Ariana Grande is coming to the defense
of her fiance, comedian Pete Davidson.
Hey Ariana.
For a joke he once made about the terrorist
attack at her concert in Manchester, England, last year.
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Oh my God.
22 people were killed and hundreds more
injured by the suicide bomber.
Ariana put her career on hold to deal
with post traumatic stress.
Now, a joke Davidson made during his stand up routine
is resurfacing in the wake of his engagement
to the pop diva.
It happened at a charity event last October,
when the SNL performer spoke about Ariana's fame
and then quipped "Britney Spears didn't have a terrorist
"attack at her concert."
Even though the crack was made nine months ago,
it's only begun circulating among fans or Ariana.
"I don't know why she is still with Peter" one fan tweeted.
A British mom who lost her teenage daughter in the bombing
called the joke "disgusting".
Ariana is now taking to social media
and responding to the controversy.
"This has been very tough and conflicting on my heart"
she acknowledged.
But then she said of her fiance,
"He uses comedy to help people feel better.
"We all deal with trauma differently.
"I of course didn't find it funny."
Pete Davidson knows all to well the devastating impact
of terrorism, his father, an New York City firefighter
lost his life on 9/11.
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