Bieber and Britney have a lot in common now that I think about it
Both young teen pop megastars, both suffered through infamous meltdown periods, both made a comeback, and then both enter that weird time when the trauma that they experienced throughout their meltdown seems to be coming back in some form. His Femme Fatragedy era occurring mid-tour
This could have easily been avoided by simply not doing Meet n Greets to begin with. It wouldn't have been a stretch to predict that he wouldn't be able to handle it. Whoever is in charge of all of that kinda set him up as far as I'm concerned.