Justin Bieber Doesn't Know What German is?!

Hey,
So I know this is kinda old news, but there's been a lot of hype about the" Justin Bieber not knowing what German is" stuff. So right now, I'm gonna tell you the real facts. First off, the interviewer DID NOT ask him what German was, he asked him 'True or false, Bieber is basketball in German?"

Now, quoting [link] :

I think what Justin Bieber read on the cue card was the phrase "German for basketball", not simply the word "German", so... to the phrase "German for basketball" he responded "I don't know what that means". 

A little backstory might be helpful here. I saw an interview with Mr. Bieber and a young Australian woman conducted the day before the interview shown here, where she was informing Mr. Bieber of all the expressions and words in Australia that are different than the words and expressions used in America, for instance, that "thongs" over there refer to our footwear "flipflops", etc. 

So I think Mr. Bieber may have thought that Drew, the interviewer in this vid, was using a slang or Kiwi expression that we Americans, do not have. Like he thought "German for basketball" was a Kiwi expression, and to that he responded "We don't say that in America".

I am a fan of Justin Bieber's. I've read about him and consider him inspirational.

 Girl, I'm backing you up on this 100%!
Oh, and have you watched this?


Ya, I'm so totally sure Justin doesn't know what German is. Get your facts straight people!