{"id":54868,"date":"2025-10-01T20:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/54868\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T20:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:26:06","slug":"dylan-efron-talks-justin-bieber-friendship-why-he-respects-him-so-much-dylan-efron-justin-bieber-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-photos-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/54868\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Efron Talks Justin Bieber Friendship, Why He Respects Him \u2018So Much\u2019 | Dylan Efron, Justin Bieber | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/dylan-efron\/\" title=\"Dylan Efron\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Efron<\/a> is opening up about his friendship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/justin-bieber\/\" title=\"Justin Bieber\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Bieber<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old The Traitors star performed to the 31-year-old\u2019s song on this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\" title=\"Dancing With The Stars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dancing With the Stars<\/a> on Tuesday (September 30), and dished on being friends with the music superstar.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dylan and his pro partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/daniella-karagach\/\" title=\"Daniella Karagach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniella Karagach<\/a> danced a Foxtrot to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/08\/05\/justin-bieber-debuts-yukon-music-video-featuring-son-jack-wife-hailey-watch-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YUKON<\/a>\u201d from Bieber\u2018s recent album SWAG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re both in LA. A lot of mutual friends and he\u2019s a great person. So, I\u2019ve always looked up to him,\u201d Dylan told <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/dylan-efron-talks-friendship-with-justin-bieber-amp-dancing-to-yukon-on-dwts\/?utm_campaign=pagesix&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/dylan-efron-talks-friendship-with-justin-bieber-amp-dancing-to-yukon-on-dwts\/?utm_campaign=pagesix&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Page Six<\/a> after the show. <\/p>\n<p>On DWTS, during his pre-performance package, Dylan shared what he respects about Justin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat makes me respect Justin so much is he makes people feel comfortable being vulnerable, and my experience on the show is like a vulnerable moment for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added to Daniella, \u201cHe\u2019s not perfect, but he\u2019s trying to be better every day. <\/p>\n<p>Dylan and Daniella\u2018s performance garnered 23 out of 30 points from the judges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/09\/30\/dancing-with-the-stars-2025-scores-revealed-for-all-12-contestants-on-week-3-tiktok-night\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tying for second place of the night<\/a>, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/alix-earle\/\" title=\"Alix Earle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alix Earle<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/val-chmerkovskiy\/\" title=\"Val Chmerkovskiy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Val Chmerkovskiy<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dylan Efron is opening up about his friendship with Justin Bieber. 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