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How is Ariana Grande allowed to keep going?

647 replies

fartotheleftside · 11/06/2026 18:30

She looks like she’s at death’s door with anorexia and yet she’s just kicked off a world tour.

I thought we were living in more enlightened times now and that celebrities’ ill health wouldn’t be enabled like this. If she went to any hospital she’d get admitted for malnutrition.

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DugnuttEyeBoogies · 11/06/2026 20:43

JollyGreenWatermelon · 11/06/2026 19:43

Funny how Kate Middleton, who is not much bigger, is being praised for her accomplishments , and losing the weight so quickly after giving birth.

Are you a bot? Confused

Catherine is no longer called Middleton. She last gave birth in 2018, 8 years ago. She’s had cancer.

Utterly bizarre poster.

LaliqueSaltGrinder · 11/06/2026 20:45

CheerfulYank · 11/06/2026 19:22

Given that only a few years ago she looked like this, it is shocking. But I don’t know what can actually be done about it unless they involuntarily commit her, and that’s unlikely due to the amount of money being thrown around.

This is a picture of a slim, healthy young woman.

Ariana Grande is so thin and skeletal that she looks completely different, unrecognisable. Many people were saying the same when the Wicked movies came out. Yes you'd hope someone close to her would get her the help she really needs but she's making a lot of money for people so....

Poor girl.

Zov · 11/06/2026 20:46

Blueeyedmale · 11/06/2026 20:36

I absolutely agree with you I'm not disputing anything your saying, the point I was trying to make was to the pp saying she can still be a role model an eating disorder doesn't make her a bad person, I wish her well and really hope she can get the support she quite clearly needs.

Fair enough. Smile

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DeathBanana · 11/06/2026 20:46

JollyGreenWatermelon · 11/06/2026 20:23

Since when is it in the spirit of the site to bully women online saying they are too fat, or too skinny?

Would it help you if we decoupled the “how she looks” from the “clearly in the throes of a serious mental illness”?

Zov · 11/06/2026 20:50

CheerfulYank · 11/06/2026 19:22

Given that only a few years ago she looked like this, it is shocking. But I don’t know what can actually be done about it unless they involuntarily commit her, and that’s unlikely due to the amount of money being thrown around.

Oh she looked so lovely here. 😍 She's very pretty. And as has been said, very talented. Her impressions of other female singers on YouTube are brilliant. Her voice is quite outstanding. Good actress too, and she always comes across as lovely. Smile

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How is Ariana Grande allowed to keep going?
3luckystars · 11/06/2026 20:51

How is saying ‘I’m worried about someone’s health’ bullying? A tour is physically demanding, honestly, even travelling to a Harry Styles concert recently was physically demanding and I was only attending it, for one night!

She is very very thin, and Hollywood have a history of putting pressure on people without caring about their health. The public are allowed to show concern here, it’s real.

I love a concert but if I had a ticket to her show now, I would not go, she is not well at all. I don’t want any part of that.

I hope she will recover.

Weeellokthen · 11/06/2026 20:52

Bloody hell, 😮 Yes op, I concur, she needs someone to intervene. She is so obviously, seriously unwell.

Tonkerbea · 11/06/2026 20:52

I've found the latest tour footage really uncomfortable to watch. It's like the life has been drained from her, so sad. I hope she gets the help she obviously needs.

PembrokeshireDangler · 11/06/2026 20:54

I'm sure I read that Grande recently split up with her husband, so that won't be helping.

I also agree with an earlier poster re: Princess Katherine - I've always thought she looks borderline unwell. Her family are all naturally slim, but she is beyond that.

viques · 11/06/2026 20:56

Like so many in that industry. Karen Carpenter, Lena Zavaroni, Britney Spears, beset by illness, anorexia or mental illness, is it the industry itself, the pressures from management and entourage, demands from fans who expect them to perform, or personal demons they bring with them. It is painful to watch though.

Zov · 11/06/2026 20:57

Agree @viques It's sad isn't it?

Mia184 · 11/06/2026 20:57

Goblinmusic · 11/06/2026 18:34

Allowed? Who do you think should stop her?

