Justin and Hailey Bieber just made the end of their relationship with their former pastor and spiritual advisor Carl Lentz Instagram official.
Following Lentz’s firing from Hillsong Church last week and the subsequent announcement he had an extramarital affair, The Sun reported that Justin was letting his former friend stay at his New York City apartment, after Lentz was spotted having a tense conversation with his wife Laura outside the singer’s East Coast pied-à-terre. But it seems, at least judging by social media, that this offer of a helping hand was extremely short-lived as both Bieber and his wife recently unfollowed the disgraced megachurch pastor.
Over the past few days, fans noticed that Hailey was no longer following Lentz on Instagram and, on Wednesday morning, the model’s husband followed suit. Lentz and his wife appear to have unfollowed the Biebers in turn.
Last week, Lentz was fired from Hillsong, the megachurch known for attracting A-list celebrity parishioners like the Biebers, Kourtney Kardashian, and Selena Gomez, due to “ongoing discussions in relation to leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent revelation of moral failures.” The pastor followed up that announcement with an announcement of his own, revealing via a post on Instagram, “I was unfaithful in my marriage, the most important relationship in my life and held accountable for that…I now begin a journey of rebuilding trust with my wife, Laura and my children and taking real time to work on and heal my own life and seek out the help that I need.”
But before that journey could begin, a woman who goes simply by Ranin spoke out about her alleged affair with Lentz, claiming he had posed as a sports agent in Brooklyn’s Domino Park and told her “that when he met me God told him to tell me that I need to know my worth and there’s something special about me…whatever whatever.”
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