Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris has criticised Justin Bieber for having a negative influence on his young fans.
Jackson, 15, said Bieber’s behaviour was “irresponsible” after he hit headlines for reportedly smoking marijuana.
Speaking in the Mail on Sunday’s Event magazine, she said: “I don't think Justin should do something where he would get caught, so that his young fans aren't influenced.”
Jackson, who lives in the same high-security complex in LA as the Never Say Never star, said Bieber had a responsibility to his 37 million adoring followers on Twitter.
"Young girls on Twitter were cutting themselves, self-harming to get his attention to get him to stop,” she said.
“Imagine when those little girls are adults and they have kids and they ask, 'Oh mum, where did you get those scars?' How do they respond? ‘When I was 12 my favourite singer smoked marijuana.’ I think it's very irresponsible of him to do that."
Jackson, who has over one million followers on Twitter herself, said she was all too aware of the dangers of social networking and avoids reading hurtful messages directed to her or her family.
She explained: "I used to take everything personally when people would tweet me [negative] stuff. I was very upset. So I'm like, 'I need to stop'. I try not to look at my mentions all the time because there's so much hate there. I've stopped reading it.”
Bieber, 19, hit headlines again this weekend after visiting the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam. Writing in the visitors’ book, he said: “Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.”
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