Speaking to MTV News, Braun said that there was one point where a 15 or 16-year-old Bieber was about to throw in the towel.

He said that the pressures of fame and the masses of adoring fans made Bieber feel like a "spectacle". Braun said:

"There was a show in Orlando, it was a day where he had to make a decision if he was going to continue on or not, 'cause he was fighting. It had gotten to a point where kids were surrounding hotels, and you're talking about a kid who is 15, 16 years old, and he went and did a show to 20,000 people, sold out, but right before he went into the show, he was having a little bit of an attitude."

He continued: "And he does the show and he was fine, and he comes off and I go, 'What was that before the show?' And he just broke down, and he said, 'I can't do it anymore. I can't go outside. I can't go anywhere, I feel like a spectacle all the time', and he was really struggling with it. You got to remember he didn't want to be a star. I found him, and it happened."