{"id":415356,"date":"2025-11-30T16:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/415356\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T16:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:04:11","slug":"ariana-grande-gives-fans-friendly-reminder-not-to-comment-on-peoples-bodies-following-press-coverage-on-her-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/415356\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande gives fans &#8220;friendly reminder&#8221; not to comment on people\u2019s bodies following press coverage on her appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ariana-grande\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ariana Grande<\/a> has given fans a \u201cfriendly reminder\u201d not to comment on her body amid growing speculation about her health.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/wicked-for-good-review-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-3909757\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Wicked: For Good\u2019 review: an emotional but awkward return to Oz<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taking to Instagram Stories last night (November 29), she shared a series of clips from a 2024 interview that touched on the unsolicited commentary surrounding her appearance, writing: \u201cResharing this from last year as a loving reminder to all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the press tour for both Wicked and the recently released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/wicked-for-good\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wicked: For Good<\/a>, Grande\u2019s appearance has been a consistent feature of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69533112\/wicked-weight-loss-ariana-grande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">press coverage<\/a> and social media commentary, with many expressing concern after her marked weight loss.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly addressing the growing speculation, Grande captioned the old interview clips \u201cfriendly reminder\u201d, with one snippet she shared showing her becoming visibly emotional when she was asked about the way the public dissected her appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a comfortability that we shouldn\u2019t have at all \u2014 commenting on other\u2019s looks, [their] appearance, what [we] think is going on behind the scenes or [with their] health,\u201d she said in the clip from last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like, that is something that is uncomfortable and horrible, no matter where it\u2019s happening, no matter the scale that it\u2019s happening on.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ariana Grande reposts an interview from last year where she addresses strangers criticising her body\/appearance:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cresharing this from last year \u2661 as a loving reminder to all\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EniFoSjCZ8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EniFoSjCZ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1994801547650428946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in 2023, Grande also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ariana-grande-addresses-body-concerns-tiktok-video-3428819\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spoke out about fans\u2019 \u201cconcerns\u201d about her body<\/a>, telling them at the time she felt people \u201cshould be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people\u2019s bodies, no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her taking to social media recently follows her sharing an emotional farewell to her Wicked character, where she said \u201cbecoming your Glinda The Good and being asked to join this most wonderful group of human beings on a most creatively and emotionally fulfilling journey was the greatest gift of my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have learned more from my time with Glinda than anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musical fantasy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/wicked-for-good\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wicked: For Good <\/a>hit screens earlier this month. It adapts the second half of the acclaimed stage show, and explores the relationship between Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Grande) as they embrace their new identities as the Wicked Witch Of The West and Glinda the Good.<\/p>\n<p>Wicked: For Good\u00a0has scored a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/wicked-for-good-review-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-3909757\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three-star review from\u00a0NME<\/a>, with Nick Levine writing: \u201cThe one truly showstopping moment is Elphaba and Glinda\u2019s climactic rendition of \u2018For Good\u2019, a big, blustery show tune that sums up their entire relationship. Wicked: For Good doesn\u2019t defy gravity like its predecessor but fans will want to hold space for a sequel with a very poignant payoff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande has given fans a \u201cfriendly reminder\u201d not to comment on her body amid growing speculation about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":415357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[171,50,4000,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-415356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pop","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}