Justin Bieber Talks Selena Gomez, Religion & More for 'Complex'

Justin Bieber attempts to break free from the chains while underwater for the latest cover of Complex magazine.

Here’s what the 21-year-old entertainer had to share with the mag:

On ex Selena Gomez: “We were so in love. Nothing else mattered. We were all about each other. But when it’s like that and you get your value from that, people will always disappoint you. Your girl or your dude, they’re always going to disappoint you. Your full identity can’t be in that person. My identity was in her. Her identity was in me.”

On if he felt any criticism was unwarranted: “Honestly, I think the pissing in the bucket wasn’t as big as people made it seem. Just because, dude, think about it. Imagine, you hear that f-cking Ozzy Osbourne pisses backstage. Immediately, ‘Oh, he’s a freaking rock star!’ As soon as I do it, ‘He’s being a brat.’ Dude, what is bratty about pissing in a bucket? I had to go piss�”we all have to pee. The bathroom was like on the other side, and the dude in the club was like, ‘Just pee here.’ He told me I could and it wasn’t like I was being disrespectful. I feel like that was pretty ostracizing�”bigger than it should’ve been.”

On religion: “It doesn’t make you a Christian just by going to church. I think that going to church is fellowship, it’s relationship, it’s what we’re here on the earth to do, to have this connection that you feel there’s no insecurities. I think that’s where we need to be. Like I said, you don’t need to go to church to be a Christian. If you go to Taco Bell, that doesn’t make you a taco.”

For more on Justin, visit Complex.com.

Also pictured below: Justin hits the stage at The Hit Network’s World Famous Rooftop on Sunday (September 27) in Melbourne, Australia.

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