Justin Bieber’s neighbor, Judge Judy, says she is happy about his growth… after she slammed him

Judge Judy Sheindlin is very happy that Justin Bieber – who was recently seen arriving via private jet with wife Hailey Bieber and Kylie Jenner – has grown up and straightened his life out.

On Monday, TMZ caught up with the famous judge in Beverly Hills and asked her about her former neighbor.

Judy told the outlet she hasn’t spoken to the pop star recently, but she’s seen him, and he looks better than ever.

Wasn’t a fan, now she’s proud: Judge Judy Sheindlin is very happy that Justin Bieber has grown up and straightened his life out after she previously slammed him

She added that ‘seeing him doing so well makes her really happy.’

When photographers asked if she may have had a hand in straightening out Bieber, she credited him with making all the right changes himself.

In an interview with Access Hollywood the 80-year-old star claimed that Bieber used to be afraid of her when they both had apartments at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills.  

Court of public opinion: Judy brought the gavel down in the court of public opinion on the Grammy winner at the time of his DUI arrest saying,’ he’s doing a very good job of making a fool out of himself’

Judy brought the gavel down in the court of public opinion on the Grammy winner after he was arrested for drunk driving in Miami in 2014. 

‘He’s scared to death of me,’ the jurist contended, ‘There was a period of time before he grew up — when he was foolish, and doing foolish things.’ 

The young artist must have taken the Judge’s comments to heart.

‘Being a celebrity is a gift,’ Judy asserted in 2014 when she was the star of Judge Judy.  

‘You could either treat it reverently or you could make a fool out of yourself. And he’s doing a very good job of making a fool out of himself,’ she said at the time.

Scared: Judge Judy claimed her former neighbor, Justin Bieber, was ‘scared to death of me’ following public comments she made about the singer, 28, after his DUI arrest in 2014

‘I think it’s sad,’ she added, ‘And nobody’s going to remember that he was a marginal singer. 

‘But they’re going to remember a young kid who had a chance to have it all and who is blowing it by acting like a fool.’ 

It was after that the Love Yourself artist reportedly began having hotel staff alert him  on the jurist’s movements.

Lookout: The jurist said previously, ‘I understood that he was paying the front door people to let them know when I was there, coming and going, so he wouldn’t have to bump into me’

‘I must have said something about it,’ Judy recollected, ‘and then, I understood that he was paying the front door people to let them know when I was there, coming and going, so he wouldn’t have to bump into me.’ 

The Beauty and a Beat singer turned his life around after his arrest, crediting faith in God for helping him change in a long social media post in January 2021 on the seventh anniversary of his arrest. 

Justin is currently taking a break from touring to focus on his recovery from Ramsey Hunt syndrome.

Faith: The Beauty and a Beat singer turned his life around after his arrest, crediting faith in God for helping him change his life, writing on the seventh anniversary of his arrest that ‘God has brought me a long way’ (Pictured in Coachella in April 2022)