Ariana Grande made it clear last week she has no time for the TikTok impersonations,
and now one of her prime impersonators is clapping back after being publicly shaded
online.
What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad back here with Clevver News, and we’ve got an
update on the Ariana Grande - Tik Tok - look-a-like saga.
Ariana Grande has always been transparent with her fans, and last week we learned that
imitation isn’t exactly the highest form of flattery after Ari made her feelings clear
about fans impersonating her Sam & Cat character Cat Valentine.
As you probably know, one TikTok user, Paige Niemann, has gone viral over the past few
months for sharing clips of herself in a full Ari-inspired makeover while impersonating
her and her past TV show roles.
Her Instagram is basically a cloned account of Ariana Grande, and she pretty much owns
the fact that she can transform into a less ‘Grande’ version of Ariana on any given
But after her video recently went viral and gained millions of views, many began weighing
in again on both how impressive and creepy they think the video actually was, including
Ariana herself.
We’re gonna break down all the details, but before we do, make sure you subscribe
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Alright, so the drama kicked back up last week when Ari shared a post shared to her
Instagram story that was quickly deleted, featuring a screenshotted video of filmmaker
Jordan Firstman doing a slew of different “impressions.”
In one video, he criticized meme makers for repurposing an artist’s creativity into
a viral Internet laugh-fest.
One line that really caught Ari’s attention was when Jordan explained that turning a celeb
or their characters into a meme or a TikTok video is “degrading its entire value.”
In Ari’s story, she highlighted that line, writing, “OMG can this please also double
as your impression of the ponytail TikTok girls who think doing that Cat Valentine voice
and that wearing winged eyeliner and a sweatshirt is doing a good impersonation of me… [because]
this really how it feels…
‘Degrading its entire value.’
I screamed.”
This caught the attention of literally everyone, especially Paige, who then actually clapped
back with her own insult.
Shortly after Ari’s statement made headlines, Paige popped back with her own insult, saying
QUOTE, “I’m used to Ariana shading me, so it’s whatever.
I’m just here to entertain people.
It’s not how I am in real life.
It’s kind of why I’m not a fan of her any more, honestly.”
Ouch!
I’m just a little confused as to why she continues to impersonate someone she doesn’t
even really like, but I’m curious to hear what you guys think about Paige’s response
to Ari, and do you think the impersonations should stop?
Be sure to chime in down here in the comments, but as we previously reported, this isn’t
the first time Ari and Paige have been at odds over the imitations.
Back in November, Paige’s TikTok career began to gain traction after fans noticed
she had been dressing and acting exactly like Ari.
Honestly, when bouncing from Ari’s account back to Paige’s account enough times, its
easy to get confused…
Anyway, one of Paige’s videos where she does a spot-on Cat impersonation caught Ari’s
attention, but not exactly in a good way…
Ariana responded to a user, who captioned the video saying, “I just know Ariana is
terrified…” with, “i just wonder whyyyy the cat voice / dialogue.
i am sure she is the sweetest sweet sweetheart forreal!! but it’s definitely bizarre seeing
people blend the two worlds lmao.”
This is most likely what Paige meant when she explained that she’s “used to being
shaded by Ariana, but since then, many of Paige’s videos have generated a slew of
mixed reactions.
Some fans claim that Paige and Ari simply look alike and that Paige can’t help what
she looks like.
One user commented on her TikTok videos, writing, “Idk why everyone is saying ‘be yourself’
this is how she looks like and this is what she wants to do.
Relax let her live!”
Other responses came flooding in about how this ‘imitation’ is just straight-up creepy,
like this user, who wrote, “if you really think about it... this is not role play anymore.
this is just pure obsession and y’all are congratulating her on that.”
And there were even some that imitated Paige’s response to Ari, like this comment that read,
“i dOn't LikE AriAnA AnyMoRe".............. that's what you said.
sis-”
Ari has yet to respond to Paige’s recent comment, and with 200 million other adoring
fans, we’re not sure she will…
For even more piping hot TikTok tea, click right over here to see what Charli D’Amelio’s
copycat had to say about all the backlash she received.
I'm Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, bye guys!