During a recent interview with radio DJ Zane Lowe for Apple Music, Justin opened up about his relationship to Hailey, who he married in a private courthouse ceremony in September 2018.
The singer spoke about how his spouse provided inspiration for his new album Changes, while also reminiscing upon how their partnership has evolved over the past few years.
The 25-year-old said that while he feels “peace” knowing he has the rest of his life “to build a relationship with a solid foundation of trust and patience”, when he and Hailey first started seeing each other, he couldn’t pledge his fidelity outright.
“I’d let her know prior to the tour when we were hanging a lot. I said, ‘Listen, I’m still really hurt and still trying to figure out my way, and I’m not ready to make a commitment to you in a way that… I just don’t want to say something and do the opposite’”.
“Because I was at the point where I’d done that in the past and I just was like honest with her I was like, ‘I’m not in a place to be faithful and all this sort of stuff that I wanted to be but I just wasn’t there yet.’”
When questioned by Lowe over why he felt “hurt”, Justin explained that he felt hurt from his previous relationship. Bieber dated fellow-singer Selena Gomez on and off for seven years.
“I think I still was dealing with a lot of unforgiveness and all that sort of stuff. To be honest I don’t think I even knew what I was really struggling with at the time, I don’t think I knew I was dealing with unforgiveness,” the musician stated.
“I was just in a place where I knew I didn’t want to tell her one thing, and I felt she respected me at the time and I had a lot of respect for her and so I just didn’t want to say one thing and then she’d see me off doing another thing.”
Justin continued, recalling how he and Hailey hurt each other before becoming an exclusive couple.