Justin Bieber has apologised after offending people with his April Fools' prank.
The singer was blasted for pretending his wife Hailey was pregnant with their first child.
The 25-year-old said he hadn't meant to offend anyone after people said his joke was sick.
Justin was blasted for his insensitive joke and told that it was an upsetting lie to tell when there are people who desperately want babies but are unable to have them.
Taking to Instagram to issue an apology, he said: "There’s always gonna be people offended, there’s also people who don’t take jokes very well, I am a prankster and it was APRIL FOOLS. I didn’t at all mean to be insensitive to people who can’t have children.
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"A lot of people I know, their first go to prank on April fools is telling their parents they are pregnant to get a big reaction. But I will apologize anyway and take responsibility and say sorry to people who were offended. I truly don’t want anyone to be hurt by a prank.. it’s like when I shoved cake in my little sisters face for her birthday expecting her to laugh but she cried.
"You sometimes just don’t know what will hurt someone’s feelings not to compare pregnancy with cake in the face but it’s just to paint the picture of not knowing what will offend. Some might have laughed but some were offended .. I think With pranks u sometimes have to roll that dice. #prankster #dennisthemenace#sorry #truly"
On April 1, Justin had shared a picture of a baby scan, without a caption alongside it.
While some failed to believe it because of the date, many sent messages of congratulations to the young couple.
Justin followed it up by sharing a picture of Hailey with her belly exposed and being examined.
He said: "If U thought it was April fools"
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But Justin later shared a scan picture with a puppy in place of a baby.
He wrote: "Wait omg is that a,,, APRIL FOOLS"
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