Diane Keaton Wasn’t A Fan Of Justin Bieber Until Starring In Music Video
Diane Keaton attends the premiere of "Book Club: The Next Chapter" at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on May 08, 2023 in New York City. Justin Bieber performs with Daniel Caesar onstage at the Coachella Stage during the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 15, 2022 in Indio, California.
Diane Keaton is reminiscing on the time she starred in Justin Bieber’s 2021 “Ghost” music video. In a new interview with Metro UK, the Something’s Gotta Give actress opened up about playing Bieber’s grandmother. Keaton, 77, admitted that she wasn’t even a fan of his at the time.
She told the publication that she couldn’t believe the pop star casted her. “This was like one of those things that happens [and] you’re going, ‘I’m what?'” Keaton said. “And of course, it was so much fun, it couldn’t have been more fun. I can’t believe it. I still can’t believe it.”
In the music video, Bieber, 29, celebrates his grandfather’s birthday with grandmother Keaton shortly before he dies. Bieber and Keaton are then seen mourning him over the next two years while spending quality time together. By the end of the music video, he sets her up on a date with a new man.
Though she admitted she knew his music a “little” and “liked” some of it, she made it clear she wasn’t a fan and doesn’t “have music pouring in my ears all the time.” Still shocked by why she was chosen, Keaton told the publication, “I don’t know why me. I still don’t understand. I don’t know how, but I loved it.”
Justin Bieber’s 6 Best Songs Of All Time Ranked
The month of March kicks off with a very important holiday — Justin Bieber’s birthday. The “Peaches” singer was born on March 1, 1994, in Ontario, Canada. Justin learned to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet while growing up in Canada. When he was 12 years old, Bieber performed Ne-Yo’s “So Sick” for a local singing competition, in which he placed second. His mother, Pattie Mallette, posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see and continued to upload videos of her son singing covers of popular R&B songs. With this, Bieber’s popularity on the site grew. Bieber also used to busk on the steps in front of concerts at Avon Theatre.
Scooter Braun, So So Def Recordings’ former marketing executive, accidentally came across one of Bieber’s YouTube videos and tracked him down. Impressed with his talent, Scooter convinced Bieber’s mom and their church elders to let him go with him to Atlanta to record demo tapes. One week later, Bieber began singing for Usher and signed with Usher and Braun’s Raymond Braun Media Group at 13 years old. Braun signed on to be Bieber’s manager in 2008. His debut single was 2009’s “One Time,” with his first EP being My World. The EP had such popular hits like “One Time,” One Less Lonely Girl,” and “Favorite Girl.”
As we previously reported, Bieber sold his song catalog to Hipgnosis for $200 million. The sale has been called the largest of any artist of Bieber’s generation. Bieber’s net worth is estimated to be about $300 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Of the sale, Braun called JB a “once-in-a-generation artist and that is reflected and acknowledged by the magnitude of this deal.”
With six albums below his belt and over 150 million albums sold worldwide, see which Justin Bieber songs made the top of our list below.
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
