Justin Bieber Wonders Whether Mystery Girl Is "Too High Maintenance," Didn't Kiss Austin Mahone

Pop star falls victim to satire website's Photoshop hoax

By Rebecca Macatee Apr 07, 2014 6:14 PMTags

Finding love isn't easy—even when you're Justin Bieber!

The 20-year-old Instagrammed a contemplative picture of himself in the studio Sunday, showing him "Wondering if she's too high maintenance." Wondering who "she" is? We are, too, but the Biebs obviously wants to keep us on our toes.

One thing we don't have to guess about, though, is whether Justin and fellow pop idol Austin Mahone are an item (seriously). That said, the satirical website Huzlers posted a clearly Photoshopped image of the boys kissing. They also doctored up a Justin tweet to accompany the image that said, "Meet my new boyfriend. I'm Bi, so what? F--k what anyone thinks."

This, as you can imagine, got plenty of pickup and fast. But sorry to any Beliebers or Mahonies shipping Jaustin, though—this was a total hoax! That's not to say, though, that Justin and 18-year -old Austin aren't pals. The pair hit the studio together to record a duet last Tuesday, and a source tells E! News, "They really respect each other's music."

"They work with a lot of the same producers and Justin knew Austin has been in the studio working on his album," adds the source. "Justin had a song he thought could be really perfect to do with Austin so they got together in the studio."

Bromance is a beautiful thing, y'all.