Well, he said he was going to do it, and now he has.

Over the weekend, Justin Bieber issued a threat to his fans that he was going to delete his Instagram account unless they stopped hating on his new lady friend Sofia Richie. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJE984IgYer/   Bieber's now-deleted post accompanying an image of the pair read: "I'm gonna make my Instagram private if you guys don't stop the hate this is getting out of hand, if you guys are really fans you wouldn't be so mean to people that I like." Sure enough, overnight Bieber's account disappeared.   The world is only realising the gravity of the situation now. https://twitter.com/aestheticrauhls/status/765440408486805504 Though it looks like we may have another #Bieber #hashtag #party to look forward to. https://twitter.com/arislilcloud/status/765440774255284224 Bieber and Richie had been sharing pictures together in Japan on their social media accounts, and, true to form, some of the pop star's fans have responded by heaping abuse onto the new lady friend in their bae's life. In particular, trolls had been attacking Richie - daughter of legendary '80s singer Lionel Richie - over her looks and appearance. But Bieber's fans did not take the criticism well, and used the hashtag #RIPBeliebers to register their unhappiness. For starters, they were apparently miffed that he had 'downgraded' them from 'Beliebers' to the more ordinary 'fans'. https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/764800802485596160 https://twitter.com/bieberzlogic/status/764797850567974912 https://twitter.com/DUAORA/status/764811103826120704 Then, yesterday, Justin's ex, Selena Gomez, piled in. Selena commented on Justin's threatening Instagram post saying, "If you can't handle the hate, then stop posting pictures of your girlfriend lol - It should be special between you two only. Don't be mad at your fans. They love you and supported you before anyone ever did." He replied saying, "It's funny to see people that used me for attention and still try to point the finger this way. Sad. All love." Selena then hit back saying, "Funny how the ones that cheated multiple times, are pointing the finger at the ones that were forgiving and supportive, no wonder fans are mad. Sad. All love." If that wasn't awkward enough then Justin Bieber commented back again saying, "I cheated... Oh I forgot about you and Zayn?" Yikes. Don't worry Beliebers, you can still catch Justin on Facebook. For now.