Justin Bieber Claims Untouched Calvin Klein Photo Is Fake

Pop star causes quite a buzzy controversy

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Justin Bieber sure made a lot of noise on the Internet this week.

On Friday, the music website BreatheHeavy.com published what it claimed to be an untouched image from the pop star's new Calvin Klein ad campaign, but has now issued a retraction. The GIF suggested that Bieber's head, arms, legs, chest and below-waist area were exaggerated in the final image.

While it's still possible that the unretouched photo could be real (and that BreatheHeavy simply wants to avoid a lawsuit), the image does look a bit fishy, particularly since Bieber's head seems sizably larger compared to the after photo.

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