A Justin Bieber impersonator used his pop star-like look to his advantage over the weekend as he performed for a packed nightclub — and tricked the headlining DJ, Gryffin — at the Wynn Encore resort in Las Vegas.
The doppelganger — whom Gryffin dubbed “bustin jieber” in a social media post — showed up to the resort’s XS Nightclub, dancing in sunglasses and a hoodie that showed off his tatted chest before the DJ learned that he wished to “perform,” according to footage from the show shared by Gryffin.
“Dark venue and loud music didn’t help here…,” wrote Gryffin as the video showed him speaking to Dylan Desclos, the man he believed to be the singer.
He recalled Desclos’s “team” telling him that the man wanted to perform “Sorry,” the singer’s 2015 smash hit.
“Little did i know i was about to be sorry…,’” wrote Gryffin as the video flashed to footage of Desclos on stage as the song played while fans screamed and recorded him from the crowd.
Gryffin said he then got the “worst news imaginable” when he learned that the man was a phony after the show.
He went on to note in his hotel room that he thought the singer had “put on a lot of weight” since his album “SWAG” dropped last month.
Michael Weaver, a spokesperson for the Wynn, later explained to media outlets that the man was “granted access” to the XS stage following what the resort described as an “elaborate and multi-step ruse by him and his advance team.”
“As soon as the error was recognized, he was removed from the resort and denied future entry,” Weaver wrote of the lifetime ban in a statement.
Outside of the nightclub, social media clips showed the man browsing several stores with “security” guards and posing for selfies during his Vegas trip.
Last year, he caught the attention of Bieber’s wife, Hailey Bieber, after he was spotted on the train in his native country.
“I’m scared….,” she commented on a TikTok of the impersonator.
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Desclos’s Instagram and TikTok pages appear to be down but he’s shared several posts about his Vegas appearance on X, formerly Twitter, in recent days.
HuffPost has reached out to Desclos, who was not immediately available for comment.