Justin Bieber Says Half Face Paralysed by Virus (Video)

Justin Bieber revealed that he had cancelled a series of shows on his latest tour after a virus caused “full paralysis” on one side of his face.

Bieber had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome after a virus had damaged the nerves in his ear, he said in a video he posted to his Instagram page.

“It is from this virus that attacks the nerve in my ear in my facial nerves and has caused my face to have paralysis," he said. “As you can see, this eye is not blinking. I can’t smile on this side of my face. This nostril will not move, so there’s full paralysis on this side of my face.”

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The Canadian singer was trying to smile, blink and move his face during the whole video but parts of his face would not react. He said he has been doing facial exercises to recover.

“So for those who are frustrated by my cancellations of the next shows, I’m just physically, obviously not able of doing them,” he said. “This is pretty serious as you can see.”

“I wish this wasn’t the case but obviously my body is telling me I gotta slow down.," he added. “I hope you guys understand, and I’ll be using this time to just rest and relax and get back to 100% so I can do what I was born to do. But in the meantime, this ain’t it.

“We don’t know how much time it is going to be but it’s going to be OK, I have hope and I trust God. I trust it is all for a reason. I’m not sure what that is right now but in the meantime I am going to rest,” Bieber concluded.

His last album, Justice, released in March 2021, has been certified platinum in the US, and got to second in the UK album charts. The North America leg of his world tour is due to end in July.