The friendship between Justin Bieber and Pastor Carl Lentz once looked untouchable. Lentz baptized Justin in 2014, and the singer even stayed with the Lentz family in New Jersey during a tough period. Then November 2020 arrived: Hillsong fired Lentz over leadership issues and moral failures, and he admitted to infidelity against his wife, Laura. Now the Lentzes have a new 2026 book, and they claim someone on Justin’s team called to say they had 24 hours to leave the Biebers’NYC apartment once the scandal made headlines.
Carl Lentz also writes that his infidelity unmasked him as a fraud and dragged Justin and Hailey into a publicity nightmare they never asked for. The public record shows Justin distanced himself from Hillsong in January 2021, announcing that Churchome was his church, and Hailey unfollowed Carl on Instagram. The Biebers have not commented on the eviction claims, so for now listeners are hearing one side of a very complicated story.
It’s a collision of faith, fame, loyalty and consequence, and reactions are split between people who think the Biebers protected their peace and people who think 24 hours was too cold. Where do you land on this one?
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