Ariana Grande Has Had It With ‘Disreputable Evil Tabloids’ Ruining Her Life

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | September 30, 2024 |

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | September 30, 2024 |

Ariana Grande has faced criticism for her speaking voice throughout her career. Her high-pitched register began as a character trait on the Nickelodeon show that launched her career and has naturally evolved since then. Now, critics are claiming she hasn’t dropped her Glinda voice since filming Wicked.

“There is a part of the world that isn’t familiar with what it takes to transform your voice, whether it’s singing, adopting a different dialect for a role, or doing a character voice,” Grande recently told Vanity Fair. “When a male actor does it, it’s praised. Sure, there might be jokes, but they usually come after admiration: ‘Oh wow, he was so immersed in the role.’ And that’s just part of the job. It’s an age-old story of being a woman in this industry. You’re treated differently, scrutinized in ways others aren’t.”

It’s all true. Hollywood and the media love a Method Man and famously hate women. This criticism is just another symptom of the vicious treatment she’s faced for years.

“The back-and-forth throughout my career has been really tough to navigate mentally,” she admitted. “I was the approachable, funny redhead on Nickelodeon, and everyone liked me. Then I had one too many hit records, and suddenly I was labeled an evil diva. Then other horrible things happened, and suddenly I was both a hero and a victim.” That last part refers to the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at her concert in Manchester, England, in 2017.

“Honestly, it’s taken a lot of hard work to last this long and heal certain parts of my relationship with fame and my career, especially with tabloids trying to tear me down since I was 19. But you know what? I’m 31 now, I’m not perfect, but I am deeply good, and I’m proud of who I’m becoming. I won’t let disreputable, malicious tabloids ruin my life or distort my sense of what’s real and good.”

Stars like her and Selena Gomez, who transitioned from child actor to musician to adult actor, face more intense scrutiny than most. This isn’t new information. However, lately, there has been a fresh discussion about fame and how it affects those in the spotlight, and Grande’s stance fits right in with the current sentiment: Let me live.