What the Hell Is Going On With Ariana Grande? (Exclusive Tea)

Written By Angela & Alana

Extra, extra, buy one, take me… because we have a lot to unpack when it comes to Ariana Grande and thanks to a little inside tea, we might finally have some answers about what the hell has been going on behind the scenes.

Firstly, welcome back to the blog.

Secondly, if you guys have been following up with us on YouTube, we have been covering the entire public saga.

The main thing you have to understand is that after filming for Wicked wrapped up, Ariana lost A LOT of weight. Like more than she’s ever lost and if you’re an Arianator, you know that this is a new record for her.

Of course it caused a lot of talk and she responded to it saying that the body we’re referring to hers as her “healthy,” was actually when she was on medication and drinking a lot.

Fast forward to the Eternal Sunshine Tour and it’s like it was Ariana’s coming out party showing off her new weight loss.

This Ariana… made Wicked-Press-Tour Ariana look like a before and after in a weight loss competition.

That’s how tiny she is today.

Now you could chat amongst yourself as to whether you believe this is normal and healthy or if you think you shouldn’t comment on women’s bodies, but just know that one thing about your girls, all we do is comment.

And when we speak, it’s usually the real deal without any sugar coating.

My source told you guys in November 2023 that:

And THIS TIME… it’s worse.

So bad that her team released a public statement saying she will step back from public life after she completes her tour.

… 2 days after releasing a brand new album (which I am obsessed with omg Pop Legendiana).

Who overshadows news of a break right after you release an album in the midst of a tour that everyone thinks you’re going to die on?

Mind you… the statement emphasizes how HEALTHY she is twice…

And then she later responds to the statement the following night on tour as if it was a rumor brought upon by yours truly and not her publicist…

So what the hell is going on?

My source tells me that her team is concerned for her, but “Ariana talks a big game similar to the one she gives in the public eye.”

“I’ve heard someone soft confronted her about her appearance and health and she chalked it up to being on tour and not having any time off.”

In my video The Problem With Ariana Grande, I bring up how similar excuses were made by Demi Lovato and especially Taylor Swift, when they were struggling with their eating disorders.

It’s the perfect excuse to conceal the tragedy going on behind the scenes.

I was a little relieved to hear that someone confronted her about it because it looks like she’s just surrounded by yes men, including her own mother who  is actually fully behind her daughter saying “You are magnificent… and this video is incredible!! I love it and I love you more!!!”

Saying this…

when your daughter looked like this…

is a choice.

My source tells me that being on tour and not having any time off will “inevitably be the excuse when it comes to her exhaustion.”

Many people felt like Ariana would cancel some shows because “how could she perform in that condition,” but my source told me in early August that there is no way that is happening and “that has never come up to begin with.”

It’s also a fairly short tour and not a traditional worldwide tour with multiple legs over the years.

Ariana putting on a show every night doesn’t automatically prove that she’s okay. 

One thing that doesn't get talked about enough is what starvation actually does to the brain. When the body isn't getting enough food, it releases stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline as a survival mechanism. From an evolutionary standpoint, your body isn't trying to shut down…it temporarily tries to keep you alert enough to go find food.

That's one reason eating disorders can become so difficult to escape. Over time, the brain can begin associating restriction with a sense of control, relief, or even increased alertness, creating a vicious cycle where the illness starts reinforcing itself. It's not simply a matter of choosing to eat or not eat. The biology itself begins working against you.

My source tells me that like Ariana said, the break was planned in advance because she knew she didn’t have any promo lined up for Petal.

But my source tells me that there was something strategic with the way they went about the break so they could essentially blame the public and garner sympathy for her since “who knows how she’ll eventually recover or what will happen to her? Will she go into treatment? Rehab?”

“They’re prepping the general public to soften toward her. That was the reason behind the statement.”

This brings us into a different story… Ariana’s resentment with the public and how her image suffered more than she ever thought would be the case with the homewrecker allegations.

“Ariana holds resentment for how the media treated her during Wicked and the Ethan drama… She wants to disappear and reset.”

Adding more about the Ethan drama my source said, “The relationship with Ethan was never meant to be public. Once their affair got exposed and his wife was quoted by the press, Ariana tried to normalize the relationship by being seen with him and essentially doubling down on their relationship as if they didn’t do anything wrong.”

“If she went into hiding or things quickly got awkward between them on the carpet or during the press tour, it would confirm the affair more and make it more obvious. So by being seen with him and trying to normalize them, she wanted to be like “you didn’t catch me doing anything wrong, here he is.”

She continues saying “Ariana actually had a lot of shame toward the situation. It’s why she is freely posing Ricky, matching tattoos and all, because she doesn’t feel exposed the way she did with Ethan. She knows she didn’t get away with the Ethan relationship and it’s why she dropped him the second the era wrapped up… just like I told you she would.”

This was the same source who spilled the following tea from November 2023:

They didn’t end things officially during this era… the official end came in 2025.

And again in December 2025:

And that is exactly what happening in the great year of 2026.

When news of their breakup broke, industry sources revealed they BEEN DONE months earlier.

Just like we told you.

I go into more detail about their suspicious timeline and breakup in my Narcissistic Collapse video.

Going back to my source… she tells me that things didn’t go as planned for Ariana and this is what leads to her resentment with how everything went down.

Aside from the permanent label of “cheater” and side eyes she gets from everyone when she tries to PR-talk her way out of that scandal, “She didn’t get the respect and acclaim she thought Wicked would bring her. She wanted to retire from music from a bit.”

Which is true… she alluded to weaning out music for a bit, saying: “But I don't think doing it at the rate I've been doing it for the past 10 years is where I see the next 10 years.”

