Quotes of the Week: Drake and Kevin Hart Throw Shade, Justin Bieber Atones for His Sins and More


Quotes of the Week: Drake and Kevin Hart Throw Shade, Justin Bieber Atones for His Sins and More


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“Kevin…no. Please don’t do this tonight.”
–Drake, poking fun at comedian Kevin Hart’s leather tank-top selfie on Instagram.

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“Drake looks like the type of guy that would drink his own bathwater.”
–Kevin Hart, on Instagram, retaliating against the rapper’s jokes about his selfie.

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“Had I known about this lack of support, there are other artists I would have gone with.”
–Songwriter Diane Warren to The Huffington Post, calling out singer Rita Ora for not promoting their Oscar-nominated track “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights.

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“The visibility was terrible. I ran into a palm tree but the camera missed it.”
–Dancer Scott Myrick, who dressed up as one of the cartoonish sharks backing up Katy Perry in her Super Bowl halftime performance, in a Reddit AMA session.

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“I’m not who I was pretending to be.”
–Justin Bieber, in an apology video posted to fans for his “arrogant” actions in recent years.

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“Rihanna could turn me straight.”
–Olivier Rousteing, Balmain’s creative director, on the singer during an interview with The Telegraph.

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“Sorry for the drama! I just don’t support neoprene Jesus sandals with socks.”
–Iggy Azalea on Instagram, explaining why she criticized collaborator Steve Madden for releasing “disgusting” promo pictures for their upcoming shoe collaboration on Tumblr.

This story originally appeared in the Feb. 14 issue of Billboard.