At the tail-end of the Mayweather vs Pacquiao press conference — just as the two men were set to take a final picture — Justin Bieber rushed in to take part in the photo op.
In came Bieber, and out was Showtime executive vice president Stephen Espinoza, who has worked for years to help put the bout together.
Now according to a Los Angeles Times report, Bieber arrived at the last minute for the fighters’ joint news conference to announce their May 2 fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It seems Bieber may have stolen his spot in the photo.
Espinoza says it’s all good though.
“We’re all posing and I was staying right to Floyd’s right. As we’re facing out, we can hear someone yelling behind us, yelling, ‘I’m here! I made it! I made it!’
“My first inclination is that someone jumped on stage, some fan who wanted to come up, and then I sort of get bumped into … someone jostles their way between me and Floyd.”
“Floyd and I both look at each other, look at who it was, and both were a little stunned at that point. Then Floyd says, ‘Oh, it’s Justin,’ ” Espinoza said. “Because he was wearing the hat and glasses, I didn’t realize it, but then I realized … ‘Oh, yeah, it’s Justin Bieber, let me scoot over and make room for him.'”
Bieber is a friend of the camp and Espinoza took it all in stride, so everything should be great.
“I couldn’t care less,” Espinosa about getting knocked to the side, “but I thought it was funny that there were several pictures where he literally nudged me out of the picture. On some, [Bieber] literally cut me out. In [The Times’], it ends at Justin.”