In the spring of 2014, Seth Rogen tweeted a bunch of smack about Justin Bieber a couple of months after Bieber’s DUI arrest. It was funny and true, because Bieber makes himself a target by acting like a little douche. Rogen deleted that tweet, but he later clarified, during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, that he thought Bieber was “a piece of sh-t. He seems like he’s obnoxious and ungrateful, insincere, and he puts people’s lives at danger and overall he acts like a piece of sh-t.” He wasn’t wrong. Bieber had egged his neighbors house at that point, was generally wreaking havoc in his neighborhood, and was involved in several high speed car chases with the paparazzi. There were so many more incidents with Bieber that we just don’t have the patience or time to recap.

Later, Rogen told Howard Stern that he had met Beiber a couple of times but that he got a bad impression both times. He thought “He’s a bit of a motherf-er” and “f this kid.” (That’s really what he said.) For his part Bieber took the high road, or his people did, with a simple tweet dismissing Rogen’s version of meeting Bieber. Bieber tweeted “Seth Rogan sorry I didnt bow down when I asked 2 meet u was probably a bit shy and didn’t want to be over the top but still. love ur movies.” Touché

All of that is apparently water under the bridge though, because Seth met up with Justin on Ellen DeGeneres’s show yesterday, where they’re having their first ever “Bieber Week.” (WTF I know.) Bieber announced that he’s going to tour for his new album, Purpose, because of course he is. He also got an apology from Seth Rogen, who is promoting his movie The Night Before. You get the impression that Rogen was told if he wanted to go on Ellen he’d have to make nice with Bieber.

When Rogen sat down on Ellen’s couch she brought up the Bieber thing right away. He seemed prepared for it and rattled off the following.

Rogen: We had a beef. It’s not really a beef, I just called him some mean things on social media for no real reason. And I’d only met him very briefly. I can’t tell you why I did it, I was inclined to do it at that moment, and then I did it.

Then it really hurt his feelings – as it should have – and a lot of people got very mad at me and all this time I’d only met him once, very briefly, and it was honestly a very pleasant interaction and I finally saw him today in the hallway of your show and I guess we made up, which is fantastic. It’s all my fault, it’s all because I decided to be mean one day for no reason whatsoever. In light of recent photos, I want him on my side.

[From the Ellen DeGeneres show, aired November 11, 2015]

Ok, well Rogen said on Stern that he met Bieber twice, not just once, and he was very specific about how Bieber seemed like an asshole. He also had a good reason for talking smack about Bieber, not only on social media but in a follow-up interview, because Bieber had just been arrested for a DUI after months of bad behavior. Rogen is trying to make nice but he’s basically fibbing and I believe he knows this. He was over the top about it because he wanted people to call him on it.

After some small talk about Rogen’s new movie, which co-stars Joseph Gordon Levitt and Anthony Mackie and which I’m totally going to see (here’s a link to the red band trailer), Bieber came out in a comically oversized Seth Rogen mask/head. They hugged and then it was time for Bieber’s daily interview. I don’t know, I just came away from this feeling sorry for Seth Rogen. He came on to promote his movie and he had to lie about why he dissed Bieber and how unpleasant it was to meet him. He laid it on thick enough that you could tell his heart wasn’t in it though.

Here’s Rogen’s full interview. Bieber comes on at the end.

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