--- title: Sofia Richie Talks About Her Relationship With Justin Bieber description: Sofia Richie, Justin Bieber's flame of the moment, opened up about her "special relationship" with the teeny bopper phenomenon. canonical: https://time.com/4484502/sofia-richie-justin-bieber-relationship/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-08T20:55:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:40.095Z og:title: Sofia Richie Opens Up About Her Relationship With Justin Bieber og:description: The 18-year-old opens up about her famous squeeze og:url: https://time.com/4484502/sofia-richie-justin-bieber-relationship/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c0711707ac6823a/6988a54b8e0601608d467616/sofia-richie-dating-justin-bieber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Balmain And Olivier Rousteing Celebrate After The Met Gala - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sofia Richie Opens Up About Her Relationship With Justin Bieber twitter:description: The 18-year-old opens up about her famous squeeze twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c0711707ac6823a/6988a54b8e0601608d467616/sofia-richie-dating-justin-bieber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Sofia Richie Has to Say About Her 'Special Relationship' With Justin Bieber ## Video: Selena Gomez Defends Beliebers and Gets into Instagram Spat with Ex Justin Bieber [Watch (HLS stream): Selena Gomez Defends Beliebers and Gets into Instagram Spat with Ex Justin Bieber](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1SeJzBYL.m3u8) (1:38)  _Published 2016-08-15_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 8, 2016 8:55 PM UTC  Sofia Richie attends the Balmain and Olivier Rousteing after the Met Gala Celebration on May 02, 2016 in New York, New York. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Balmain) Sofia Richie attends the Balmain and Olivier Rousteing after the Met Gala Celebration on May 02, 2016 in New York, New York. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Balmain)Nicholas Hunt—Getty Images for Balmain  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 8, 2016 8:55 PM UTC Sofia Richie, celebrity progeny and [Yeezy model](http://time.com/4483104/kanye-west-yeezy-season-4-fashion-show/), is probably most well-known for being associated with [ Justin Bieber’s decision to make his Instagram account private recently after she endured cyberbullying from fans of the singer](http://time.com/4452301/selena-gomez-justin-bieber-instagram-sofia-richie/). She became involved in one of a series of events involving Bieber and his ardent fans involving a brief interlude between the _Promise_ singer and his ex, Selena Gomez, which spawned the very excellent hashtag, #SelenaEndedJustinParty. In an interview with [_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7502741/sophia-richie-style-issue-billboard-cover) Thursday the model talked about her relationship with the Biebs. “We have a special relationship,” she said. “Justin is very easy to talk to, and that’s hard to find with people in Los Angeles.” As far as the drama that’s gone down, Richie is taking it in stride. “I’m going to be real with you: It. Doesn’t. Bother. Me. As long as I’m happy.” \[[_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7502741/sophia-richie-style-issue-billboard-cover)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4484502/sofia-richie-justin-bieber-relationship/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4484502/sofia-richie-justin-bieber-relationship/"},"headline":"Here's What Sofia Richie Has to Say About Her 'Special Relationship' With Justin Bieber","datePublished":"2016-09-08T20:55:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:40.095Z","description":"The 18-year-old opens up about her famous squeeze","url":"https://time.com/4484502/sofia-richie-justin-bieber-relationship/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Justin Bieber"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c0711707ac6823a/6988a54b8e0601608d467616/sofia-richie-dating-justin-bieber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c0711707ac6823a/6988a54b8e0601608d467616/sofia-richie-dating-justin-bieber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Balmain And Olivier Rousteing Celebrate After The Met Gala - Inside","caption":"Balmain And Olivier Rousteing Celebrate After The Met Gala - Inside","creditText":"Nicholas Hunt—Getty Images for Balmain","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4484502/sofia-richie-justin-bieber-relationship/","name":"Here's What Sofia Richie Has to Say About Her 'Special Relationship' With Justin Bieber"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Selena Gomez Defends Beliebers and Gets into Instagram Spat with Ex Justin Bieber","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1SeJzBYL/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-08-15T14:29:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1SeJzBYL.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4484502/sofia-richie-justin-bieber-relationship/","duration":"PT1M38S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4484502/sofia-richie-justin-bieber-relationship/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```