And what happened shortly later? She released the Eternal Sunshine album and then 2 years later, followed it up with Petal.

Sounds a lot like a typical album rollout for a full time pop star.

Ariana previously explained that she had submerged herself in Wicked and publicly explained her musical absence in terms of that commitment. Eternal Sunshine emerged during an unexpected interruption in filming with the writer’s strike.

But my source also says… “The roles aren’t flying in either. She’s unhappy with the lack of recognition for Wicked and the public only commenting about the bad parts of that era.”

An ongoing theory is that Ariana was heartbroken when she didn’t get cast in the Audrey Hepburn biopic.

Speculation began swirling that Ariana was eyeing an Audrey Hepburn biopic, fueled in part by her increasingly Hepburn-inspired fashion, that even Vogue questioned.

Ariana even responded to the ongoing chatter, reaffirming that everyone keeps asking her about this to which she says: “you’re insane, you’re insane, I love you.”

@accesshollywood #ArianaGrande reacts to the #AudreyHepburn chatter! #awardseason ♬ original sound - Access Hollywood

That same month, a source told Life & Style magazine that, “Ariana is playing down her ambition in all of this and being very humble when people ask her about playing Audrey, but of course she would kill for that role.”

Of course with Rooney Mara's Audrey Hepburn biopic stalled, everyone thought that Ariana would be the fan favorite, but again… this is all speculation.

Now many of you guys have been asking about me about the looming vibe this era has been giving with Ariana crying on stage, emphasizing how much she loves her fans, the imagery of her being “risen” and overall the dark vibe.

Many people have been theorizing that this is her “goodbye” or with some even going as far as saying that she’s trying to end her life.

“I don’t think it’s goodbye. I think it’s Ariana feeling like it’s enough for her, not wanting to deal with this right now and is very much ‘well if you don’t like me no matter how hard I’ll try, I’ll leave then.’” — my source

My source continues saying that’s it’s essentially the premise of the Petal music video and that Ariana struggles a lot with her appearance. It’s a big accusation that she’s trying to end her life through starvation and at the end of the day, this is a major illness that we’re talking about.

“The break is for her to genuinely regroup. She didn’t take a break since Wicked and she hasn’t processed literally anything she’s been through. I haven’t heard of her doing drugs like coke and stuff like that. That was the old Ariana pre-covid.”

Ariana’s ongoing personality changes is something that turns off the general public, so much so that she references it in her Petal music video.

During one harsh audition sequence, a panel of older male executives rejects her, calls her "inauthentic," and bluntly asks, "Do you got some personality disorder going on?" before telling her they miss the "old" version of her.

This is why I believe that Ariana hates the fact that everyone clocked her new Wicked persona. It made her feel kinda foolish rather than authentic, especially when everyone on TikTok started digging into the “old” Ariana and accusing her of stealing Victoria Monet’s personality… aka the personality that was everyone’s favorite of Ariana’s.

@senzabaru

♬ Set it off - 🤞🏾

And that’s the issue between why Ariana may not be taken seriously as an actress…

You can’t develop a new personality based on every character you play.

Austin Butler faced a lot of backlash for this after his Elvis method acting extended after hours, so you can only imagine how people feel about Ariana who has a drastic history of personality changes.

@thisisheart Kinda obsessed with Austin Butler’s raspy Elvis voice… 😍 #austinbutler #austinbutlerelvis #austinbutleredit #elvismovie #elvis ♬ original sound - Heart

This is one of those “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” type of situations because the public expects you to be authentic in an industry full of fake-it-till-you-make-its.

“She feels exposed and on top of that, she’s not getting that dopamine hit from the public praising her every move like before. Even with fans.” — my source

A big part of Ariana’s gig was getting away with things that she intentionally sought out to destroy.

We saw this in Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored (quite self explanatory) and one of you guys had commented that this is seen in the lyrics of Make Up.

And from my experience, directors and movie execs, don’t like when you overshadow the promo of a movie with things that aren’t necessarily positive because while it may work in the moment as free promo… it ages badly in the long run.

When we think of Wicked, instead of thinking about its run and the amazing job done… we think about all the memes, weight loss concerns, tears during interviews and etc.

@dundercollection iconic and messy x #wicked #arianagrande #cynthiaerivo #cinema #fyp ♬ original sound - dundercollection

With pop stars and music release, that works because it’s supposed to reflect your personal life. But with movies… directors and producers are more concerned about the movie being the focal point and not the controversy around it.

Think about the disaster that was the press tour for Don’t Worry Darling.

In between the “did Harry Styles spit or not spit on Chris Pine” or the relationship between Harry and Olivia Wilde or the crazy drama between the lead star, Florence Pugh and the director… one has to question what ages better: the movie or the real life drama?

It’s not like Hollywood was breaking down Harry Styles’ door with acting roles after that, nor were people exactly begging Olivia Wilde to direct another movie. She finally got another chance to direct with The Invite this year… four years after that mess.

This is also more proof that there was really no other option besides Ariana and Ethan pretending like what happened… didn’t actually happen.

And now, Ariana is flaunting her relationship with Ricky… even making a joke about him being her last.

Keep in mind that it was Ariana who first alerted the general public and the media to her relationship with Ricky, when she first changed the lyric that one night on tour.

And things have only ramped up for them since with them being spotted together everything, getting matching tattoos, and being Instagram official.

All the more reason to believe that everything about her relationship with Ethan was rooted in shame after being publicly exposed and the fact that he blew up his entire life for someone that EVERYONE said would leave him once the Wicked era wrapped up.

Truly wicked if you ask me.

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this long awaited post and I was able to spill some inside tea!

Here are some messages between my source and I (just like the old days iykyk)

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