Letterman Helps Bieber With Geography
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Justin Bieber may be a globe-trotting superstar, but geography doesn’t appear to be the 17-year-old’s strong suit.
“I have a blast. I get to travel the world,” Bieber told David Letterman while appearing on the late night host’s show Wednesday evening.
In fact, Bieber said he believed he had been to every continent.
Letterman challenged the Canadian star to name them.
“Asia, North America, South America …” the Biebs rattled off, pausing briefly. “Um, Africa, Antarctica and the North Pole.”
A buzzer sounded.
“Come on, you’ve been to both places, I’m sure,” Letterman said.
“Australia!” Bieber replied.
But Bieber just couldn’t conjure up the name of the continent across the pond, so Letterman gave him a hint: “France.”
“Europe!” Bieber replied.
“Here, you actually learn something,” Letterman told the young star.
Despite an online initiative that sought to send Bieber to Somalia, North Korea or Antarctica, it’s unclear whether the teen has actually visited the southernmost continent.
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Alyssa, maybe you should go back and review the tape and report the conversation accurately. Obviously Justin was joking with David while Letterman was being his usual ass.
Posted by: jp | November 24, 2011, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm
Joking or not, how embarrassing. Why would anyone want to joke about how stupid they are, when they are held up on such a high pedestal? Dumb choices makes for a dumb person.
Posted by: gray | November 24, 2011, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm
Embarrassing ??? How many Americans can rattle off all the continents.
U.S. Gov. Perry who is running for president couldn’t even remember the 3 bills he wanted to cut.
Pllllleeease… HaHaHa.
Posted by: Guest | November 24, 2011, 3:13 pm 3:13 pm
High on a pedistal? Look at Letterman. He is always seated higher than his guests. Being domineering is what he is best at. He sets the Bieb up and gets his audience to laugh and clap. Anything Letterman says his audience claps. Isn’t it great to know that Letterman knows his continents at the expense of Bieber? Isn’t it great he gets Beiber to repeat his remark that “Mariah is a weasel?” I guess power over a kid is what’s important to him. If you notice when Leno interviews guests, especially kids, he treats them with respect and doesn’t try to make them look bad so he looks good.
Posted by: txazpa | November 24, 2011, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm
Bieber does need to get more schooling. When he was asked about his DNA test, he said that they just swabbed his mouth. When asked if he had to disrobe, he replied, “no, I don’t think so.” Indicating that he obviously had no idea what disrobing meant. Pretty dumb for a 17 year old not to know that word.
Posted by: Jason | November 26, 2011, 12:44 am 12:44 am
Australia isn’t a continent. Oceania is one.
Posted by: Ikki | November 27, 2011, 12:20 am 12:20 am
Txazpa, Letterman is sitting in a tall chair because he is tall! Long legs need a taller seat than most to avoid being folded uncomfortably, same as if we sat in a child’s chair. He doesn’t need to dominate anyone as he is a friendly interviewer, not a Bill O’Reilly.
Posted by: Librarian53 | November 27, 2011, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm
That is rich coming from someone who doesn’t know the difference from Indonesia to Philippines.
Posted by: JS | March 6, 2012, 6:42 pm 6:42 pm