Footage of an interaction between Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Justin Bieber has gone viral following the rapper's arrest.
Diddy has been charged with a host of sex trafficking and racketeering offenses with upwards of 120 victims already coming forward.
A resurfaced video of Diddy, 54, and Justin, now 30, hugging has sparked speculation that Diddy was checking to see if the pop star was wearing a wire.
In the clip, believed to be filmed in 2021 when Justin was 27, the pair are seen hugging with Diddy giving Justin multiple pats on the back and chest.
The video was shared on X by a user who wrote: 'Diddy appears to be checking Justin Bieber to see if he is wearing a wire in this video'.
Several users commented on the video with their own speculation with some writing: 'He definitely was'... '1000% is lmao'.
'He checking that man out for a wire bro'... 'Bieber doesn't even know what's going on'... '100% is'.
Justin is said to be 'disgusted' by the allegations against Diddy, who was a mentor to him early in his music career.
The new father has been 'advised to stay as far away as possible from anything and everything related to Diddy,' a source close to Justin told Us Weekly.
But that directive hasn't been an issue for Justin, who reportedly wants 'nothing to do' with the music mogul.
A second source said Justin 'is in a hard place mentally right now' as he struggles to come to terms with the allegations against Diddy.
'He has such a history with Diddy and the allegations against him have been hard to process.'
Questions have been raised over why those responsible for Justin allowed Diddy to become something of a mentor to him as a child.
Sources close to Justin exclusively told the Daily Mail that he 'should never have been allowed to party with Diddy or anyone else when he was a teen.'
They claim he was 'thrown to the wolves' by his mother Pattie Mallette and largely absent father Jeremy Bieber.
Justin's wife Hailey was moved to share a bold post featuring her husband this week because she wanted to show the world how she feels amid the ongoing speculation surrounding his formerly close relationship with Diddy, sources have revealed.
Monday night saw the model share a throwback snap on Instagram of the 30-year-old pop star flipping both middle fingers in the air.
Justin was shirtless and wearing board shorts, as the playful photo was captioned 'mood' by Hailey.
An insider has revealed to DailyMail.com that Hailey - who welcomed her son Jack Blues Bieber in August - shared the post because she feels like a 'gatekeeper' for her husband.
'Hailey believes that she is Justin’s gatekeeper and this was her way of showing the world how she feels about the whole situation [with Diddy] – not Justin,' the source clarified.
The insider noted that the Rhode beauty founder's picture choice was extremely telling, as they continued: 'Out of the 100s of photos of Justin giving the middle finger, she had to choose one from 2017 that was taken before he got back together with [his ex Selena Gomez] again.'
However, the source stated that the model might be wise to let her husband speak for himself whenever he feels ready to do so, as they added: 'Hailey needs to let Justin act for himself instead of using an image of him to convey what she feels he should be saying.
'But Justin really has no voice right now and it is sad.'
It comes after sources previously told DailyMail.com that Justin has, indeed, been struggling with the revelations being made about Diddy amid the 54-year-old's arrest regarding sex trafficking charges.
The insider claimed that the singer feels he has no one to talk to and is 'sailing these waters alone.'
'Justin feels like there is no one that he can talk to that understands and, to be honest, he doesn't even fully understand,' the source explained. 'He was a kid.'
Diddy was hit with an indictment accusing him of years of coercion and abuse while using blackmail and violence to control his victims.
He has also been accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes days-long sexual performances referred to as 'Freak Offs.'
In November 2009, a 15-year-old Bieber spent a now-infamous 48-hour period with Diddy seemingly unsupervised at the rapper's home.
In a video taken during that time and shared to YouTube by Bieber, Diddy, then 40, turns to the camera and says: 'He's having 48 hours with Diddy, where we hanging out [sic] and what we're doing we can't really disclose.
'But it's definitely a 15-year-old's dream. We're gonna go full, buck full crazy.'
Fears have been mounting for Bieber's mental health in the wake of Diddy's arrest.
In 2009, Combs ceased hosting his famous 'White Parties' for A-list friends and allegedly ramped up his seedier, notorious 'Freak-Offs' at which many of the crimes listed in the New York indictment are said to have taken place.
Combs pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and was denied bail, despite his legal team's request for him to be released for $50 million and kept electronically monitored.
