Back in 2013, he was performing a gig in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires when a fan threw a flag on-stage. Not realising what it was, Bieber kicked it and used his mic stand to sweep it away.
He later apologised for not knowing what it was and that he wouldn't have done so if he had.
This time, a mobile phone clip surfaced earlier this week of Bieber, 22, leaving a hotel in New York and getting into a 4x4, surrounded by bodyguards and minders to keep adoring fans at a safe distance.
Instead of accepting the gift, a clearly unimpressed-looking Bieber screws the flag up and throws it out of the window.
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