Justin Bieber missed his chance to be included in a portrait book of top stars after upsetting a photographer by arriving three hours late for his shoot, reports contactmusic.com
Rob Shanahan has made a career of photographing famous faces, including rock legends Sir Paul MCCartney, Sir Elton John and the Rolling Stones.
But he reveals the first top celeb to keep him waiting was Justin Bieber – and when he finally arrived, Rob Shanahan was less than impressed with the results of their session. As a result, he decided not to include any shots of Justin in his new book.
Rob tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Somebody asked me who I photographed that didn’t make it into my book – Justin Bieber. He made me wait three hours. Nobody’s ever made me wait more than 10, 15, 20 minutes.”
“It wasn’t a great photoshoot. I didn’t feel any connection. I just ended up editing him out of the book.” he added.
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I will always love Justin, but he is changing :/ I feel sorry for the photographer, and now Justin has missed out on something…
waw ive never bin that late before i wonder why he was so late anyways im a belieber and always will be …. belieber for life:)
so mean justin is very busy photographer shouldnt care if anyones late I still love justin ♥
Sophie~ Are yo u kidding me… Justin is busy…. Well the world dont STOP for him and others are just as busy but manage to make it to appointments on time. There is NO EXCUSE for this rude behavior.
Tina
Sophie~ Are yo u kidding me… Justin is busy…. Well the world dont STOP for him and others are just as busy but manage to make it to appointments on time. There is NO EXCUSE for this rude behavior.
LOL thought you were a belieber sounds like you dont like him
ok but also Tina, justin’s human n makes mistakes so it was rude 4 the photographer 2 just cut justin out wen he made a mistake. Yes the world doesnt circle round him but if he makes a mistake the world shouldnt end
yeah Tina i sadly agree … but like , im thinking that like if hes made a commitment , just cuz hes busy doesnt mean he should blow an obviously really good photographer 3 hours late ! that seems a little weirdd .
i agree with u tina i mean the photgrapher is a very famous and busy person but even i woulda just left or told him not to even come
Thank you
Yes I do like Justin, he is a very talented young man and I hope he can accomplish everything he wants to in life. He has high goals and behavior like this is not going to get him to his goals. Thats all Im saying, I’m not hating on Justin, I just dont want to see him turn out to be something that he doesnt wanna be….
yeah i somewhat agree sophie . i dont think that the photographer should have cut him out but justin really shouldnt have blown him off for 3 hours . /:
but i still <3 him to deathh (:
is he wearing lipstick or lipgloss not trying to pick but thats wierd and i would leave so i got to wait 3 hours 4 some famous justin bieber to show up seriously the photo guy could have something important like family to do or something like hiz caree to do and justin’s wearing lots of make-up for 4 the haterz u know
I think he’s busy for BELIEVE 0_o
After all that guy is just a photographer. and has no fans as much as Justin has
and justin is a busy Star! #Swag #StupidPhotographer #BelieberForever
I’m with you on that ^-^
WTF!!!
He may not have fans like the ones you know of. But he is probably a really well known and respected photographer in the business. And what justin did has no excuse. Love him, but the world doesn’t revolve around him.
I agree with Jess!!!
But I am still a 150% Belieber!!!!!!!! ❤
I know, these fans have no respect for other people. “He’s just a photographer”, that just shows how ignorant these people are. REAL photographing requires skills, not like you kids these day, buying an overpriced camera and call yourselves “photographers”.
Just because he doesn’t have “fans” doesn’t mean you can disrespect him. His job isn’t to impress teenage girls, he couldn’t careless if he has fans or not. Justin was rude for being late and the photographer has every right to get angry.
thank y’all for agreeing! So there are more level-headed beliebers than I thought haha
I disagree with dat. The photographer mite have his tym budgeted. I dnt hate justin buh kiping someone waiting? For instance, u were meant to meet him backstage nd he kept u waiting just 4 2hours, wuldn’t u b upset?
That’s different. I am not going to waste my time explaining how to you when you don’t know how to even spell words such as that, might, time, don’t, but, keeping, and, & wouldn’t. You may not be able to understand.
i love you
the ever so beautiful, beautiful I love you with all my soul
It’s an unfortunate situation. I don’t like to think of it as Justin changing, maybe this was just one of those things that he couldn’t help..
i agree Samantha
i bet scooter is so mad at him but we dont know why he was late maybe something happened to him on the way prob. a fight with selena or a stop or traffic. but anyways HE IS changing BIg time!!!!! but i still love you justin you are and will always be my impression my idol!!!!
No matter the excuse that was so long… 3hrs if it was 30 minutes is better but i will always love him wether late or earlier
don’t hate on the photographer ok? no matter how much i like him, if he shows up 3 HOURS late for an appointment with me, i would think that he’s disrespectful and rude. Thumbs down for justin bieber on this one. The photographer is pissed and i don’t blame him. The photographer has his pride in his work too, just because justin is more famous doesn’t mean it’s ok to disrespect someone that is less famous.
I don’t know why he was late. I don’t think it was traffic since justin would’ve called. I think he lost track of time while having fun somewhere. This also shows that justin is a bit unthoughtful, since i would’ve remembered something as imprtant as a photoshoot (maybe to him it wasn’t that imprtant).
I agree soo much with you. I mean 3 HOURS! I know he is busy but I would’ve called or something. I would just forget about Justin and go on to others if I were busy. But no hate on Justin..
I disagree. I mean..yeah, the photographer had to wait a long time, but seriously, Justin has millions of fans, and TONS of stuff to do. You dont know what could have happened to Justin. The photographer shoud just chill out..
ok he has millions of fan, that has nothing to to with anything in this situation. Tons of stuff to do, let me say this, if you’re going to make an appointment, be respectful and be on time. If you have “tons of stuff to do” , don’t make that appointment, if you’re late, apologize. don’t go on “oh i’m famous and have stuff to do”, that’s ignorant.
if i had to wait 3 HOURS for justin bieber, and he doesn’t even call to say why he was late, i would be pissed, and I AM A FAN. i’m just not brainwashed to the point i can’t see right from wrong.
Justin is very very busy….the photographer shouldn’t be upset….he can understand
BITCH. PUH-LEESE.
If Justin Drew Bieber is late, you WILL wait and shutup about it, its JUSTIN.BLOODY.BIEBER!! Us fans wait days! Just to meet him!!!
I mean, i know the photographer’s busy, but Justin even MORE busy! Es probably the biggest kid in the world! <33
i’m disappointed to see that beliebers are like this. If he was so busy then don’t make that appointment in the first place. In this situation, if justin was someone else, you would be upset as hell. because you like him that you don’t care. he made that appointment, he was late, he was disrespectful.
Bieber fan…you are the first level headed person I have seen on this website, other than myself. I agree with everything you say! And beliebers, don’t become so obsessed that you support every action Justin does. Pretend it wasn’t Justin, then whose side would you be on? And if Justin smoked weed or had a baby or punched a girl…or something crazy like that, would you still try and find a way to justify what he did? He says he’s normal, but what normal person would be that rude and not even act sorry for it or give a valid reason? The photographer has a right to be mad! Photoshoots are expensive. Time literally is money. Also, photographers tend to pick a certain time because lighting and other factors.
You do know that other people write out his schedule, right?
i totally agree wit u bieber fan i mean u may be famous and all but no excuse to be that late i mean u coulda at least call and say ur gonna be late and if u dont call ur basically saying u can wait until i get there or something
Dalila, people may right it out, but those people aren’t the ones having to do/attend the things written out on the schedule. He failed to call prior or even 15 minutes after saying he couldn’t make it or would be late. He is almost an adult now, he needs to learn to grow up and be responsible.
you should include him in the book you should never put the biebs down like that so he just wasted his time being there.
The photographer wasted his 3 hours too. Justin deserved it. Don’t try and justify what he did
Jess, Ok you have changed your story like four times….. You have commented on like 4 things and ur saying u agree but then you are changing your story? So what is ur side? What do you really think? I’m just asking cuz it keeps changing
I havent changed my story. I think justin was wrong.
First comment: saying justin can’t excuse what he did
2nd comment: agreeing with @bieberfan. saying that she isn’t like a lot of ignorant ppl commenting.photographer has a right to be mad. We can’t justify what Justin did
3rd comment: pointing out how @dalila’s comment didn’t matter
4th commet:Justin deserved to not be put in the book
5th comment: saying that there was another person commenting who I agreed with and wasn’t ignorant.
