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Ariana Grande recently urged her followers to think twice before making harmful remarks about others’ bodies.
The 32-year-old artist, known for hits like “We Can’t Be Friends,” shared a segment from a 2024 interview on her Instagram Stories this past Saturday, highlighting her thoughts on appearance-related negativity.
Accompanying the reposted video, she wrote, “resharing this from last year ♡ as a loving reminder to all.”
In the emotional clip, Grande opened up about the impact that negative comments had on her as she navigated fame from a young age.
“I’ve been in the public eye since I was 16 or 17, almost like an experiment in a petri dish, so I’ve heard it all,” Grande expressed.
“I’ve heard every version of it — of what’s wrong with me. And then you fix it, and then it’s wrong for different reasons. But that’s everything from — even just the simplest thing — your appearance, you know?”
The former Nickelodeon star explained that it’s “hard to protect yourself from that noise” when “you’re young and you’re hearing all kinds of things.”
“I think that it’s something that is uncomfortable no matter what scale you’re experiencing it on,” she said, “even if you go to Thanksgiving dinner, and someone’s granny says, ‘Oh my God, you look skinnier! What happened?’ or ‘You look heavier! What happened?’”
“I think in today’s society, there is a comfortability that we shouldn’t have at all — commenting on others’ looks, appearance, what they think is going on behind the scenes or health or how they present themselves,” she continued.
The “Wicked: For Good” actress previously addressed her body shamers in 2023, giving an impassioned speech urging her followers to be more mindful before making comments on others’ appearances.
“The body that you’ve been comparing my current body to was the unhealthiest version of my body. I was on a lot of antidepressants and drinking on them and eating poorly,” she explained.
“[I was] at the lowest point of my life when I looked the way you consider my healthy, but that in fact wasn’t my healthy.”
“I know I shouldn’t have to explain that. But I do feel like maybe having an openness and some sort of vulnerability here, good might come from it,” she shared.
