“She really was wonderful to be around.”
Ariana Grande and Jim Carrey's friendship is a really cute story! What started out as
a childhood crush turned into an unlikely friendship that fans can’t get enough of.
Let’s get into it!
Longtime fans of Ariana Grande know that she’s been a diehard Jim Carrey stan since she was
a child.
“Alllrighty then. *snap*”
I mean, she’s even revealed that her first AIM username was JimCarreyFan42 when she was
in 4th grade.
Ariana is THAT kind of fan. And she’s also been very open about the fact that he’s
always been her celebrity crush.
“My childhood crush, my lifelong crush like it kind of all just goes together is Jim Carrey
I love him so much. I love him so much.”
During that 2015 interview on Live With Kelly and Michael, Ariana also spoke about how she
cried when she finally got the chance to meet Jim in person.
“I was kind of nervous to meet him because I was like you know he’s been my crush forever
and what if he’s not as nice as I’m expecting. He was so over the top nice and perfect and
just how I’d hoped he’d be.”
Ahh I love this sooo much… And around the same time she told Ryan Seacrest that she
dreamed of riding into her iHeartRadio Music Awards performance with Jim Carey on a motorcycle.
“Um Jim Carrey would be great, no I’m just kidding. Oh well let’s think about
this, I love him. Oh I’m sorry.”
And Ariana took to Instagram to share this video of the moment she actually met Jim writing
“me meeting Jim Carrey” with a bunch of crying emojis.
She really did shed quite a few tears!
And over time, Ariana fangirling over Jim actually turned into a legitimate friendship.
In February 2019, she appeared on his show Kidding and Jim spoke to the Associated Press
about how their friendship blossomed.
“You know there’s this weird kind of connection that happened over the internet and I realized
she was saying she’s a fan she’s been a fan forever and all this stuff.”
He went on to say that they really just admired each other’s talents and raved about getting
to work with Ari.
“She really was wonderful to be around.”
And if you haven’t seen Ari guest star on Kidding, you’ve gotta watch the whole episode.
“But if you can see me, how bad can things be? What do you when the barrel that carries
you suddenly harries you? Stick together!”
After filming the episode with Jim, Ari took to Instagram to share this photo of the two
of them and wrote a lengthy caption.
In her post, Ari wrote quote, “there aren’t words. i’ve been staring at my screen and
no words do this moment justice. thankful for the most special experience of my life.
nothing is crazier than getting to work with and spend time with someone whom you’ve
idolized and adored since before you could speak.”
She went on and called it a “dream of an experience” and the two continued to
gush over each other on social media.
That same year, Ari posted one of Jim Carrey’s quotes about depression on her IG stories.
And Jim, saw her post and reached out to Ari on Twitter.
And as if all this wasn’t enough to prove that Ari and Jim have the most adorable unlikely
friendship in Hollywood, Ariana also has a tattoo dedicated to one of Jim’s characters.
On Instagram stories, Ariana showed a picture of the tattoo of a Jim Carrey quote from The
Truman Show that says, “In case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening and good
night!”
The tattoo Ari posted was a screenshot from her friend Courtney’s matching tattoo that
they both got.
And if I can just segway for a quick second, can you just imagine what was going through
Ari’s mind as she was getting that tattoo and how excited she was? Ahh it just makes
me so happy for her.
And since her appearance on his show, Ari and Jim have just continued to support each
other.
We can’t wait to see where their friendship takes them next, and how they will be involved
in each other’s projects down the road.
Maybe Jim could even officiate Ariana and Dalton Gomez’s wedding?!
“Yes, yes, yes, yes!” Ok, now we’re just getting ahead of ourselves,
but you have to admit, that would be epic wouldn’t it?
We’ll keep you posted on if that actually comes to fruition, and if it does, you heard
it here first! For now, if you want more on another unlikely celebrity friendship,
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Also, let us know down in the comments below what you think of Jim and Ariana’s friendship.
Are you as obsessed with them as we are? I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on
TikTok @Sussan_Mourad, bye guys!