Justin Bieber apologizes for N-word joke

theGRIO REPORT - Justin Bieber has released a statement to TMZ, apologizing for what many are calling a racist joke he told when he was 15...

Over the weekend, an old video surfaced of a younger Justin Bieber telling a group of friends a racist joke where he used the N word.

In the video posted by TMZ, Bieber asks his friends, “Why are black people afraid of chainsaws?” Bieber responds “Run N*gger, N*gger, N*gger!”

The pop star took to Twitter and released a statement, wanting his fans to understand he didn’t know the power of his words back then and wants to move forward.

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— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 1, 2014

“I take my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologize for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake,” the statement reads in part. “I was a kid then and I am a man now who knows my responsibility to the world and to not make that mistake again.”

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