Ariana Grande On Fabricated Tabloid Stories
Ariana Grande is in her “yes, and?” era. In a new interview on Monday (February 26), the Wicked star called out the toxicity of tabloid coverage and the effects stories have on people. As for the public’s perception, Grande, 30, says, “We selectively remember that this is what the tabloids do to people, especially women, based on whether or not we like the person… We selectively leave space for humanness, for nuance — they don’t leave space for that.” The singer-songwriter adds that the tabloids turn off their humanness when it aligns with the version of a person they have in their head that they want to believe is true. It isn’t hard to connect the star’s words with the media coverage following her divorce with Dalton Gomez and her dating her Wicked co-star, Ethan Slater.
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One Arianator wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “a lot of people did terrible things and faced no consequences, there’s no proof ariana did anything and everyone wanted to boycott her.. she’s so right.” Another said, “The same ppl who drag Ariana for ‘homewrecking’ have never had a man or can’t keep one [weeping emoji] So they run with a story online to make themseleves feel better about their miserable romantic lives.” A third fan commented: “demolish those homewrecker allegations queen!”
Earlier in Ari’s interview, she revealed that she actually wasn’t planning on making new music. In fact, she stated she was “really opposed to coming out with music” until after the production of both or just one of the Wicked films. However, when the writer’s and actor’s strikes began last year, the pop star came to New York and met up wit famed producer and frequent collaborator Max Martin to have fun and see how it would feel to make music. Her seventh studio album, eternal sunshine, is set to release on March 8th. Grande revealed the 13-song tracklist on Tuesday (February 27). Take a look below: