Justin Bieber leaves 78 million followers in a lurch, quits Instagram after feud with Selena Gomez

Love him or hate him, but as long as you live and breathe in the same world as the rest of us, you simply cannot ignore Justin Bieber.

The singer, who is among the most followed personalities on popular image sharing platform Instagram, with near 78 million followers, recently deleted his account after an alleged feud with ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez.

It all started after Bieber posted some photos of himself and his alleged girlfriend, Sofia Richie on Instagram. Richie, daughter of singer-songwriter Lionel Richie, has been spotted with Bieber a few times in the last few weeks.

But the picture apparently didn’t go down well with all the Beliebers, who started criticizing the ‘Sorry’ hitmaker’s gal pal.

The singer, however, did not take kindly to all the hate and responded by posting, “I’m gonna make my Instagram private if you guys don’t stop the hate.”

The 22-year-old also added, “This is getting out of hand, if you guys are really fans you wouldn’t be so mean to people that I like.”

The hate continued, until eventually Justin’s ex-girlfriend tried to weigh in. Gomez wrote, “If you can’t handle the hate then stop posting pictures of your girlfriend lol – it should be special between you two only. Don’t be mad at your fans. They love you. They were there for you before anyone,”

What followed were a series of comments between the ex-flames, a snapshot of which can be found below.