Justin Bieber has been diagnosed with a rare disorder called Ramsay Hunt syndrome has made headlines after pop singer Justin Bieber announced he had the condition and was forced to cancel his upcoming shows.

Ramsay Hunt syndrome is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox and shingles, and can lead to facial paralysis.

The 28-year-old Canadian superstar said in an Instagram video on Friday that the condition had left him unable to move part of his face. He demonstrated how he was unable to blink one of his eyes and could not smile on one side of his face.

The model, 25, was rushed to a hospital near Palm springs on Thursday after she was taken ill at breakfast.

On March 12, the model shared on Instagram Stories that she was recently hospitalised for a blood clot in her brain that caused “stroke-like symptoms,” but is now recovering at home.

“Justin Bieber: ‘The vaccine ruined my life,'” says the headline of a June 11, 2022, from a website called the Vancouver Times.

The article was shared hundreds of times on Facebook, according to the social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle. It has also been widely shared on Twitter.

The first paragraph of the Vancouver Times article reads: “Justin Bieber now admits that he regrets taking the Covid-19 vaccine, saying that it left him with permanent paralysis in his face. Bieber made the confession to a close friend, who later leaked the information to the Daily Mail.

Bieber reportedly plans on suing Pfizer for causing his paralysis, despite the fact the company is shielded from liability.”

This screenshot taken June 17, 2022, shows a Daily Mail article

As evidence, the article links to a Daily Mail story reporting on Bieber’s announcement via Instagram.

But neither the article nor archived stories on it mention any statement in which Bieber linked his illness to the Covid-19 vaccine.

Bieber’s management team did not immediately reply to AFP’s request for comment.