Pint-sized vocal powerhouse Ariana Grande
doesn't have a stellar reputation.
From cheating rumors to reports of diva demands
to wishing death on her own fans, the perpetually
ponytailed pop star reportedly has a seriously
shady side.
Dating an engaged man
Not long after Grande and Jai Brooks broke
up for good, she began dating Big Sean, with
whom she collaborated on her smash hits "Right
There" and "Problem."
That relationship had a pretty sketchy beginning.
They allegedly first got together when Big
Sean was still engaged to Glee star Naya Rivera.
In her memoir Sorry Not Sorry, Rivera revealed
that she had been fighting with Big Sean while
he was out of town, and on the one day he
was back, he apparently didn't want to see
her.
She then revealed,
"I walk in [to Big Sean's house], go downstairs,
and guess what little girl is sitting cross-legged
on the couch listening to music?…
It rhymes with 'Smariana Schmande.'"
Frustration with fans
An industry insider was shocked when Ariana
Grande actually wished death upon a group
of her fans in September 2014.
The source told the New York Daily News,
"She did autographs and pics and was all smiles
until she got into the elevator, and as soon
as the doors shut she said, 'I hope they all
f---ing die.'"
In August 2014, a dad named Dan O'Connor,
posted a blog about how rude Grande allegedly
was to his daughters at a meet and greet.
He explained that his daughter won a contest
by drawing a picture of Grande, but supposedly,
the singer was not impressed.
He wrote,
"[Grande] approached her fans without a smile,
just an icy look as she toyed with her hair…
She spent perhaps 15 seconds with each [of
the prize winners].
That is not an exaggeration.
They took an approved photo with her, and
that was it."
When one of his daughters snapped a photo
of her sis giving Grande a drawing, O'Connor
said the pop star forced them to delete the
picture, and walked off without saying goodbye.
Cheap shot at Selena?
At a Jingle Ball concert in December 2013,
Selena Gomez had a mini-meltdown onstage after
her backing track and microphone failed, exposing
her lip syncing to the audience, and then
to the world when that awkward moment hit
YouTube.
Grande, who also performed at the show, also
had mic trouble later on that night.
According to Hollywood Life, Grande shook
off her troubles with,
"At least you know I wasn't singing to a track!"
Grande later denied on Twitter that she was
throwing shade at Gomez, but that didn't stop
many from calling her comment a "sick burn."
Hypocritical ex
In news everyone saw coming except the people
involved, Grande and Pete Davidson split after
about four months together, and it got shady
fast.
In a Saturday Night Live promo released November
1st, 2018, Davidson poked fun at himself and
pretended to propose to musical guest Maggie
Rogers.
"Hey Maggie, I'm Pete."
"Hey Pete."
"You wanna get married?"
"No."
"0 for 3."
There was no mention of Grande or shade against
her, just self-deprecation, but she still
got mad.
She wrote in a since-deleted tweet,
"For somebody who claims to hate relevancy
u sure love clinging to it huh.
Thank u.
Next."
Sources told TMZ Grande felt "betrayed" because
she and Davidson supposedly promised to not
address or discuss the breakup, but a week
later, she released "Thank U, Next," a song
that mentions Davidson by name, just 30 minutes
before SNL aired.
No-shows
In November 2015, Grande was scheduled to
perform on the U.K.'s Jonathan Ross Show.
She never showed, which messed up the entire
taping.
According to The Mirror, Ross told the crowd,
"We were told she would be in the car at 6
p.m. to be here for 7 p.m…
7.30 p.m. and she is still not in the motherf---ing
car…
She was booked but the lazy little f---er
has not come."
Neither Grande nor her reps apologized or
offered any sort of explanation for standing
everyone up.
She also canceled on a big night for her manager
Scooter Braun that just so happened to coincide
with her split from Pete Davidson in October
2018.
Grande was supposed to sing at an event honoring
Braun's wife and the "F--- Cancer" support
group she founded.
According to People, Braun told the crowd,
"She couldn't be here today, and while I was
frustrated, being a manager, my wife, being
who she always is, said to me, 'She needs
this time.'"
