'I'm so sorry... I'd never disrespect Argentina': Justin Bieber apologises after kicking national flag off stage during Buenos Aires show



Justin Bieber has issued an apology after he was pictured kicking the national flag off the stage during a performance in Buenos Aires.

The 19-year-old singer insisted he had believed the flag was a top, and didn't mean any disrespect by his actions, which caused outrage among many fans in the audience.

In a lengthy statement posted on his Twitter page, Justin wrote: 'I would never do anything to disrespect Argentina or the people of Argentina or the fans.

'I'm so sorry for anyone who took my actions the wrong way and I hope you can forgive this mistake. So once again to the people of Argentina.



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'I'm sorry': Justin Bieber has apologised to his fans in Argentina after a video which appeared to show him kicking their national flag off stage during a performance in Buenos Aires last year

'I'm sorry if that was taken the wrong way and I'm sorry for my mistake. I hope you can accept this. and I loved my time there performing for you and look forward to coming back. I gave my all and I know the fans did there too. Te amo.'

He concluded: ' I would never do anything to disrespect my fans. I don't like having to defend myself but this time it was needed as I mean no disrespect so it is all love all around the world. Thanks.'

Justin had shocked fans when two flags were thrown onto the stage, using his shoes and then a microphone stand to sweep them off and into the crowd.



Disrespectful: Justin kicked the flags, which were later revealed to be tops, off stage

An Argentine fan commented on a YouTube video of the incident: 'I hope he never comes back to my country after this. So disrespectful.'

And another commenter expressed their outrage: 'Oh my! How disgusting. He's an ignorant brat and shouldn't do that in front of his loyal fans.'

However, a representative for the young star later insisted the incident was a 'misunderstanding'.



Cleaning up: The teen idol used his mic stand to sweep the Argentine banners off the stage

The spokesperson told TMZ: 'He would never, ever desecrate a flag. The whole thing is a giant misunderstanding. Female fans were throwing bras and t-shirts on stage, and Justin was merely trying to brush them off the stage so he wouldn't step on them.'

And according to the representative, the flag in question was actually an item of clothing.



They added: 'It was T-shirt with the Argentine flag printed on it and Justin didn't realise the item sported the national symbol.'

Bieber's manager Scooter Braun tweeted that Bieber will be back to Argentina.



Clueless: Bieber grinned after his disrespectful performance

The incident is just the latest in a string of bizarre occurrences during his whirlwind world tour, which has included, according to TMZ, the star whipping his fans into a frenzy on Saturday night resulting in Justin being 'kicked out' of his hotel in Argentina.

Although, the most significant event of his South American tour saw the teen idol trying to sneak out of a brothel in Brazil.



He then ran into trouble after spraying graffiti on a wall in the same country.



And to top it off Bieber was also filmed sleeping by Brazilian woman Tati Neves, who recently spoke out about her night with the star.