It’s very sad news for all the army of Justin Bieber fans as the teen singing sensation has deleted his Instagram account. The feud reportedly started after fans slammed Lionel Richie’s daughter, Sofia, who has been spotted with Bieber recently.

Fans were bizarrely upset over the relationship, and took to the comments section of Bieber’s Instagram photos to tell him this — prompting the singer to threaten to make his account private if they didn’t mellow out.

“I’m gonna make my Instagram private if you guys don’t stop the hate this is getting out of hand,” he wrote on the final picture that he posted.

“If you guys are really fans you wouldn’t be so mean to people that I like.”

Things were fine until Gomez got involved. “If you can’t handle the hate, then stop posting pictures of your girlfriend lol- It should be special between you two only,” she wrote in Bieber’s comments. “Don’t be mad at your fans. They love you and supported you before anyone ever did.”

But after Selena’s comment, Justin hit back with a cryptic message which seemed to suggest that the US singer had used him to become famous. “It’s funny to see people that used me for attention and still try to point the finger this way,” he wrote. “Sad. All love.”

He then posted another comment which said: “I’m not one for anyone receiving hate. Hope u all can be kind to my friends and each other. And yes I love my Believers.”

But Selena Gomez apparently wasn’t about to let Justin Bieber have the last word.

She wrote: “Funny how the ones that cheated multiple times are pointing the finger at the ones that were forgiving and supportive, no wonder fans are mad. Sad. All love.

Justin Bieber was in Japan over the weekend with model Sofia on his Purpose World Tour.

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