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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Russian model Xenia Deli made her debut as Justin Bieber's newest on-screen muse in his "What Do You Mean?" music video, but has since been bombarded with backlash from fans. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Deli says she was surprised by the overwhelmingly negative comments from "Beliebers" since the video's release. "I thought everyone would be excited!" she said. "I can't do anything about it though. It's not about me."
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"But I just want to say, I didn't do anything wrong, I was just doing my job," she added. "I'm not taking Justin away from his fans. I'm so sensitive to what people think about me, so I just stopped reading the comments."
Deli moved to the United States after being signed by a modeling agency and was cast for "What Do You Mean?" after auditioning alongside ten other models.
"I was nervous about Justin, how he would act, how the music video was going to turn out," she said. "But he was cool, so nice, so respectful and helpful. It was so easy to work with him."
Bieber recently wowed fans and critics alike when he broke down on stage after performing his latest single at this year's MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. On Wednesday, the singer explained to Jimmy Fallon why he collapsed into tears.
"It was just so overwhelming for me," he said. "Everything, the performance. I missed some cues so I was a little disappointed with that. Honestly, I just wasn't expecting them to support me the way they did."
"Last time I was at an award show I was booed. I think it's just like, I worked so hard at this album, I worked so hard at becoming the man I wanna become, and then stepping into these situations you can't help but feel judged," he continued.
"So I was just feeling judged and just wanting to win so badly and wanting to do what I love so badly, so I just put everything on the line. And I think that's what's so special about the emotional moment at the end, it was authentic, it was real."
