Justin Bieber says his mother refuses to let him act like a celebrity and grounds him if he misbehaves.

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Justin Bieber says his mother refuses to let him act like a celebrity and grounds him if he misbehaves.


The 16-year-old is a singing sensation across the world, but he has revealed his mom Pattie Mallette brings him back down to earth if he ever gets caught up in his star status. Justin is from a small town in Canada and signed a record deal when he was just 14 after his mother posted clips of him singing on website YouTube. Although the singer struggles to live like a normal teenager, Pattie is always quick to confiscate his most prized possessions if he breaks the rules.


"My mom takes things that I really like, like my computer, my phone," Justin told Oprah Winfrey in a TV interview. "She takes my phone away for a couple of days and I'm like, 'Oh, I need that!' ”


"You can't say, 'Mom, I can't get grounded 'I'm Justin Bieber'?" Oprah asked.

"She'll slap me in the face!" he laughingly replied.


Justin also admitted he is still amazed by how many fans he has. He is followed by hordes of screaming girls wherever he goes and he has no idea why he is so popular.


"It's pretty hard to comprehend. Like everything's just kind of surreal,” he explained.


Justin tries his best to take time off to catch up with his friends whenever he can and has one day each week when he plays basketball and lives like a “regular kid”.