Ariana Grande is standing up for her mental health after that heinous red carpet scare!
As Perezcious readers know, last week at the Singapore premiere of Wicked: For Good, a “fan” hopped the barricade and charged Ariana. The creep, who has a history of stunts like this, was charged and sentenced to nine days in jail. Naturally, the moment rattled the performer, who is still dealing with PTSD from the devastating bombing at her Manchester concert years ago.
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And so when her mental health was put at risk at another premiere, Ari shut it down. While on the carpet at the NYC premiere on Monday, the paps on scene got way too chaotic for her as they shouted for her attention. The Victorious alum looked a little unnerved before she and her co-star, Cynthia Erivo, off to the side, both flagged down a handler for help.
According to forensic lipreader Jeremy Freeman, who spoke to DailyMail.com, the Glinda actress appeared to request:
“If you could [signaling calm it down with her hands]… my anxiety.”
And remarkably, the photographers listened! Ariana thanked them, saying later:
“This is so peaceful, see?”
Check it out:
We’re glad she spoke up! And what an awesome friend and co-star she has in Cynthia! She was SO locked in on Ariana and stepped in to get her help immediately. Love that!
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