Justin Bieber has been steadily shrinking his entourage to a тιԍнтer group of trusted individuals, and he’s setting the record straight about a personal ᴀssistant who allegedly ‘quit’ after joining his team back in 2018.

On Tuesday, a source claimed to The US Sun that estate manager Mateo Caldas ‘has now moved on and is looking to focus more on his acting career,’ but an insider clarified to TMZ on Wednesday that the 31-year-old pop star already ‘fired him five years ago.’

Mateo – who’s ‘open to work’ – still describes himself as actively employed as Justin’s personal ᴀssistant and estate manager on his LinkedIn and Instagram accounts.

Bieber’s also reportedly parted ways with his manager Scooter Braun, business manager Lou Taylor, Drew House co-founder and ‘swagger coach’ Ryan Good, bodyguards Keith Gibbs and Eric Johnson, as well as security guard Kenny Hamilton.

The two-time Grammy winner – who got sober in 2014 – raised eyebrows on Monday and last Thursday by uploading footage of himself smoking what appeared to be marijuana from a bong and a blunt.

After a video of Justin acting giddy with a fan during his wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber’s Rhode pop-up in LA on February 19th went viral, his rep told TMZ that ‘he is not using hard drugs’ and is ‘actually in one of the best places in his life.’ 

Justin Bieber has been steadily shrinking his entourage to a тιԍнтer group of trusted individuals, and he’s setting the record straight about a personal ᴀssistant who allegedly ‘quit’ after joining his team back in 2018 (pictured February 21)

Bieber’s rep said the past year has been ‘very transformative for him as he ended several close friendships and business relationships that no longer served him. He’s focused on actively parenting his newborn son with his wife, and he’s been working on new music.’

The Canadian crooner celebrated his 31st birthday last Saturday with a woodsy getaway to Gozzer Ranch in Coeur d’Alene, ID with friend and family.

The married couple of six years welcomed their first child, six-month-old son Jack Blues Bieber, on August 22 after renewing their wedding vows in Hawaii on May 9.

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Justin and Hailey originally met backstage at the TODAY Show in 2009, they began dating in 2015, and they rekindled their on/off romance in 2018 three months after Bieber’s split with Selena Gomez.

Last year, the former YouTube sensation made surprise appearances performing at Coachella and NHL All-Star Weekend and he was reportedly paid $10M to sing at billionaire Anant Ambani’s wedding reception.

Justin – who still gets 80.6M monthly listeners on Spotify – was suffering from depression before revealing he had come down with Ramsay Hunt syndrome in 2022, which made him focus more on his health than his career.

Ominously, Bieber’s most recent single – Moments – was featured on his former mentor Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ fifth studio album The Love Album: Off the Grid in 2023.

The 55-year-old disgraced music mogul is currently incarcerated at MDC Brooklyn’s Special Housing Unit until he faces his federal criminal trial on May 5.

On Tuesday, a source claimed to The US Sun that estate manager Mateo Caldas ‘has now moved on and is looking to focus more on his acting career,’ but an insider clarified to TMZ on Wednesday that the 31-year-old pop star already ‘fired him five years ago’

Mateo – who’s ‘open to work’ – still describes himself as actively employed as Justin’s personal ᴀssistant and estate manager on his LinkedIn and Instagram accounts

Bieber (pictured Monday) has also reportedly parted ways with his manager Scooter Braun, business manager Lou Taylor, Drew House co-founder and ‘swagger coach’ Ryan Good, bodyguards Keith Gibbs and Eric Johnson, as well as security guard Kenny Hamilton

The two-time Grammy winner – who got sober in 2014 – raised eyebrows on Monday (L) and last Thursday (R) by uploading footage of himself smoking what appeared to be marijuana from a bong and a blunt

After a video of Justin acting giddy with a fan during his wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber’s Rhode pop-up in LA on February 19th went viral, his rep told TMZ that ‘he is not using hard drugs’ and is ‘actually in one of the best places in his life’ 

Bieber’s rep said the past year has been ‘very transformative for him as he ended several close friendships and business relationships that no longer served him. He’s focused on actively parenting his newborn son with his wife, and he’s been working on new music’

The Canadian crooner celebrated his 31st birthday last Saturday with a woodsy getaway to Gozzer Ranch in Coeur d’Alene, ID with friend and family 

The married couple of six years welcomed their first child, six-month-old son Jack Blues Bieber, on August 22 after renewing their wedding vows in Hawaii on May 9