Ariana Grande Reacts To Conversations About Her Body And Appearance

Throughout the press tour for the recent Wicked sequel, the Dangerous Woman singer and several of her co-stars have been the subject of scrutiny over their appearances.

Responding to this over the weekend, Ariana reposted a clip from a 2024 interview on her Instagram story, saying simply: “Resharing this from last year as a loving reminder to all.”

In the resurfaced interview, from December of last year, the Oscar nominee told YouTube personality Sally: “I’ve been a specimen in a Petri dish, really, since I was 16 or 17. So I have heard it all, I’ve heard every version of it – of what’s wrong with me.

“And then, you fix it, and then it’s wrong for different reasons. From what you’re wearing, to your body, to your face to your everything.”

She continued: “There’s a comfortability that we shouldn’t have, at all, commenting on others’ looks, appearance, what they think is going on behind the scenes or health.

“Even if you go to Thanksgiving dinner, and someone’s granny says, ‘oh my good, you look skinnier! What happened?’ or ‘you look heavier, what happened?’, that is something that is uncomfortable and horrible, no matter where it’s happening or the scale it’s happening on.”

“I just don’t invite it in anymore. It’s not welcome,” Ariana added at the time. “I have work to do, I have a life to live, so I don’t leave space for it anymore.

“And however you all can protect yourselves from that noise, whether it’s at a family reunion or online, if you’ve got to block people, I don’t care. Keep yourself safe. Because no one has the right to say shit.”

Ariana has faced a lot of scrutiny over her body size and appearance in recent years.

In 2023, the Thank U, Next singer also shared a TikTok post addressed to those with “concerns about my body”, insisting there are “many different ways to look healthy and beautiful” and that “the body that you’ve been comparing my current body to was the unhealthiest version of my body”.

She also maintained that what many people felt represented the singer at her most “healthy” was, in fact, a time she was “on a lot of anti-depressants and drinking on them and eating poorly and at the lowest point of my life”.