Justin Bieber Says He Was Just Playing About Fighting Tom Cruise

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Justin Bieber Says His Challenge To Fight Tom Cruise Was A Joke

So you might remember on Sunday, Justin Bieber let his Twitter fingers fly when he challenged Tom Cruise — action hero, scientologist, plane jumper outerer — to a fight.

The Internet immediately was stuck on wtf, and folks like Conor McGregor were egging on the fight saying he’d host it himself.

But now, the Biebs is backsliding faster than you can say “Sorry,” claiming his challenge to Tom Cruise was only a joke.

TMZ caught up with him to get the scoop.

Biebs said he’d just seen an interview with Cruise so the actor was on his mind, and that one interview caused him to send a whole a$$ tweet saying he wanted to challenge Cruise to a fight.

Okay Justin.

“He’d probably whoop my a$$ in a fight,” Bieber told TMZ.

Probably Justin.

“I’d have to get into good shape,” he added.

No doubt Justin.

You can watch more of Biebs gracefully backing down from his Tom Cruise showdown in the clip here.