Justin Bieber reveals facial paralysis as a result of virus after cancelling shows: ‘This is pretty serious’

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Justin Bieber has revealed he has Ramsay Hunt syndrome, causing paralysis to his face as a result of a virus. The singer, 28, had recently cancelled some dates on his Justice World Tour and took to Instagram to share the reason with fans.

He explained: ‘Hey everyone Justin here, I wanted to update you guys on what’s been going on. ‘Obviously as you can probably see with my face, I have this syndrome called Ramsay Hunt syndrome and it is from this virus that attacks the nerves in my ear and my facial nerves and has caused my face to have paralysis.’Justin added that it was ‘pretty serious’ and told fans: ‘Obviously my body is telling me I’ve got to slow down.’In the video Justin showed that he was unable to smile, blink or flare the nostril on one side of his face as a result of the nerve issue.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoHe added: ‘So for those who are frustrated by my cancellations of the next shows, I’m just physically obviously not capable of doing them.

This is pretty serious, as you can see, I wish this wasn’t the case.‘But obviously my body is telling me I’ve got to slow down and I hope you guys understand.’Justin had earlier revealed that the upcoming shows on his 130-date tour would be cancelled due to a ‘non-Covid related illness.’He wrote at the time: ‘Can’t believe I’m saying this.