JUSTIN BIEBER is facing yet another scandal – his grandparents are barely making ends meet while he seems to spend money like a drunken sailor!
The pop sensation, 17, rakes in millions and has dropped a small fortune on private jets, exotic vacations and ritzy gifts. But sources tell The ENQUIRER that he hasn’t given one thin dime to his struggling grandparents George and Kathy Bieber, who lovingly cared for him as a baby.
George – the biological father of Justin’s dad Jeremy – has been out of work for months with a back injury, while his wife Kathy, 54, works like a dog at a sweltering factory job, insiders say.
“Kathy works hard to make ends meet, and she and George are hurt that Justin hasn’t offered them any financial assistance,” a family friend told The ENQUIRER.
For the past 20 years, Kathy has worked at Stackpole Carrier Systems, a metal components manufacturer in Justin’s Canadian hometown of Stratford, Ontario. She starts her eight-hour shift at 7 a.m. and earns about $18 an hour.
“Kathy has the filthiest, hottest and most physically demanding job in the factory,” the source divulged. “She spends a large part of her days lifting 50-pound bags of raw powder, and then dumping the powder into a large mixer.
“The factory has 15 furnaces going at full blast, so the room where Kathy works normally maintains a temperature of around 102 degrees.”
Justin’s grandparents remain far from the limelight in the small town of Mitchell, where they live in a small wood frame home worth less than $120,000. A sign hanging on the front reads “Bieber.”
“With George out of work, they struggle to pay the bills and put food on the table,” noted the source.
Meanwhile, Justin is blowing through cash as if there’s no end to his fortune!
The Grammy-nominated entertainer has earned more than $53 million from concerts, his movie “Never Say Never,” perfume line and album sales, sources say.
In May, he treated girlfriend Selena Gomez, 19, to a romantic vacation in Maui, splurging on a $10,000-a-night room at the Four Seasons.
He also bought her a $25,000diamond-encrusted Cartier watch and reportedly spent $3,400 to rent an entire movie theater just so they could watch the film “Real Steel” in private.
Justin has also been known to spend $15,000 a week on food and entertainment for his entourage, and he recently dropped a bundle on a customized Cadillac.
“George and Kathy don’t expect any of those things, but Kathy has actually cried to her friends that Justin hasn’t offered them a hand,” said the source.
“When Justin was a baby, his parents often left him with George and Kathy for days at a time. But nobody seems to remember that.
“It’s obvious to me that Justin has virtually turned his back on the people who were there for him when he needed them.”
