- Over the weekend, news broke that Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin became engaged.
- It caught many people by surprise.
- However, Bieber himself seemed to predict their romantic endgame in a 2016 GQ interview.
- "What if Hailey ends up being the girl I'm gonna marry, right? If I rush into anything, if I damage her, then it's always gonna be damaged," he said of their relationship.
Over the weekend, news broke that Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin have decided to tie the knot. According to reports, Bieber surprised Baldwin with a proposal while they were on vacation in the Bahamas.
Suffice it to say, many people don't know how to handle the news.
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But Bieber himself hinted about a future with Baldwin before.
In a 2016 interview with GQ, Bieber spoke at length about their relationship, even suggesting that he might marry Baldwin.
"I know that in the past I've hurt people and said things that I didn't mean to make them happy in the moment. So now I'm just more so looking at the future, making sure I'm not damaging them," he said. "What if Hailey ends up being the girl I'm gonna marry, right?"
He also expressed concerns about being able to one day fix their relationship, should anything happen.
"If I rush into anything, if I damage her, then it's always gonna be damaged. It's really hard to fix wounds like that. It's so hard.… I just don't want to hurt her," he said
At the time, Bieber would not call Baldwin his girlfriend. Instead, telling GQ writer Caity Weaver that she was just a friend. Whe describing the nature of their relationship, Bieber referred to her as "someone I really love. We spend a lot of time together."
Bieber and Baldwin, who first met at a fan event in 2009, dated in 2015 and 2016. In the time they were apart, Bieber was entangled in an on-again-off-again romance with Selena Gomez and Baldwin may or may not have dated Shawn Mendes.
Either way, Bieber and Baldwin got back together in early 2018 and are engaged to be married now. Mazel tov.
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