6th comment: that one jess isn’t me. the one that starts with “chat rubbish”
REAL 6th comment: saying how some fans are ignorant
7th comment: agreeing with @Lina saying that the fans are ignorant by always trying to justify what justin does
8th comment: pointing out an ignorant fan
WOW. i commented a lot. Whoops. Some of these people always trying to justify what he does just really infuriates him. But yea i see where you could have gotten confused with that other person also named Jess, but isn’t me. For one, their writing style isn’t the same as mine. And I think the photographer has the right to be mad, unlike her! Sorry for the misunderstanding!
do u fhuckin agree to everytihing he does he is not the fhuckin world he was late and basically wasted this photograher time and this is not just any photographer he is a very famous photographer who can make anyone famopus
justin never be late at those things what happen justin? but i still love you and thats never going to change i promise
wow, no one is saying WHY he was late? Wonder what reason Justin give him? Seems that Justin would have CALLED him to tell him WHY he was late, or at least reschedule this instead of not saying anything. Even though I’m not saying this didn’t happen, This doesn’t sound like Justin at all.
What the hell Justin should still be included in the book like justin could of been really busy
He’s busy making the new album #BELIEVE.
Maybe that’s why he got there late ;o
But I still love him <3
I love Justin and always will but he was wrong on this one. Yeah I know he’s busy doing believe and charity work I mean that’s why he made an appointment that’s what there for so there’s no excuse for him. Yes I know fans wait for him but he’s not a regular fan he’s a professional photographer that’s busy too taking pictures of people and by doing that he’s helping build there career by putting them on covers of magazines he doesn’t have to but chooses to. Justin was wrong guys we have to realize that or else well keep feeding his ego by always telling him he’s right when sometimes he’s wong and then he’ll become like other stars that think there to good for everybody and don’t say that’ll never happen because anythings possible. I still love u Justin but u were wrong.
<3
One other level headed Bieber fan! Totally agree! EVERYONE READ THIS
your right agree with you i love you too but i dont wont justin to be like other stars and dont care about nothing els but there sife’s
Awesome your so right!!!! Great response!!!
agree, i’m so glad there are true fans out there that aren’t brainwashed. people just try to justify his action, they never admit that he was wrong. even though they say that justin is a “normal person”. NO, you’re treating him like a GOD. you just can’t admit that he was wrong, not even once. And even if he made “mistakes”, he had a “good reason” for doing so.
Oh plz is not like he is not human being or what is the photographer ask justin why he was late no because they all want justin to have a bad name to media and his funs
I mean yeah it was pretty bad that he showed up late but he probably had a good reason. I still love you tho Justin!!!!! <3 <3 <3
Whoa, people he is a teenager still… he will sleep in even if something is important. Just re-schedule:) Love yah JB<33
I agree with you sis!
ima belieber but some of you are just brainwashed. yall wouldn’t like it if Justin’s concerts started 3 hours late. so the photographer has a right to be upset. Justin should of called or rescheduled.
Dude…what is with the gurly pics…it’s creeping me out! I might have to be a closet belieber…go easy in the lip stick…
The photographer has a right to be upset. But still… Hell get a lot of money for pics of justin. Its unfortunate!
It isn’t his fault he is buzy so I think the photographer maybe should be a little more sensative
chat rubbish. justin is busy. you try doing what he does. yess hes lucky but seriously guys its not all good as it cracks up to be. love justin so much<3 hes amazing<3
That’s just cr@p! Justin’s very busy and I bet billions of fans kept asking him for autographs. That photographer needs to take a chill pill. Oh, and Justin’s probably WAY better than that book will ever be. So forget that piece of junk (“junk” as in the book).
who bloody cares if he was busy? showing up 3 hours late to an appointment is extremely disrespectful, no matter how famous you are. most of you are blaming the photographer saying he was mean to justin, but you’re all clearly in the wrong. it was justin fault.
