Ariana Grande’s many controversies

Ariana Grande He must be having the best year of his life. Although he has been away from the spotlight since 2020, his latest album Eternal Sunshine It debuted at Number 1 in both the UK and US in March and received 58.1 million streams on Spotify on the day of Alone’s release. This week, Bad The film, in which 31-year-old Grande plays Glinda, one of the main characters, is being released in theaters after a massive marketing campaign worth millions of dollars. It is already predicted to be one of the biggest blockbusters of 2024.

But suddenly no one is talking about Grande’s acting. Instead, her recent appearance on the red carpet to promote the film prompted a flurry of comments online about her apparent weight loss, as her already petite body appeared slimmer than ever.

Surprisingly, many fans openly questioned whether the star was suffering from an eating disorder and even speculated about whether Grande and co-star Cynthia Erivo, who according to fans had lost a significant amount of weight, would compete. a disturbing “weakness”. More prejudiced fans accused Grande, who championed her weight loss and said she had never been healthier in an Instagram Live video last year, of promoting harmful body image standards to young viewers rushing to watch the PG-rated Wicked. After all, he has twice been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People.

It’s the latest in a series of controversies that have dogged Grande’s career since she first appeared on Broadway at the age of 15, finding fame on Nickelodeon’s Victorious and destroying the girl-next-door image she cultivated on children’s television.

After becoming one of the biggest pop stars of the 21st century, she was branded a ‘diva’: she was said to be difficult to deal with, had a list of forbidden interview questions, and even demanded to be photographed only when left alone.