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Justin Bieber has apparently made good on threat to make his Instagram private after fans made mean comments about his rumored girlfriend Sofia Richie. He even went as far as to delete his Instagram account, as fans can no longer access his page since late Monday, August 15.

The 22-year-old pop superstar initially switched his account to private before changing his mind and making his page public again. He, however, made a dramatic move by deleting it entirely, not long after sharing a picture to introduce his new pet, a fluffy white puppy called Todd.

Justin was slammed by fans immediately after he set his account private. "In the moment you went privat (sic) you lost many fans...," wrote one user. Another added, "and now we are leaving u."

He left his fans even more puzzled when he decided to delete his Instagram account. "why did he have to be so dramatic and delete his Instagram ya could've just disabled the comments @justinbieber," one person wrote on Twitter. Another commented, "EMERGENCY ALERT EVERYONE WAKE UP JUSTIN BIEBER DELETED HIS INSTAGRAM OMG OMG OMG IM SHOOK #JUSTINDEACTIVATEDPARTY."

Justin deactivated his Instagram account amid social media feud with his ex Selena Gomez, which started as Selena seemingly threw shade at the Canadian singer for threatening to make his Instagram private. "If you can't handle the hate then stop posting pictures of your girlfriend lol," she allegedly wrote in the deleted post. "It should be special between you two only. Don't be mad at your fans. They love you."

Justin then accused Selena of using him for attention, and the former Disney star hit back by accusing him of cheating on her "multiple times" when they were still dating. Justin responded by hinting that Selena was also cheating on him with Zayn Malik.

Another of Justin's exes, Hailey Baldwin, has seemingly weighed in on the feud. She wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post, "We've all had our fair share of things we've done, both good and bad. What makes the present so powerful is when we take complete responsibility for our actions, we allow ourselves self-growth." She, however, later denied that her previous comment was about Justin.