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What an impersonation
The Mercury
|August 20, 2025
HEY, here's a bit of showbiz out of the ordinary.
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A Justin Bieber impersonator used his pop star-like look last weekend as he performed for a packed nightclub at the Wynn Encore resort in Las Vegas, according to HuffPost.
The doppelganger conned the DJ - named only as Gryffinn - when he showed up to the resort's XS Nightclub, dancing in sunglasses and a hoodie that showed off his tattooed chest, before the DJ learned that he wished to “perform.”
“A dark venue and loud music didn’t help here...” wrote Gryffinn as a video showed him speaking to Dylan Desclos, the man he believed was the real singer. He recalled Desclos’ “team” telling him the man wanted to perform “Sorry”, the singer’s 2015 smash hit.
“Little did I know I was about to be sorry...” wrote Gryffinn as the video flashed to footage of Desclos on stage as the song played while fans screamed and recorded him from the crowd.
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of The Mercury.
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