She would find appearance comments “unpleasant and terrible”. She also believes that no one should allow themselves to judge.
Ariana Grande has spoken out about how she deals with the many negative, humiliating and meddling comments about her appearance. The actress and singer shows a clear stance with her opinion – no one should judge something like that. Nevertheless, statements of this kind probably did not go unnoticed by her.
Like “in a petri dish”
The “Sally” video interview with the two “Wicked” actresses, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, came out on December 5th. Grande can also be seen and heard here answering the question of how she would deal with the beauty standards that still seem to apply to women. For the singer and actress: “I’ve been in the public eye since I was 16 or 17 and I’m an object in a petri dish, so to speak, so I’ve heard everything.”
She continued: “I’ve heard every version of what’s wrong with me. And then you fix it, and then it’s wrong for various reasons. But that goes for everything – even the simplest thing – your appearance, you know?” And: “It’s hard to protect yourself from that noise, and I think it’s uncomfortable no matter how much you experience it. Even if you go to Thanksgiving dinner and someone’s grandma says, ‘Oh my God, you look thinner! What happened?’ or ‘You look fatter! What happened?'”
For the 31-year-old, such statements were “unpleasant and terrible.” In addition, they would pose a certain danger to everyone affected. The “Side to Side” artist knows the “pressure of this noise” well, but can handle it thanks to her self-confidence and good support. Her take on this: “You all can protect yourself from this noise – whether at a family gathering or online when you need to block people or delete the app completely – you can protect yourself because no one has the right to be shit to you. “
“We should really work on not doing this so often”
On April 11, 2023, the US star published a statement on TikTok on a similar topic after many comments appeared online that Grande had apparently lost a lot of weight. Even at this time, the musician advocated that everyone should be careful with their statements. “I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies, no matter what. If you think you’re saying something good or well-intentioned, whatever it is, healthy, unhealthy, big, small, this, that, sexy, nonsense – we should really work on not doing that so much.”