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SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man received some unexpected publicity from a superstar while he was in New York City.
Jeff Ostler was waiting for his sister in a New York City hotel chair when he decided to take a quick nap. When he opened his eyes, a few people were right in front of him.
"They were kind of smiling. I could tell they were up to something," Ostler said. "I figured they'd taken a picture. I thought my mouth might be open or something."
Before he could say anything, the group snuck away.
"It was right then I said, ‘Oh, that was Justin Bieber,'" Ostler recalled.
Bieber posted the picture on his Instagram and Twitter accounts for his millions of followers to see. The picture immediately went viral.
"Fifteen minutes later, I get a phone call on my cell phone from my son here in Utah," Ostler smiled. "And he said, ‘Hey dad, how are you feeling? Are you tired? How was your nap on the chair?'
"Some girl at his school had texted it to him and said, ‘Is this your dad?'"
Since the Canadian singer posted the picture on May 16, Ostler's picture has received over a million likes on Instagram and over 50,000 favorites and over 44,000 retweets on Twitter.
Ostler can now put himself with the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Selena Gomez, Kevin Durant and a host of other celebrities whose faces have appeared on the "Never Say Never" singer's Instagram account.
"It's crazy, it's fun. The kids love it," Ostler laughed.
Contributing: Rachel Konishi