U guys say the photographer is wrong to be upset with Justin no he’s not. Say u and Justin were dating and he was three hours late picking u up or meeting u there and didn’t get an explanation of y he was late u would be pissed off too ya u would probably forgive him like I’m sure the photographer will but it was still wrong. Anyway what I’m trying to say is put urself in the photographers shoes just because he’s Justin Bieber dosent mean he can be late. I mean call and say “ha I’m gonna be late because ….” Or reschedule that’s the best thing and right thing to do. But I still love Justin and always will no matter how many mistakes he makes.
Some of you fans are so ignorant. Always justifying what Justin does and hating on people who are right. The photographer has a right to be mad. I could write a page about how you’re so ignorant, but I’ll save my breath because y’all will probably just argue with me even more and continue to justify Justin’s wrong-doings!
what do u expect most of this fanbase is made up with 12 year old idiots who dont know right from wrong. Justin WAS wrong for making that photographer wait 3 hours! Who cares how famous Justin is or how much you love him, that’s still disrespectful,
and you people here, don’t bash on me I am a Justin Bieber fan but I cannot go with Justin on this one
exactly the thoughts that run through my mind when I read some of their ignorant comments. And i too have been a fan of him before he was even famous. The only difference is I don’t treat him any differently than any other person. Don’t put him on a pedestal. He needs more fans like that to keep him grounded and he’d probably like that better, in some ways, than crazed fans. In fact, I met him once and I just talked to him like he was a normal kid, so he ignored the other 4 fans that were around him to and only talked to me. Cuz I wasn’t treating him differently. You all should do the same. God created each of us equally.
@Lina, You are SOO RUDE!! I mean im 12 and I know right from wrong!! Dont be calling 12 year olds IDIOTS!!! I mean reallyyy?? Who says that?!?!? Yeah maybe there are some 12 year old idiots out there but saying it ONLINE is kind of bullying!! Just think how offensed some of the 12 year olds are that are on here?? And back to JB, soo who cares that Justin was 3 hours late, i mean yeah thats pretty late, but Justin is a famous star and hes ONLY human!!! I mean he cant be on time everywhere he goes, im mean really!! I love Justin Bieber soo FREAKING much but he made a mistake just get over it alreadyy!!! Xoxo Love ya JustinBiebs #JustinBieber #Loveyaa!
@Jess I know right totally agree
we all know jI think you should all stop judgung the photographer or justin because we don’t know the whole story. Maybe justin did call…maybe the photographer made everything up…maybe justin slept to long…maybe justin really was rude…I’m sure that there’s a good explanation for all this because this sounds nothing like justin.
I WOULD WAIT FOR ALL THE TIME IN THW OWRLD FOR JUSTIN!!!!!! <3 WHO DOESNT KNOW HOW BUSY HE IS!!!!!! HES PROBABLY GOING TO BE HATED BY BIELEBERS.
P.S
I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
TH PHOTAGRAPHER IS PROBABLY GING TO BE HATED LOL DIDNT MAKE ANY SENSE ^^
Seriously it justin bieber hes busy all the time, if i were the photographer i wouldnt care i would wait 6 hours to see him. I LOVE U JUSTIN
i would care. A FAN is different from someone who is just trying to do their job. The photographer doesn’t care and doesn’t love justin bieber, for him, justin is just another one from millions of models the guy takes pictures of. Justin might be special to you, but aside from his fans, i doubt people really care. It is rude for justin to be late and didn’t even give an explanation.
OH MY GOSH SOMETHING BAD PROBABLY WAS GOING ON OR SOMETHING THATS PROBABLY WHY HE WAS LATE EVE NTHOUG HHE WOULD BE LATE ON ME I WOLDNT CARE CAUSE AT LEAST HE SHOWED UP AND DIDNT DITCH U LIKE SERIOUSLY THAT PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDS PATIENCE I FEEL LIKE SMACKING HIM I LOVE U JUSTIN I WILL ALWAYS BE A BELIEBER:)
retard. clearly, Justin was in the wrong. Ignorant child.
