In the March 2016 issue of GQ, Justin Bieber attempted to explain his relationship with Hailey Baldwin. They sparked dating rumors while on vacation together in Anguilla last month, when Bieber posted a photo of himself making out with the 19-year-old model to Instagram.
Bieber admitted Baldwin is "someone I really love," but it doesn’t appear that they’re in an exclusive relationship.
It’s clear he cares about her, however, and even discussed marrying her one day. He said his main objective now is to protect their relationship and not end up “damaging” her.
“I know that in the past I’ve hurt people and said things that I didn’t mean to make them happy in the moment,” he told GQ. “So now I’m just more so looking at the future, making sure I’m not damaging them.”
"What if Hailey ends up being the girl I’m gonna marry, right?” he continued. “If I rush into anything, if I damage her, then it’s always gonna be damaged. It’s really hard to fix wounds like that. It’s so hard...I just don’t want to hurt her."