Ariana Grande is a pint-sized vocal powerhouse.
But she's almost as well-known for her alleged diva antics as she is for her pipes.
The onetime Nickelodeon starlet's difficult reputation as being rude to fans and impossible
to work with has started to precede her.
Here are some of her shadiest moments to date.
Break Free
Grande's been known to engage in some serious co-star conflict.
Sam & Cat ended after just one season in 2013 — and Grande's friendship with co-star Jennette
McCurdy was reportedly a casualty of the show's end, too.
McCurdy skipped out on the Kids' Choice Awards in March 2014, citing alleged "mistreatment"
from Nickelodeon and hinting that Grande was to blame for not standing up for McCurdy in
contract negotiations.
This led to some seriously shady subtweeting between the stars.
Grande pointedly omitted McCurdy from a long list of thank yous she posted once the end
of Sam & Cat officially came.
Meanwhile, McCurdy wrote a post of her own all about how she had "cut out a friend" — and
many fans believed that unnamed friend to be Grande.
She wrote, "We aren't better friends because being friends with you takes the 'better'
out of me.
In fact, I might possibly be the worst version of myself when I'm around you … Where did
I go?
As far away from you as I can get.
You won't be hearing from me anymore because sweetheart, being a friend to you was doing
so much more for you than it was doing for me.
You sucked the life right out of me, and I want my life back."
She'd later be a bit more diplomatic about the rift in an interview, saying:
"We butted heads at times but in a very sisterly well.
She knows me so well and I know her so well."
But it's not just people that know her who complain about Ariana Grande's attitude.
Problem
In 2011, Alexander DeLeon, lead singer of The Cab, tweeted, "Hope none of my fans ever
have the displeasure of meeting @ArianaGrande.
Most stuck up, disrespectful person I've ever met in this industry."
And it wasn't the last time Grande would be publicly blasted for making a bad impression.
In August 2014, one fan's father posted a blog about how rude Grande was to his daughters
at a meet and greet.
After his daughter won a contest by drawing a picture of Grande, the singer allegedly
made no secret about the fact that she wasn't impressed.
The furious father wrote, "[Grande] approached her fans without a smile — just an icy look
as she toyed with her hair.
She was surrounded by 8 to 10 assistants.
Ariana stood by, with a blank stare … 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.
No small talk.
No banter … She never bothered to even ask anyone their name … Then Jen took out one
of the drawings that won the contest for her.
Kelly snapped a photo of her smiling little sister giving Ariana the drawing … 'Delete
those pictures, please,' was all Ariana said … Ariana turned to her security and ordered,
'Make sure she deleted those.'
Then, Ariana Grande walked away from her prize-winning fans without even saying goodbye."
Side to Side
When Ariana Grande shows up to a photo shoot, she's notoriously got a laundry list of demands
— chief among them, being photographed in non-natural light and only on her good side.
E! News correspondent Giuliana Rancic confirmed the horror stories about her, saying that
Grande's team shoved and bullied anyone in their way of getting Grande from her "good"
side.
She said, "I feel like where there is smoke, there is fire.
It was like you either get on the other side or we don't do an interview … It's one thing
if it's Mariah [Carey] … But when you're new on the block, trying to earn your stripes..."
Maybe next time she should focus on showing off the good side of her personality instead
of her face.
Over and Over Again
Her recent relationships have been brimming with drama, too.
When Grande first broke out of her Nickelodeon bubble, she dated YouTube star Jai Brooks.
They had an ugly split in 2013, with Brooks taking to Twitter to accuse Grande of cheating
with Nathan Sykes, who was then a member of boy band The Wanted.
Grande then openly dated Sykes, with whom she duetted on "Almost Is Never Enough" and
"Over And Over Again."
"How he handled it was a bit unexpected but um.."
Their relationship conveniently lasted from just before their single debuted to just after
it flopped on the charts, at which point she reunited with Brooks.
But that didn't last long either: she and Brooks split again in 2014.
After that, she was part of another juicy celebrity love triangle when she started dating
Big Sean, with whom she collaborated on her smashes "Right There" and "Problem."
That relationship had a sketchy beginning: They allegedly first got together when Big
Sean was still engaged to Glee star Naya Rivera.
Rivera dished about finding the two together in her memoir, writing, "We'd been fighting
for five straight days while he was traveling, and then on the one day that he was back in
L.A., he said he didn't want to see me.
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.'"
Time to Lick the donuts
In 2015, on the Fourth of July no less, Grande and her then-backup dancer boyfriend, Ricky
Alvarez, went to a donut shop, where she was rude to employees.
She was captured on camera saying, "I need a donut professional in here."
But then it got so...much...worse.
She was caught on camera licking a tray of donuts for which she hadn't paid, and then
she muttered:
"What the f--- is this?
… I hate Americans.
I hate America."
When she was called out on it later, she released a statement that said, "I am extremely proud
to be an American and I've always made it clear that I love my country.
What I said in a private moment with my friend, who was buying the donuts, was taken out of
context and I am sorry for not using more discretion with my choice of words....
I apologize if I have offended anyone with my poor choice of words."
The comment also lamented American obesity and demanded that the rest of the nation do
better.
Nice.
But her non-apology didn't sit well with everyone, so she tried to make it right again by saying,
"I feel like seeing a video of yourself behaving poorly that you have no idea was taken is
such a rude awakening."
Grande kept the camera rolling as her second donut apology continued over the next two-and-a-half
minutes.
"I didn't know what to do…
I was so disgusted with myself.
I shoved my face in a pillow and wanted to disappear, but instead I'm going to come forward
and own up to what I did and take responsibility."
After everything else, Ariana's bizarro donut incident may have finally left a bad taste
in some people's mouths.
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