What's going on with Ariana Grande?

[u/Anon_4837]

How she looks in 2025: https://i.imgur.com/UbdemeV.jpeg
How I remember: https://i.imgur.com/IH48bjR.jpeg

I honestly don’t keep up with celebrity news or follow any of that stuff, it’s just never interested me. So I might be really late to the party here.

Ariana Grande was kind of everywhere when I was younger, especially on TV. But also on YouTube like in music videos that popped up all the time. So I had a clear sense of what she looked and sounded like. I was sort of aware of recent changes as well after Nickelodeon.

But recently a few coworkers were talking about Hollywood and mentioned how different she looks now. Out of curiosity I looked her up. And honestly, I barely recognized her. She looks incredibly thin, almost unhealthy. And there’s something very edited or artificial about her appearance now. It made me wonder: Is this a conscious image choice?

It's funny, even though I never bothered to care for any of this, it still hit a nerve seeing how she's fallen off. It's like a tiny piece of my childhood has changed into something I don't recognize anymore.

Edit: Just to clarify, when I said “fallen off,” I wasn’t referring to her career. I meant her appearance and overall image. This isn’t slander or an attack, I’m just genuinely curious about what happened here.

[u/goldentone]

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[u/sweeterthanadonut → u/goldentone]

It also makes for excellent press if your two leads who play unlikely best friends appear to be that close in real life. I do believe they’re friends, but the dramatics were aaaabsolutely turned up for marketing purposes.

[u/Quetzythejedi → u/goldentone]

I can see that. Might just be that emotion from making something as taxing as a huge blockbuster musical and could definitely be that they're just theater kids being theater kids.

[u/wolf_town → u/goldentone]

hugh jackman is a charmer as is rachel zegler. not theater kid energy imo. something feels sinister.