Justin Bieber shames Morgan Stewart for ridiculing his Coachella lip syncing: 'You have a platform... but rather than being positive you belittle people'
Justin Bieber is defending himself against claims he lip synced during his cameo performance at Coachella last weekend.
The pop star, 25, had a bone to pick with Morgan Stewart, who poked fun at Justin's 'bad' lip syncing on the E! show, Nightly Pop.
Justin insisted he was indeed singing, but along to a backtrack, which he explained was common among cameo performers.
![Hitting back: Justin Bieber is defending himself against claims he lip synced during his cameo performance at Coachella last weekend](http://web.archive.org./web/20190424191411/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/18/12670730-6956175-image-a-65_1556127090771.jpg)
Hitting back: Justin Bieber is defending himself against claims he lip synced during his cameo performance at Coachella last weekend
'Imagine if you spent even half the time you spend laughing at other peoples expense actually building people up and encouraging people how much positivity you could bring. What hurts about this is the fact that you have a platform to make a difference,' he tweeted Wednesday.
'And rather than being positive you belittle people. Think about how awesome it felt for me to be on that stage after being away for so long the excitement and joy it gave me doing the thing i love the most, i sang to to backtrack like most cameos do this is a normal thing.'
'And rather than try and make people feel accepted and loved you find things to pick apart like the world isn't full of that already.. we can find something negative to say about anything or anyone.
'When are we gonna be the kind of people that find joy in adding value to one another and not tearing each other apart..'
!['I didn't realize it was going to be that bad!' Morgan did not mince her words as she criticized the performance alongside her co-hosts on Tuesday night](http://web.archive.org./web/20190424191411/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/19/12672842-6956175-image-a-81_1556130290008.jpg)
'I didn't realize it was going to be that bad!' Morgan did not mince her words as she criticized the performance alongside her co-hosts on Tuesday night
![Hitting back: Justin had a bone to pick with Morgan Stewart after she made the comments on the E! show, Daily Pop](http://web.archive.org./web/20190424191411/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/18/12670052-6956175-image-a-66_1556127218488.jpg)
Hitting back: Justin had a bone to pick with Morgan Stewart after she made the comments on the E! show, Daily Pop
Justin performed his hit track Sorry alongside Ariana Grande during her Sunday night show at the festival.
The performance marked the first time in two years Justin had appeared on stage, so the singer was understandably upset by the remarks.
Morgan did not mince her words as she scrutinized the performance alongside her co-hosts Nina Parker and Hunter March.
![He's back! Justin performed his hit track Sorry alongside Ariana Grande during the finale of her Sunday night show at the festival](http://web.archive.org./web/20190424191411/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/18/12670732-6956175-image-a-74_1556127413992.jpg)
He's back! Justin performed his hit track Sorry alongside Ariana Grande during the finale of her Sunday night show at the festival
!['The world was happy to have u on stage again': Grande rushed to Justin's defense shortly after his comments](http://web.archive.org./web/20190424191411/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/19/12672038-6956175-image-a-78_1556129990947.jpg)
'The world was happy to have u on stage again': Grande rushed to Justin's defense shortly after his comments
'I did not realize it was going to be that bad!' Morgan said after watching a clip of the singer.
In the clip, Justin had not placed the microphone to his mouth, even though singing could be heard over the speakers.
Morgan continued, 'He definitely looks like he put an oxy pad on that forehead but I don't care, that is f**ked up!'
![Ouch: She continued, 'He definitely looks like he put an oxy pad on that forehead but I don't care, that is f**ked up!'](http://web.archive.org./web/20190424191411/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/19/12672840-6956175-image-a-79_1556130278536.jpg)
Ouch: She continued, 'He definitely looks like he put an oxy pad on that forehead but I don't care, that is f**ked up!'
'Oh we all have forehead acne!', she added.
Nina went a little softer: 'He did lip sync, but Justin has been going through it, so I'm going to give him a little bit of a pass, right? This is his first time in two years, I was just happy he got a haircut.'
Shortly after Justin hit back at Morgan, Ariana rushed to his defense.
'we also decided to do this ten minutes before my set started,' she tweeted. 'we had 0 soundcheck, 0 rehearsal. u were singing with the back tracking like most cameos do. people are bored. people don’t know how it feels to be under such scrutiny. the world was happy to have u on stage again.'
![Speaking out: Even Stewart's co-hosts Nina Parker and Hunter March scrutinized the performance](http://web.archive.org./web/20190424191411/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/19/12672866-6956175-image-a-82_1556130384075.jpg)
Speaking out: Even Stewart's co-hosts Nina Parker and Hunter March scrutinized the performance