Yesterday we shared a video of Justin Bieber’s rather sad attempt to pick up a girl he passed in his car, using his finest Disney chat-up line to woo her.

But while you may think that the Biebs would be terrified of his ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez, coming across the footage, it turns out that that may have been his plan all along.

A source has told entertainment site HollywoodLife.com that Justin is missing Selena big time and is hoping that news of his flirtations with pretty mystery brunettes will send her running back to him.

Wait, wasn’t it his lunch date with Kendall Jenner that caused the split in the first place?

The source said: “Justin is so frustrated that he’s using his old tricks to try and win Selena back. He’s hoping to make her jealous by flirting with other girls.”

They added: “He wants Selena to come running back to him like she always used to do. He’s bummed and really misses her.”

While the couple have been on and off for the past few years, we don’t see this particular strategy working, somehow!

Oh Justin. Justin. Justin. Justin – when will you learn?!

It’s been a bit of a mixed week for the singer; on the one hand, he’s probably cursing his stupidity for causing the latest break-up with Selena, while on the other, he appears to have had a ball spending €20,000 on a private tour of Vatican City.

But while he had no problem splashing the cash to check out the popular tourist spot, it seems he caused some upset by kicking a ball around the halls of the city’s historic buildings!

Apparently Bieber's annoying antics did not go down too well with the locals, who considered his behaviour to be disrespectful.

Seriously, did he have any awareness of his surroundings?!

Not that we should be surprised – this is the guy who once referred to the famous Sistine Chapel as the 16th Chapel, and had to be carried up the Great Wall of China on the shoulders of his bodyguards!

We guess we’ll just have to put this latest incident down to the fact that he’s nursing a broken heart.

Justin Bieber needs some serious anger management lessons!

The star is courting controversy again after he was pictured squaring up to paparazzi in Paris on Tuesday night, appearing to punch one photographer and grab another by the neck.

It's been reported that Biebs and his minders were trying to clear the paps out of the way as they entered their hotel.

This isn't the first time Justin's let his temper get the better of him with paparrazi. He was sued for assault last June after getting physical with a photographer in California, kicking him in the stomach and punching him in the face.

Tuesday was a scandalous night all round for Justin, who had just returned from dinner with Kendall Jenner, while on-again-off-again girlfriend Selena Gomez was nowhere in sight.

Selena and Justin were in Paris at the same time but seemed to have quiet separate schedules, and she has since returned home to Los Angeles. A cryptic tweet from the actress last night suggests all might not be well for the two lovebirds:

Sometimes we think we aren't good enough. But then I realize when I think I'm alone I have God.

— Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) October 2, 2014

A tangled web!