For the average Brandeisian pop culture-ite, this past week may have been stressful: midterms to take, papers to write and, of course, the icing on top of the cake-housing plans to finalize (yuck). But if you think March is giving you a run for your money, take a seat and listen to how bad Justin Bieber's got it.

The 19-year-old pop prince started things off rough with a nearly two-hour delay to a March 4 concert. The Biebs claimed that there were technical difficulties and the opening acts started too early, but regardless, he was welcomed to the stage with boos from the London crowd.

Okay, it's only one concert. But before he could get a chance to redeem himself, trouble hit: three days later, Justin passed out during another London performance. A video has since been posted of the incident (check out PerezHilton.com if you're curious), and it's genuinely alarming to watch the usually energetic and fan-loving singer come to a halt, stumble across stage and slowly try to walk off.

Justin's representative explained that the singer received oxygen from emergency medical personnel backstage and insisted on finishing the show despite his doctor's advice (probably to avoid more high-pitched pre-teen booing). Regardless, JB's condition was serious enough to send him to the hospital immediately after the show, where he ... posted shirtless pics on Instagram? Yup. Looks like Bieber performed his own solo photo shoot, uploading a picture of himself lying in a hospital bed, rocking some headphones and a pretty coy smile...

Okay, so Justin had a health scare during a performance (but you had those two midterms on Monday and then another one Tuesday!). Well, we're not done yet. On Friday, the day after the Biebs was released from the hospital, he narrowly avoided a scuffle. Blame it on meds or anger or stress (or his yearning for ex-Selena Gomez), but Justin legit had to be held back from pouncing on a paparazzo.

Allow me to explain: video shows Justin and two bodyguards hustling from a building to a car about six feet away. Naturally, these six feet are swamped with paparazzi. From the audio, it seems that JB pushed a photographer while making his way to the vehicle. Well, this was so not cool for the photog, who's heard screaming multiple times, "That's assault!" (Ironic, no?) One of the bodyguards explains, "But you're in our way," and calmly tries to shoo away the paparazzo... but obvs that doesn't work. Cue the cursing! In the tamest remark, he screams at the car's tinted windows, "F*** off back to America!"

Well, you didn't think our boy (sorry, man?) Biebs could let that one go. He jumps out of the car ("The **** did you say?") and makes moves toward the paparazzo, but with a swift push, one of Bieber's bodyguards keeps the agitated teen in his car. PHEW.

And the car drives away as the photog continues spewing curses. Classy.
I'm not defending the war of words that passed, but hey, let's cut Justin some slack. It's definitely stressful living the college life, but I'd imagine having a hoard of paparazzi following your every move isn't exactly a walk in the park, either.

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