Justin Bieber: “I Just Don’t Want To Be Another Teen Heartthrob”

Justin Bieber Pattie Mallette

11:34 am, September 11th, 2012

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Justin Bieber and his mom, Pattie Mallette, sit down with Ryan Seacrest for an interview airing later this week on “Today” and “Rock Center with Brian Williams.”

The pop superstar, who’s promoting his new book “Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started,” makes it clear that he wants to live up to the title.

“I feel like I just don’t want to be another teen heartthrob,” Bieber tells Seacrest. “I just think that that just annoys me. To think that’s what people will — will think of me — or, like, I just want to prove people wrong.”

The 18-year-old says his album Believe is a step in that direction.

He says he’s happy to hear people reacting positively to his new songs: “I like those reactions, because I feel like they’re now — they’re judging me based on my music and not based on, you know, my — a flick of my hair. You know?”

One of the the things he wants most is a Grammy Award, which Bieber says is “one of the things that I’m still striving for.”

PHOTO – Justin Bieber Shows Off New Crown Tattoo

Mallette, meanwhile, talks about how the world’s most famous Justin almost had a different name.

“I called him Jesse the whole pregnancy,” reveals Bieber’s mom. “And then, once he was born, I was like, ‘No, he doesn’t look like a Jesse. Justin.’”

She also talks about how The Biebs used to be a bit of a troublemaker.

Mallette recalls, “Every year. He got kicked out of class.”

Don’t worry, Beliebers, it was nothing serious.

“The first day of school, in 1st grade, I started making armpit fart noises in class,” remembers Bieber.

The Bieber interview airs on September 13.

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