So, why can't Justin Bieber say a pregnancy joke?

Newly-married Justin Bieber published a pregnancy-themed April Fool's joke, which many found funny, others branded the star "shameful" and "disgusting". Bieber apologised clarifying that he "didn't mean at all to be insensitive to people who can't have children", and that it was "'APRIL FOOLS'". Dr Pamela Rutledge, director of the US-based Media Psychology Research Center, explains for BBC, why he should have the same treatment as others, but doesn't. She says stars often forget that the exposure that lifts them up "constrains their privacy" and, by extension, freedom of expression. The intense feeling of connection through social media relationships means many fans react personally. As much as they may jump to defend a celebrity from the attack of others, they will also "take exception to the behaviour of a celebrity if it violates their world view" . "You can't expect to benefit from the amplification and not be subject to the constraints," she says.