Post Malone Explains Why He Choked Justin Bieber

Post Malone swears he and Justin Bieber were just "rough housing" when he grabbed the singer’s throat in a Houston nightclub on Saturday night, April 9. Now he has responded to the viral photo that appears to show that he choked the "Sorry" hitmaker.

The "choking" photos went viral, with WorldStarHipHop suggesting that the 20-year-old rapper was mad at Bieber for putting a cigarette out on Malone's arm.

Justin Bieber uses Post Malone as an ashtray which resulted in a choke? pic.twitter.com/6Sr4xl5hZv

— WORLDSTARHIPHOP (@WORLDSTAR) April 13, 2016

Taking to Twitter after the shots created a stir on social media with countless hilarious memes popping up, he denied there was any beef between them.

i love Justin y'all tripping lol — G-Unit Posty (@PostMalone) April 13, 2016

In a series of tweets, the singer continued: "He's my big brother and we like to rough house. If we was fighting someone would have done something instead of just sit around while the Biebs gets chokeslammed."

he's my big brother and we like to rough house

— G-Unit Posty (@PostMalone) April 13, 2016

if we was fighting someone would have done something instead of just sit around while the beibs gets chokeslammed — G-Unit Posty (@PostMalone) April 13, 2016

end of story i love jus more than life and THE MIXTAPE IS ON THE PRECIPICE OF RELEASE. God bless my fans

— G-Unit Posty (@PostMalone) April 13, 2016

“They are cool,” a source close to Bieber told HollywoodLife. “Justin was clearly messing with [Post] all night, trying to mess him up during the performance, clowning him through the night. Post got sick of it. [He] turned around and grabbed his neck and told him to f**k off.”

The source added that, "Justin apologized and they went through the night with no other incidents."

A photo of Post Malone choking Justin Bieber has been posted on the Instagram page of theshaderoominc. The snap was seemingly taken at a Post Malone performance at club Che in Houston, according to VladTV.

A TMZ video shows Malone performing his “White Iverson” song and Bieber apparently putting his lit cigarette on Malone’s arm.