Justin Bieber flirts with retirement in Christmas Eve tweets

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"I think people forget that it's a 19-year-old kid, trying to figure it out," Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, told ABC News, adding the film shows Bieber as "a human."

At one point in the film, director Jon Chu suggests Bieber's life could become a "train wreck."

The "retirement" message went out on the night of Christmas Eve and by the following morning had nearly a quarter million retweets and over 185,000 favorites.

Twitter user @theycallmejerry tweeted: "A life without Justin Bieber. A life without my idol, hero, inspiration, my everything. Not the best thing to think about on Christmas Eve."

On the other end of the spectrum, Twitter user CozImAGuy said, "Justin Bieber retiring is the greatest Christmas gift EVER."