Scooter Braun on Justin Bieber and Supporting His Former Artists

We were able to achieve some amazing things, and I'm very proud of what we achieved and always rooting for him.

How's your relationship with Justin now?

Um, not the same that it was. I think, you know, these things go, ebb and flows.

I think there comes a point where I understand he probably wants to go on and, and show that he can do it.

I mean, we, we worked together for so long, and we had such extreme success, and I think you get to a point as a, as a man where you wanna show the world you can do it on your own, and, uh, I completely respect that.

And I think at this point, that's what he's doing, and myself and, and everyone from the old team is rooting for him.

But I stopped managing two and a half years ago, and now I'm, I'm a cheerleader from the side and, you know, I, I want everyone that I worked with to do well.

I think sometimes when you walk away from management, I've heard managers, which I never understood, they'd be like, deep down, when behind closed doors, they don't wanna see them do as well without them.

It's almost like, you know, them succeeding is, is tarnishing your legacy.

Mm-hmm. E- every artist that I worked with, I believed in them 'cause they were great, and if they continue to be great, I think that's the best testimony to that belief.

So to see Justin move forward and succeed, to see Ariana, you know, with what's happened with Wicked in this past year, um, to see Tori Kelly, you know, to see everybody that I've ever had a chance to work with, to see them go on and do great things on their own, it's awesome.

Is there anything that these individuals have in common at all?

These people that- Pain. Pain? Yeah. I think it's-