--- description: It started out relatively tame title: Watch Justin Bieber and Ellen Degeneres Scare Fans While Hiding in a Women's Bathroom image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Justin Bieber and Ellen Degeneres Scare Fans While Hiding in a Women's Bathroom by [Jennifer Maas / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jennifer Maas / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 6, 2015 1:20 AM CUT by [Jennifer Maas / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jennifer Maas / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 6, 2015 1:20 AM CUT “Either lucky or unfortunate women,” as talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres put called them, got the experience of walking in on Justin Bieber and DeGeneres in a women’s bathroom Thursday. Before Bieber, 20, was to appear as a guest on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show,_ the two decided it would be fun to freak out as many bathroom-goers as possible in the appropriately titled prank segment “Bieber in the Bathroom.” It started out relatively tame, with Bieber and DeGeneres embracing while waiting for each woman to come in. Some women screamed. Some women laughed. And some immediately hugged Bieber. From there, it escalated to the point where Bieber and DeGeneres were sitting at a small table—instruments and dolls were involved, and DeGeneres, naturally, was wearing an alien mask. On a more serious note, during his appearance on the talk show, Bieber discussed his reason for releasing an apology video last week, in which he opened up about his previous inappropriate behavior. “Just being young and growing up in this business is hard. Just growing up in general is hard,” Bieber told Ellen. ### '90s Boy Band Members Then and Now  Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  A. J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Justin Timberlake (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  JC Chasez (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Joey Fatone (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Lance Bass (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Chris Kirkpatrick (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Nick Lachey (98°) Getty Images (2)  Drew Lachey (98°) Getty Images (2)  Jordan Knight (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson (Hanson) Getty Images (2) [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/05/justin-bieber-ellen-degeneres-scare-fans-while-hiding-womens-bathroom "undefined") _Read next:_ [_Justin Bieber Is Very Sorry for Being the Absolute Worst_](http://time.com/3688169/justin-bieber-apology-video/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3698382/justin-bieber-ellen-degeneres/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3698382/justin-bieber-ellen-degeneres/"},"headline":"Watch Justin Bieber and Ellen Degeneres Scare Fans While Hiding in a Women's Bathroom","datePublished":"2015-02-06T01:20:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:49.313Z","description":"It started out relatively tame","url":"https://time.com/3698382/justin-bieber-ellen-degeneres/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Maas / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3698382/justin-bieber-ellen-degeneres/","name":"Watch Justin Bieber and Ellen Degeneres Scare Fans While Hiding in a Women's Bathroom"}}]}] ```