The insurance companies. The premiums are triple the amount for a normal tour because they don‘t think she will complete the tour.

Cakeymauve · 11/06/2026 20:59

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 11/06/2026 19:04

It’s another Karen Carpenter situation (except Karen was significantly more talented).

That’s really mean.

Totaldramallama · 11/06/2026 21:00

DugnuttEyeBoogies · 11/06/2026 20:43

Are you a bot? Confused

Catherine is no longer called Middleton. She last gave birth in 2018, 8 years ago. She’s had cancer.

Utterly bizarre poster.

And who was praising her? I've seen plenty of concern and comments about how skinny Kate is over the years

TheWineoftheChicken · 11/06/2026 21:00

Mia184 · 11/06/2026 20:57

The insurance companies. The premiums are triple the amount for a normal tour because they don‘t think she will complete the tour.

What’s your source for this?

Lexingtonavenueandme · 11/06/2026 21:00

fartotheleftside · 11/06/2026 18:43

Family. Management. Record company. Her doctors. Friends. Even the bloody insurance company for this tour should have a vested interest in making sure she’s healthy.

basically anyone with a personal connection to her or who is currently making money off her.

she looks like she’s at the level of needing an involuntary hold for anorexia to me.

We’re not enlightened enough to not start threads like this so …

Backedoffhackedoff · 11/06/2026 21:01

Mia184 · 11/06/2026 20:57

The insurance companies. The premiums are triple the amount for a normal tour because they don‘t think she will complete the tour.

This makes zero sense

insurance companies don’t stop people doing things. They just decline to allow you to purchase insurance from them.

how would you know that the premiums are triple because they think she’s going to die? They just wouldn’t insure her if they thought that (and why would they think that?)

Insurance companies are just…. Insurance companies. Literally the definition of faceless and uncaring.

HoraceCope · 11/06/2026 21:10

i have to disagree
she looks slim but not anorexic imo

LittleMonks11 · 11/06/2026 21:15

HoraceCope · 11/06/2026 21:10

i have to disagree
she looks slim but not anorexic imo

Slim? You can see her skeleton. Do behave.

BridgetJonesV2 · 11/06/2026 21:15

I watched the Taylor Swift Eras documentaries on Disney and it was amazing how much training she did to be physically fit enough to get through such a gruelling tour. Running on a treadmill and singing is no easy feat.

Ariana is barely able to move in the footage that's come out of her concerts.

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 11/06/2026 21:17

Namechangefordaughterevasion · 11/06/2026 19:17

There's a massive difference between weight loss from jabs and an ED.

My eldest child suffered from anorexia from age 19-22. She's in her thirties now and (PG) seems fully recovered. I can hardly glance at photos of AG because it brings back painful memories of my lovely girl starving herself to death.

AG is an adult and no-one can stop her doing what she chooses but its heartbreakingly sad that this beautiful, talented young woman is being touted as one of life's success stories while she is obviously very ill indeed.

There's a massive difference between weight loss from jabs and an ED.

some people with EDs misuse jabs, so there isn’t necessarily a massive difference…
A reality TV personality called Layla Taylor (semi) recently spoke about how she suffers from Anorexia and has been using jabs, she ended up checking into a clinic IIRC.

But yes, it’s heartbreakingly sad.

IcedPurple · 11/06/2026 21:20

HoraceCope · 11/06/2026 21:10

i have to disagree
she looks slim but not anorexic imo

There's always one.

Backedoffhackedoff · 11/06/2026 21:21

HoraceCope · 11/06/2026 21:10

i have to disagree
she looks slim but not anorexic imo

You’re just not very good at identifying anorexia

Helpwithdivorce · 11/06/2026 21:23

She has PTSD after someone set a bomb off at her show and murdered 22 of her fans.
She visited the injured in hospital. This isn’t something you get over. Especially when you have the type of personality she has.
Im sure she wishes she was well too. But she’s a performer and perform she will

HoraceCope · 11/06/2026 21:24

Backedoffhackedoff · 11/06/2026 21:21

You’re just not very good at identifying anorexia

and you are a professional anorexia spotter? Hmm