--- title: Justin Bieber's 'Sorry' Gets Dramatic Reading from Jon Hamm description: Vanity Fair is getting in on the dramatic reading action with a video of 29 celebs doing their best renditions of Justin Bieber's "Sorry." canonical: https://time.com/4217747/justin-bieber-sorry-dramatic-reading-jon-hamm-nick-jonas/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-11T18:55:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:59.246Z og:title: Jon Hamm, Nick Jonas and More Dramatically Read Justin Bieber's 'Sorry' og:description: "Is it too late to say I'm sorry that I don't know the song 'I'm Sorry'" og:url: https://time.com/4217747/justin-bieber-sorry-dramatic-reading-jon-hamm-nick-jonas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jon Hamm, Nick Jonas and More Dramatically Read Justin Bieber's 'Sorry' twitter:description: "Is it too late to say I'm sorry that I don't know the song 'I'm Sorry'" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Jon Hamm, Nick Jonas and More Do a Dramatic Reading of Justin Bieber's 'Sorry'  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 11, 2016 6:55 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 11, 2016 6:55 PM CUT Remember that time a bunch of celebrities [recited the lyrics](http://time.com/4149987/hotline-bling-bryan-cranston-amy-schumer/ "undefined") of [Drake’s](http://time.com/4209732/drake-nba-hall-of-famer-reggie-miller-ping-pong-challenge/ "undefined") “[Hotline Bling](http://time.com/4204129/drake-hotline-bling-t-mobile-super-bowl-commercial/ "undefined")“? Now, [_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/justin-bieber-sorry-celebrities-video "undefined")is getting in on the dramatic reading action with a video of 29 popular movie, TV and music stars doing their best renditions of [Justin Bieber’s “Sorry.”](http://time.com/4193841/barack-obama-sings-justin-bieber-sorry-lip-dub/ "undefined") **Read More:** [Bryan Cranston’s Dramatic Version ‘Hotline Bling’ Is Extraordinary](http://time.com/4149987/hotline-bling-bryan-cranston-amy-schumer/ "undefined") The video was filmed at last month’s [Sundance Film Festival](http://time.com/4200767/sundance-2016-biggest-movies/ "undefined") and features celebrities like Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, John Krasinski, Octavia Spencer, Nick Jonas and Judd Apatow performing their personal interpretations of the _Purpose_ single. While Hamm got things off to a rocky start, Krasinski brought all his emotions to the table and Apatow couldn’t hide his anger. Even Biebs himself got a kick out of it. > [](https://twitter.com/justinbieber/status/697587891048882176) Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4217747/justin-bieber-sorry-dramatic-reading-jon-hamm-nick-jonas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4217747/justin-bieber-sorry-dramatic-reading-jon-hamm-nick-jonas/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Hamm, Nick Jonas and More Do a Dramatic Reading of Justin Bieber's 'Sorry'","datePublished":"2016-02-11T18:55:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:59.246Z","description":"\"Is it too late to say I'm sorry that I don't know the song 'I'm Sorry'\"","url":"https://time.com/4217747/justin-bieber-sorry-dramatic-reading-jon-hamm-nick-jonas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","Justin Bieber","Jon Hamm","john legend","nick jonas","John Krasinski"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4217747/justin-bieber-sorry-dramatic-reading-jon-hamm-nick-jonas/","name":"Watch Jon Hamm, Nick Jonas and More Do a Dramatic Reading of Justin Bieber's 'Sorry'"}}]}] ```