The beef between Justin Bieber and Tom Cruise all started over a random tweet. We've all had those moments where we shared something on social media that makes us cringe to look at now. But most of us don't have anywhere near the follower count of Bieber, who is sitting at more than 110 million followers on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
In June 2019, Bieber decided to issue a challenge on X that had social media reeling. "I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon," Bieber declared. "Tom if you don't take this fight [you're] scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight?" (via USA Today). He even went so far as to tag Dana White, president of the UFC, so it's safe to say he was feeling pretty confident about the match.
It was a totally strange and spontaneous challenge at which social media users had to poke fun. One X user shared a hilarious tweet depicting Tom Cruise saying absolutely nothing before Justin Bieber appears with a mic asking, "You want to fight?" But it turns out it was all a joke for Bieber. That same month, he told TMZ he only posted the tweet because he'd recently watched an interview with Cruise and had the actor on his mind. He added that if the fight were actually to take place, he'd need to get in shape first because, in his words, Cruise has "dad strength."
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