Justin Bieber is “okay for now” but is “super exhausted” from his 18-month international Purpose tour, resulting in the cancellation of the 14 remaining tour dates.
Shortly after the “Sorry” singer, 23, kicked off his Purpose World Tour in March 2016, a string of questionable behavior began fueling headlines. Indeed, a source told People in May 2016: “Two months into it, and he already feels beat. He’s not losing it, though. He’s just trying to find ways to focus.”
The extended jaunt took Bieber all over North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. However in July, the pop star is no longer welcome in China.
Shortly after the “Sorry” singer, 23, kicked off his Purpose World Tour in March 2016, a string of questionable behavior began fueling headlines. Indeed, a source told People in May 2016: “Two months into it, and he already feels beat. He’s not losing it, though. He’s just trying to find ways to focus.”
The extended jaunt took Bieber all over North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. However in July, the pop star is no longer welcome in China.
- 7/25/2017
- by Jeff Nelson and Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Justin Bieber's recent erratic behavior reportedly has some worried that he is headed toward a breakdown. Shortly after the "Sorry" singer, 22, kicked off his Purpose World Tour, a string of questionable behavior began fueling headlines. While a report intimated his tour was in trouble, in late-May, a rep for the singer called the rumor "bull---t," telling People "he's totally fine." Indeed, a source told People at the time: "Two months into it, and he already feels beat. He's not losing it, though. He's just trying to find ways to focus." With domestic and international shows scheduled through November, Bieber...
- 6/10/2016
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
Justin Bieber's recent erratic behavior reportedly has some worried that he is headed toward a breakdown. Shortly after the "Sorry" singer, 22, kicked off his Purpose World Tour, a string of questionable behavior began fueling headlines. While a report intimated his tour was in trouble, in late-May, a rep for the singer called the rumor "bull---t," telling People "he's totally fine." Indeed, a source told People at the time: "Two months into it, and he already feels beat. He's not losing it, though. He's just trying to find ways to focus." With domestic and international shows scheduled through November, Bieber...
- 6/10/2016
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
8:40 Am Pt-- Hackenberger just announced he is stepping down as Director of the zoo ... but still proclaims his innocence.Bowmanville Zoo owner Michael Hackenberger, the trainer PETA filmed whipping a tiger, has been charged with 5 counts of animal cruelty by Ontario's Spca. The Spca filed the charges Wednesday after thoroughly reviewing the Bowmanville Zoo, which he owns and where he trains his animals. The charges against Hackenberger are based on the video which surfaced 4 months ago,...
- 4/14/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Michael Hackenberger, an animal wrangler and trainer whose screen credits include “Left Behind: The Movie,” “The Interview” and “George of the Jungle,” has been charged with five counts of animal cruelty, stemming from a training session in which he allegedly used a whip to hit a Siberian tiger, the Ontario, Canada, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said Wednesday. The charges against Hackenberger include one count each of causing an animal to be in distress by striking the animal with a whip handle; one charge of causing an animal to be in distress by repeatedly striking the animal.
- 4/13/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
PETA has released a video of Life of Pi animal trainer Michael Hackenberger allegedly hitting and berating a Siberian tiger during a training session. In the surreptitious video, Hackenberger, who is also director of the Bowmanville Zoo in Ontario, is seen swearing up a blue streak and seemingly striking the animal repeatedly. "I like hitting him in the face," he comments in the video. "And the paws … the beauty of the paws being on the rock, when you hit him, it’s like a vise. It stings more.” Hackenberger denies the video depicts him using excessive force, saying he merely struck the tiger twice to turn him around. I guess the real question is: How many times is it cool to hit the planet's most beautiful creature in what has to be the grimmest windowless auditorium imaginable while also swearing at it? What number seems all right to us? Two times?...
- 12/23/2015
- by Halle Kiefer
- Vulture
PETA is blowing the whistle on celebrity animal trainer Michael Hackenberger by releasing a brutal video showing him whipping a tiger several times until it cowers on its back during a training session. Hackenberger is the director of the Bowmanville Zoo in Ontario, Canada and his Hollywood credits include "The Interview," "Life of Pi" and "George of the Jungle," a Disney movie. It's painful to watch ... Hackenberger appears to whip the animal about 20 times. At one point in the video,...
- 12/23/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A Hollywood animal trainer, who has provided animals for a variety of productions including the movie Life Of Pi, has allegedly been caught on camera whipping a Siberian tiger. The video, obtained by PETA, allegedly shows the director of Bowmanville Zoological Park, Michael Hackenberger, striking the young animal with whip over and over as it practices stunts, leaping from one large stool to another. In the clip, one trainer holds the tiger on a leash as it rolls over onto its back as the lashes come down, a move which, according to PETA, is a response of fear in big cats.
- 12/23/2015
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
A Hollywood animal trainer, who has provided animals for a variety of productions including the movie Life Of Pi, has allegedly been caught on camera whipping a Siberian tiger. The video, obtained by PETA, allegedly shows the director of Bowmanville Zoological Park, Michael Hackenberger, striking the young animal with whip over and over as it practices stunts, leaping from one large stool to another. In the clip, one trainer holds the tiger on a leash as it rolls over onto its back as the lashes come down, a move which, according to PETA, is a response of fear in big cats.
- 12/23/2015
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
A Hollywood animal trainer who worked on “Life of Pi” and “The Interview” has been caught on camera whipping a Siberian tiger, according to PETA. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are asking authorities to prosecute Michael Hackenberger, the director of the Bowmanville Zoo in Ontario, Canada, for allegedly beating the tiger named Uno up to 20 times on the face and body during a “training session.” The animal rights group obtained footage of the act during an undercover investigation in which Hackenberger says on the video: “I like hitting him in the face. And the paws … the beauty...
- 12/23/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
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