Ariana Grande’s people announced on Sunday that she is going to be taking a break from everything when her tour ends on September 1st. And people assumed it is because of all of the public concern about her skeletal frame.
Yesterday, during her show in Chicago, she explained her future absence to the audience in a three-and-a-half-minute candid speech.
“The announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing. It was something that I have decided. A plan that I had quietly made a long time ago. It was a decision that was made from a thoughtful and empowered place. And I want you to know that many things can be true at the same time.
“I heard that my fans were worried that negativity was ruining things for me, but I just have to say that could not be more the far opposite. This is not what that is. And I just want to be very, very clear: multiple things can be true at the same time. Boundaries need to be set. Human beings can need a break sometimes. And also, this can be and will continue to be the greatest experience of my professional and creative life.”
If you think about it, she has been working nonstop since she was a preteen and made her Broadway debut in Thirteen. And she has been working her hardest in the last few years because of Wicked and Wicked For Good. So she earned some time to rest and be a normal person. And when she is ready, she can return to the limelight and do what she does best, making her fans happy.
Ever since Ariana Grande started working on Wicked in 2022, she has been working non-stop: filming multiple movies, promoting Wicked and Wicked For Good, releasing new music, and now she is on tour. Therefore, she has earned a break.
Grande was not planning on taking one. She was expected to start preparing for the West End’s Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George with Jonathan Bailey. But that is no longer happening. This is the second acting endeavor she has cancelled in a month. She also backed out of appearing in American Horror Story.
Her rep released this statement to People: “Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour [on September 1st].
“She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny. This tour has been a beautiful experience for her. She loves her fans and has loved every minute of this tour so much.”
The singer has been criticized for her skeletal frame since she started promoting Wicked. However, it has gotten more severe since she started the tour and promoting her new album Petal.
Hopefully, she will get some much-deserved rest starting in a month.
Not only has she been going through a lot professionally, but she also lost her grandmother, went through a divorce, and a breakup in recent years.
It is unclear if the actress will promote Focker-in-Law, which is slated to be released around Thanksgiving—her third year in a row with a film coming out during the holiday. Maybe Thanksgiving should be her holiday, like Christmas is Mariah Carey’s.
Remember a few months ago when they announced that Ariana Grande was going to do American Horror Story, and you were like, “Why? She is too big for that?” Well, it turns out that she is.
Not really. But she will not be part of the upcoming 13th season (Is it really only season 13?). Why? According to Deadline, due to some of her rescheduled Eternal Sunshine Tour dates, she is unable to film on the dates they asked for.
Yesterday was Mel Brooks’ 100th birthday, and he celebrated with those who are closest to him. The legendary man who brought us decades of laughter is still smiling, just as he did when he was making the movies that influenced generations of filmmakers, as he deserves to do.
Maybe it is because he is grinning from ear to ear, but he does not look as though he is a century years old, and according to his son, Max, “In perfect health with a razor sharp mind, celebrating with friends and family.”
Who knows, maybe he has at least one more movie in him. I think the world would appreciate one more of his comedies. And not just him lending his name to a sequel.
In 2022, Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater started an adventure of a lifetime. They began filming Wicked in England. It was like a fairy tale come true in a dream setting created by John M. Chu.
At the time, both were married to other people, she to Dalton Gomez and he to Lilly Jay. But distance did not make their hearts grow fonder of their loved ones. So they eventually broke up with their spouses in 2023 and finalized the end of the marriages in 2024. Around then, they began a three-year love affair. But their love affair is over.
“It’s amicable, they gave lots of time and careful consideration and decided to go their separate ways,” a source told Us Weekly. “They are still friends and very supportive of one another. They have been quietly broken up for several months.”
Speculation about their split began this week when he was nowhere to be seen at the launch of her Eternal Sunshine Tour. The actress is busy with her music and acting, while the actor, do we really care? Sorry, but it is true.
