Justin Bieber's 'masking smile' as wife Hailey removes wedding ring in 'unusual gesture'

Hailey Bieber made a point of removing her wedding ring, showing off her bare finger to paps at every opportunity, while her husband Justin Bieber's bizarre behaviour appears to spiral. The couple have sparked divorce rumours, after their marriage appears to be on the rocks, with Hailey showing signs of 'frustration' with her husband.

The 28-year-old was papped out in the West Village in New York, where she made a point of showing waiting photographers her bare ring finger. She grabbed herself some breakfast at The Commerce Inn, wearing over-sized sunglasses as she stepped out of a black SUV.

The model and Rhode Beauty founder made sure her left arm was raised, keeping her ringless finger front and centre the whole time. Her £500,000 sparkle was nowhere to be seen, and later that evening, she was seen with model mates Suki Waterhouse and Camila Morrone, once again, sans wedding ring.

Meanwhile, Justin Bieber's increasingly concerning behaviour has seen fans speculate that a split is on the cards. Earlier in the week, the child star uploaded a number of cryptic posts, one of which was a blurred monochrome selfie in which he could be seen looking glum.

In a troubling caption, the 31-year-old wrote: “Tired of transactional relationships. If I have to do something to be loved that’s not love."

A body language expert has analysed their recent activity, and suspects Hailey is purposely emphasising the fact she's taken her wedding ring off. In one photo, she holds her hand up as she exits her car, in what body launguage expert Darren Stanton describes as "unusual".

Explaining to the US Sun, Stanton said: "That’s a very unusual gesture and it seems to be that she’s trying to emphasise the point that she’s not got the ring on." He added: "Hailey is making a very exerted effort to show the paparazzi that she’s no longer wearing the ring."

Meanwhile, Justin, who married Hailey in 2018, is putting on a "brave face", Stanton claims. He said: "With Justin, I see elements of sadness. I think he is more emotionally distressed than she is. He is trying to put on a brave face."

He added that Justin could be putting on a "masking smile" - a fake smile to cover up his true emotions. Stanton explained the singer doesn't have the "two main tells" of a real smile - there are no crows feet or laughter lines.

The so-called 'human lie detector' added: "No matter how old someone is, if the whole face is not engaged and we don’t see the three lines at the side of the eyes, then it is most probably a fake smile to conceal and inner emotion and I believe that Justin is feeling sadness."

It comes after Hailey branded Justin a "f***ing child" after he made a series of odd posts on social media to celebrate Father's Day. Justin, who shares nine-month-old son Jack Blues Bieber with Hailey, went on a wild rant in which he admitted he is ‘broken’, ‘angry’ and ‘exhausted’ from 'thinking about himself all the time'.

Justin snubbed wife Hailey on what should have been a special day, and opted against posting wholesome family snaps. Instead, he shared photos of himself holding what appeared to be a joint, later telling fans he was "a dad that's not to be f***ed with."

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