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Justin Bieber says his relationship with his mother became strained

'As Long As You Love Me' sensation Justin Bieber has opened up about the strained relationship he has with his mother, Pattie Mallette. 

The pair were very close, but the singer admitted his past behaviour and rocky patch threw a spanner into the works for them and they grew apart a little. He told Billboard magazine:

“(It has been) pretty non-existing. I was distant because I was ashamed. I never wanted my mom to be disappointed in me and I knew she was. We spent some time not talking, so it takes time to rebuild that trust."

Bieber added that he's working on their bond again now, but it's going to be a long process to repair the damage: "She’s living in Hawaii now, so it’s hard, but getting better. She’s an amazing woman and I love her.”

He went onto explain that his mother encouraged him to follow religion and would play him tapes from pastors as a child and there was one in particular, Pastor Judah, that he became familiar with: “When I was 7, she wouldn’t let me listen to anything but [Pastor] Judah’s tapes falling asleep... By then she had brought around a bunch of weird pastors -- there’s a lot of weird ones -- so I wasn’t too keen on meeting him."

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