that is like the first kind of step.” He then got into his relationship with Justin Bieber. “I mean, he’s honestly part of the reason probably why I am kind of thinking like this a little bit [on being a role model]. He’s the man and I would say I’ve totally leaned on him a lot,” he said. “He has the best advice, the best knowledge when it comes to that stuff. Even just everything he’s been through at such an extreme. What I go through is not even a 10th of what he had to go through. So, I think a lot of it is definitely having a big bro you can go to who’s already been through everything like times ten.” On how they became friends, he revealed, “He DM’d me on Instagram and said something like, ‘love your music’ or something and he sent me a song that he put on his album Justice. And I think the first time we hung, he invited me to the studio to come and like, listen to the album. And I think the next time we played basketball at his house and it was just kind of natural like that from there.” LAROI continued, “We just stayed in touch, and he’s just always been super. I mean, that’s a really cool thing about him that’s so special is like, he’s just so open and welcoming and always hitting me [up] every day like, ‘hey, how are you feeling? Are you good?’ You know, that translates to me as well, because then I pick up on that I pass it on and like, I’ll check up on him or I’ll text a friend or my brother or something. It helps you want to pass on that type of energy.” Back in October, The Kid LAROI and girlfriend Tate McRae joined Justin at his wife Hailey Bieber‘s Rhode party!
