I’m sort of quietly fine with Hailey Bieber. She’s not my fave or anything, but I believe she gets so much unnecessary hate and online drama from Selena Gomez’s fans. All Hailey did was marry Justin Bieber when he proposed. That’s it. You would think that Selena and her fans would feel like “thank god, he’s moved on.” They don’t. It’s also clear that Justin adores Hailey and that she’s a very stable person, which is what Justin needs. Anyway, Hailey has her skincare line, Rhode, and she models and she’s Justin’s wife. Hailey recently spoke to the Sunday Times about all of that and more. Some highlights:

Hailey & Justin love to throw gatherings: “The Biebers love to host. We had a Super Bowl party this year. I really love to cook.” Does she have a go-to dish? “I like to do some sort of pasta and a protein — whether it’s salmon or chicken. There’s something “really joyful about people consuming your food… I like to take care of people.”

On her skincare line, Rhode: “Skincare is a real-life commitment for me. To this day my nana is obsessed with great skin products. She would take me to the mall and get all the samples.” Although Bieber plans to continue modelling she describes Rhode as a “primary focus”. “It’s my favourite thing I’ve ever done. It has exceeded my wildest expectations.”

Her fresh-faced aesthetic. “As I’ve gotten older I’ve realised how much more comfortable I feel with just fresh skin and brushed-up brows,” she says. For months she buried herself in skincare books and also took an online dermatology course. “I’m fascinated by the medical field. When I started modelling I used to walk around with a medical terminology book in my bag.” She didn’t consider becoming a doctor? “I hated studying, so there was no way I was going to go to school for any of this. I didn’t graduate high school because I was home schooled and I dropped out [at age 18], which I don’t love.”

Wearing a “Nepo Baby” t-shirt. “That was me being, like, ‘I’m very aware of the situation … I’m going to wear it loud and proud because you are already labelling me as such and it’s true.’”

On all of the hate & nonsense she gets online: When I broach the subject today, Bieber’s publicist interjects, telling me to move on. Whatever the truth about her relationship with Gomez, the toxic analysis of it does both women a disservice. While Gomez remains unfairly defined by a relationship she left years ago, Bieber is arguably the victim of mass-scale online bullying that no amount of money or fame can insulate her from. When Bieber later states that she has “accepted” there’s “no winning ever” when it comes to the internet’s perception of her, I can’t help but feel for her.

The possibility of Baby Biebers: At some point baby Biebers will be on the cards. How does she feel about bringing children into her extremely privileged yet public life? “I literally cry about this all the time! I want kids so bad but I get scared. It’s enough that people say things about my husband or my friends. I can’t imagine having to confront people saying things about a child. We can only do the best we can to raise them. As long as they feel loved and safe.”

She is not a regular churchgoer: “I don’t remember the last time I went to church on a Sunday. [For me] it’s not about having to go to a service on a certain day of the week. It’s more about loving who’s in front of you. I could be sitting at home on Tuesday watching a live stream of a service and that’s church. Having friends over for dinner and just loving each other is church for me.”

[From The Times]

I remember reading Hailey and Justin’s dual interviews when they first got engaged and married, and it was actually pretty clear why Hailey wasn’t focused on having a baby right away – because Justin still needed to figure sh-t out in his life and Hailey wasn’t looking to take care of a baby and a husband. I wonder if she still feels like that? I don’t know. I respect the fact that she’s waiting though. I also respect that she’s not trying to say anything which will get her additional hate from Selena’s fans, who pore over every single thing Hailey says publicly and privately. The Times actually summarized the situation well.

Photos courtesy of Backgrid.