Sometime after Justin and Hailey's comments, the two ended their romance. In August 2016, Justin unfollowed Hailey on Instagram after he started dating Sofia Richie, according to People. At the time, a source told the outlet that friends of both Justin and Hailey believed that Richie made the singer unfollow the model on social media. "Justin unfollowed Hailey on social media, and now all their friends are talking s— on Sofia and him and how messed up it is," the source explained.
Hailey was romantically linked to Drake when everything unfolded, which may have influenced the decision to unfollow her. "Bieber wasn't happy about it, and so they haven't really been in touch in a bit. But out of nowhere, Sofia apparently made him unfollow Hailey and now she and her friends are all super upset,' the source claimed.
After their breakup, Justin and Hailey went nearly two years without talking to one another. Hailey later touched on this time period in a February 2020 interview with Elle. "There was a time when our lives seemed to be going in very different directions," she said. "I actually think — now that I look back at it being married — that it was a good thing for the two of us, very healthy."
