Pete Davidson Slams Online Criticism of Ex-Fiancée Ariana Grande’s Appearance: ‘I Think It’s F–ked Up’
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The singer recently stepped away from the public eye after scrutiny about her body surged.
Por Billboard | 30/09/2026
Pete Davidson has seen all of the negative chatter about Ariana Grande , to whom he was once engaged. Though things didn’t work out between him and the pop star, he isn’t happy with the way she’s been treated. Related Ariana Grande Taking a Break After Tour Amid Ongoing Public Scrutiny Ariana Grande Shares Studio Footage From ‘The Day Petal Was Born’: See How the Song Took Root Ariana Grande to Do Press for ‘Focker-in-Law’ Before Taking Previously Announced Break In a cover story interview with Variety published Wednesday (Sept. 30), the comedian shared his thoughts on the discourse surrounding Grande, which reached a fever pitch over the summer as commenters increasingly speculated on her appearance and slender figure. When the scrutiny ramped up even more following the release of her “Petal” music video, Grande announced in August that she’d be stepping away from the public eye for an undisclosed period of time. “I don’t like it at all,” Davidson told the publication of the vitriol. “It’s not cool. She’s a really strong person — I’ve witnessed it — and I don’t understand it.” Grande and the Saturday Night Live alum started dating and got engaged within a matter of months in 2018, ultimately splitting by the end of October that year. Their breakup — after which the singer and Davidson traded a few barbed comments about each other when everything was still fresh — came about a month after the death of Mac Miller , whom the Wicked actress had dated for nearly two years before Davidson. It was a dark time for Grande, who had to grieve the difficult loss of her ex while, at the same time, receiving hate from certain Miller fans who blamed her for the rapper’s fatal overdose. A few months prior, she’d clapped back at the notion that she was responsible for Miller’s DUI crash in May 2018 simply because she’d broken up with him and moved on with Davidson. Now, the King of Staten Island star added to Variety of Grande, “She knows how to handle this stuff though. She’s been around. She’ll be OK, but I think it’s f–ked up.” With Miller’s death and the breakup from Davidson happening in quick succession, Grande famously hunkered down in the studio and turned to music to process her feelings, re-emerging with her Billboard 200 -topping album Thank U, Next . The title track from the LP — in which she name-checks Davidson — spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 , marking her first of many solo No. 1s on the chart. The Bodies Bodies Bodies actor has been open in his stand-up about the experience of being the inspiration for one of pop music’s biggest hit breakup songs, and in the new interview, he quipped that “there should be a group” for famous ex-boyfriends such as himself and Jake Gyllenhaal, the assumed subject of Taylor Swift’s searing No. 1 hit “All Too Well (1