@Meep Are you even a Justin Bieber fann? I mean who calls him a retard because he made a mistake?? #HateruptherenamedMeep
Damm most people on here sound ignorant as heck…you don’t even know the details for sure as to what happened or why he was late.if he called to say he may be late or no.You just take a little bit of news and run with it like yall always do…
I dont know wt to think this just makes me dissapointed in justin,i mean i still love him and still am a belieber but smh justin
Y’all are blaming d photographer which is not right. 3 hours is not a small tym and u guyz who are saying if u were the photographer u would wait for him,u have not waited dats why….. Justin,u were rude this tym around if u knew u would be busy u should have reshedule it but nobody is above mistake *thumbs down* this time around justin but i still love u!<3
Fashionably late..<333
maybe justin didnt meaan it? they probably make all this shit up anyway
Before we judge, I dont think he was late. His team probably was. Come on, for a photoshoot like that, he probably had ten people with him. It is really not that easy. Dont judge. Dont blame. You dont even know why he was late. I heard he was once late because he was visiting a little fan who had a terminal disease and he was late for his next appointment. Peace!
I blame Selena Gomez, she CHANGED Justin…just kidding
Seriously tho, this photographer is just getting a publicity for his photobook at Bieber’s expense. Such a cheap shot.
he could make me wait 1000000 hours ill wait 4 him i love his eyes
I wouldnt care if he came in late he always looks gorgeous all the time his eyes are so beautiful their so hot I LOVE U JUSTIN am your BIGGEST FAN
He acted wrong, you can’t justify it, it is what it is. We all make mistakes and this, is one of those! The photografer is right, he can cut Justin out if he wants to because he was waiting for so long and because.. gosh, is HIS book!
Gotta say it doesn’t look as the Justin I thought I knew, but … still loving him
good music:)
well its not his fault that hes so busy i mean hes the most famous teen
I like this pic but it looks like her is wearing lipstickss !
well that photographer is a big jerk, he should be in jail for being mean to Justin Bieber
One example of the ignorant children on this website.
Jess, That’s rude to say…. It’s cute what she said at least she cares…… So Maybe you shouldn’t be rude…… Maybe think of others and y they say it and then say something……. Don’t be rude to people on here this is solace to comment opinions but if it’s rude then plz don’t post it……… It’s rude and disrepectful…….. You wouldn’t want someone to call you that so don’t do it to others
she sounds like a 10 year old. “should be in jail for being mean to justin bieber”.
@Biancabieber Well they couldn’t call me it because I wouldn’t be so ignorant. And how is that sweet? She wants to put him in jail for being mean, which he wasn’t and called him a jerk. Does she understand how the world actually works? When I was 10 I was less ignorant. And like @LyaBieber said…she sounds very immature and, like i said earlier, ignorant. I’m not trying to be rude, but a lot of these people commenting are leaving extremely ignorant comments and it’s annoying. And btw quite a lot of people are agreeing with me. But so many people are either trying to justify what he did or making ignorant comments such as that one. If she could elaborate about how he is a jerk and make valid points, then I may not call her ignorant. Actually no, i’m lying. Because, in fact, the photographer wasn’t being a jerk. Also, if she hasn’t realized that there are actually extremely mean people in this world and they don’t go to jail for it. So neither should the photographer, especially considering he wasn’t even mean. Overall, I wasn’t trying to be mean… just speaking the truth and warning her that those comments are ignorant so maybe she won’t say them again.
Me , personally , am on both sides of the situation .
i really dont think that the photographer should have completely cut him out of his book , but justin should have like seen how late he was for the photoshoot , but i do think that the photographer was a little harsh in not even putting his pics into his book .
love youu justinn <3 (:
GUYS !
everyone has different opinions , okay ? some people may think what justin did was wrong , some may think that it was okay with what he did . but even if some of us thought that what he did was wrong , that doesnt make those people non-beliebers !
if you love justin for who he is & most of the things he does , that makes you a belieber!
and everyone has different opinions , so some people disagree with the decisions hes made , some people agree . so everyone chill if your arguing with someone , we all have the right to have opinions .
<3 belieber forever <3
i don’t think its that big of a deal justin obviously had a reason for being 3 hours late but that doesn’t necessarily make it okay….but he isn’t perfect you just gotta love him anyways and honestly i think people expect way to much from celeberties
I don’t expecting someone to be on time for an appointment is a big expectation. *rolls eyes*
So true: Damm most people on here sound ignorant as heck…they don’t even know the details for sure as to what happened or why he was late.if he called to say he may be late or no.rhey just take a little bit of news and run with it like they always do…
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