{"id":7964,"date":"2025-11-30T11:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/?p=7964"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:36:21","slug":"ariana-grande-issues-loving-reminder-after-wicked-for-good-body-shaming-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/ariana-grande-issues-loving-reminder-after-wicked-for-good-body-shaming-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande issues \u2018loving reminder\u2019 after Wicked: For Good body-shaming comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24991761 lazyload\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 10: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande attend the &quot;Wicked: For Good&quot; European Premiere at Cineworld London Leicester Square on November 10, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_273891580-c4ea.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Ariana Grande said: &#8216;Resharing this from last year as a loving reminder to all&#8217; (Picture: 2025 Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Actor and singer, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/ariana-grande\/\">Ariana Grande<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/12\/06\/ariana-grande-slams-dangerous-comments-appearance-22134128\/\">reshared an interview clip<\/a> from the last press tour of Wicked where she called the discussion around women\u2019s looks and appearances \u2018dangerous\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the video, which Grande put on her <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/instagram\/\">Instagram<\/a> story, she said it was a \u2018loving reminder to all\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ariana, 32, sent out a gentle reminder in hopes of ending body-shaming comments she said she&#8217;s received throughout her career.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview with journalist Sally for Oui Oui Baguette, while being comforted by her co-star <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/cynthia-erivo\/\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a>, Grande said: \u2018In today&#8217;s society, there is a comfortability that we shouldn&#8217;t have at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Commenting on others&#8217; looks, appearance, what they think is going on behind the scenes, or <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/health-news\/\">health<\/a> or how they present themselves.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ariana Grande &amp; Cynthia Erivo On \u00ab\u00a0Weightloss\u00a0\u00bb, Critics and Being Different ft. SALLY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OCeHehrbvkA?start=285&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"487\" height=\"603\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24991744 lazyload\" alt=\"15338147 Ariana Grande fires back at &#039;dangerous&#039; criticism over her appearance on Wicked promo tour? after terrifying fan ambush\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_276163597-f76a-e1764503818443.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The Glinda actor held her co-stars handing during the interview (Picture: Ariana Grande\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018From what you\u2019re wearing to your body to your face to your everything. [&#8230;] That I think is really dangerous.\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Getting reflective, the thank u, next singer said: \u2018I\u2019ve been kind of doing this in front of the public and kind of been a specimen in a petri dish since I was 16 or 17, so I have heard it all.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve heard every version of it\u2026 of what\u2019s wrong with me. And then you fix it, and then it\u2019s wrong for different reasons. But that\u2019s everything from \u2013 even just the simplest thing \u2013 your appearance, you know?&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s previously called on fans to be &#8216;gentler and less comfortable commenting on people&#8217;s bodies, no matter what.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/04\/12\/ariana-grande-shares-powerful-message-in-rare-response-to-body-shaming-18595768\/\">video she posted in 2023<\/a>, she addressed the comparisons people had been drawing between her body then, and a previous body. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"837\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24991756 lazyload\" alt=\"Ariana Grande at The 16th Governors Awards held at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on November 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores\/Variety via Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_274658668-c543.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Grande called on fans to be &#8216;gentler&#8217; (Picture: Gilbert Flores\/Variety via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"969\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24991751 lazyload\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: (L-R) Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande attend as Universal Pictures proudly presents the WICKED FOR GOOD US Premiere on November 17, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin\/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_274791373-5428.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Erivo and Grande have shared many touching moments while doing press for the Wicked films (Picture: Roy Rochlin\/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grande noted: &#8216;I was on a lot of antidepressants, and drinking on them, and eating poorly, and at the lowest point of my life when I looked the way you consider &#8220;my healthy&#8221;, but that wasn\u2019t my healthy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She wanted to highlight that there are &#8216;many different kinds of beautiful, and ways to look healthy and beautiful&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time while promoting Wicked: For Good that Grande has had to address her fans directly. <\/p>\n<p>After announcing she couldn&#8217;t make the Sao Paulo premiere for the film, the former Nickelodeon star had to ask fans: \u2018Please don\u2019t wish danger on us.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Grande was unable to attend due to an issue with the plane. <\/p>\n<p>During a subsequent premiere in Singapore, the Glinda actor was <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/23\/man-ambushed-ariana-grande-wicked-good-premiere-deported-24784315\/\">ambushed by a man on the yellow carpet<\/a> as she greeted fans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page &#8211; we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><title>Comment now<\/title><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-preferred-source\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande said: &#8216;Resharing this from last year as a loving reminder to all&#8217; (Picture: 2025 Getty Images) Actor and singer, Ariana Grande, reshared an interview clip from the last press tour of Wicked where she called the discussion around women\u2019s looks and appearances \u2018dangerous\u2019.\u00a0 In the video, which Grande put on her Instagram story, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7970,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964\/revisions\/7970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}