{"id":165510,"date":"2025-06-09T18:13:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T22:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/06\/09\/scooter-braun-reveals-where-he-stands-with-justin-bieber-says-their-relationship-is-not-the-same-3\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T18:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T22:13:59","slug":"scooter-braun-reveals-where-he-stands-with-justin-bieber-says-their-relationship-is-not-the-same-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/06\/09\/scooter-braun-reveals-where-he-stands-with-justin-bieber-says-their-relationship-is-not-the-same-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Scooter Braun Reveals Where He Stands With Justin Bieber & Says Their Relationship Is \u2018Not the\u00a0Same\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tIt\u2019s been almost a year since Scooter Braun<\/a> officially retired from music management after years of shepherding the likes of Ariana Grande, J Balvin and Tori Kelly into superstardom. But before he had any of those clients, he had Justin Bieber<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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\n\tIn an interview on The Diary of a CEO <\/em>posted Monday (June 9), the music mogul reflected on where he stands with the pop star nearly two decades after Braun first discovered the then-13-year-old Bieber back when he himself was just 25. \u201cWe were able to achieve some amazing things,\u201d the businessman began. \u201cI\u2019m very proud of what we achieved and always rooting for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNow that they no longer work together, however, Braun confessed that his relationship with Bieber is \u201cnot the same that it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think there comes a point where \u2014 I understand \u2014 he probably wants to go on and show that he can do it,\u201d Braun said. \u201cWe worked together for so long and we had such extreme success, and I think you get to a point as a man where you want to show the world you can do it on your own. And I completely respect that. I think at this point, that\u2019s what he\u2019s doing. Myself and everyone from the old team is rooting for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe SB Projects founder went on to praise Bieber and a few other former clients, noting that their successes only serve as \u201ctestimony\u201d to what they were able to achieve together. \u201cTo see Justin move forward and succeed, to see Ariana with what\u2019s happened with Wicked<\/em> in this past year, to see Tori Kelly \u2026,\u201d Braun said. \u201cEverybody that I\u2019ve ever had a chance to work with, to see them go on and do great things on their own, it\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBraun announced<\/a> in June 2024 that he would be retiring from artist management to focus on his duties as CEO of HYBE America, a role he stepped into after HYBE acquired his Ithaca Holdings for $1.05 billion in 2021. The news came a little less than a year after Billboard<\/a> <\/em>reported that the \u201cBaby\u201d singer was exploring other options on the management front, though a full-on split at the time seemed difficult as Bieber still had four years left on his contract with SB Projects. <\/p>\n

\n\tAlso in 2023, Grande, Balvin and Demi Lovato each parted ways with Braun\u2019s company in quick succession<\/a>. When Braun announced his retirement the following year, the mogul shouted out many of his former clients and wrote, \u201cI will continue to root for them with the same passion that I did at each of their humble beginnings \u2026 there will never be a day where I don\u2019t take great pride and honor in what we accomplished together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEven so, rumors circulated that there had been a personal rift between Braun and Bieber. That speculation was only exacerbated when the Grammy winner appeared to unfollow<\/a> his former manager on Instagram in January. <\/p>\n

\n\tBut according to Braun, their professional separation was nothing personal. When asked on The Diary of a CEO<\/em> whether it \u201churt\u201d to hear that Bieber wanted to go his own way, Braun said, \u201cNo, not at that point.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI was also at that point,\u201d Braun said. \u201cIt had been a couple years where I knew I wanted to do something else. I wanted to find out who I was, I wanted to experiment with a different career. We were both communicating enough with each other. The writing was on the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Braun\u2019s full interview on The Diary of a CEO <\/em>below.<\/p>\n

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