When Justin Bieber appeared onstage at a Las Vegas nightclub last week for a surprise performance alongside a popular DJ, the crowd — and the DJ — went wild.
That was until they learned the man was not Bieber at all — but an impersonator of the megastar. Gryffin, the DJ, recounted the moment on Instagram when he and the staff of the Wynn Las Vegas were duped by the impersonator who made his way onstage during the Aug. 16 set.
"biebergate2025," Gryffin captioned the Instagram post of the video titled "how bustin jeiber duped me during my own set..."
The video posted by Gryffin shows the apparent Bieber, shirtless underneath a zip-up hoodie, walking across the stage as Bieber's hit song "Sorry" plays over the speakers at XS Nightclub at the Wynn on Saturday night.
"Bieber in the house, y'all!" Gryffin yelled to the crowd, the video shows.
The DJ recalled that the faux Bieber's "team" apparently told Gryffin the star wanted to perform "Sorry" after showing up at the nightclub. Gryffin added that the dark venue and loud music made it difficult to determine whether the offer was legitimate.
"little did i know i was about to be sorry..." he wrote in a caption on the video.
The crowd roared when "Bieber" took the stage and performed the song in full, as shown in Gryffin's video. The DJ wrote that the man "sounded like justin bieber."
Video from after the set shows Gryffin looking overjoyed, declaring the set "was actually insane."
Afterward, a member of Gryffin's team is seen on the video pulling him aside to tell him that the Bieber on stage with him was a "complete fake." Gryffin's jaw dropped as he heard the news, in disbelief that the man was not Bieber.
The Wynn said in a statement that the man was removed from the resort and will be denied future entry.
"After an elaborate and multi-step ruse by him and his advance team, a Justin Bieber impersonator was granted access to the XS stage," the Wynn said. "As soon as the error was recognized, he was removed from the resort and denied future entry."
On his Instagram story, Gryffin posted a photo of a CNN broadcast reporting the news of the Bieber dupe with three laughing emojis. Zedd and Kygo, other popular DJs, also used laughing emojis in comments on Gryffin's post.
