{"id":2133,"date":"2026-07-09T04:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:25:11","slug":"ariana-grande-impersonator-claims-singer-sent-her-astonishing-dm-telling-her-to-be-herself-and-lose-the-makeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2133","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande impersonator claims singer sent her astonishing DM telling her to &#8216;be herself&#8217; and lose the makeup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"94.435138987883\">\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/profile-468\/sameer-suri.html\" class=\"author\">SAMEER SURI, US SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-08T22:52:40+0100\"> 17:52 EDT, 8 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-09T00:09:52+0100\"> 19:09 EDT, 8 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/tvshowbiz\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-design-system\/latest\/designTokens.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/11.87.1\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.5.1\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/16.10.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.5.1\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.5.1\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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minus &#8216;all the make up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Daily Mail has contacted Grande&#8217;s representatives for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2a328d231486bca2\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/08\/21\/109890953-15963507-Ariana_Grande_impersonator_Paige_Niemann_pictured_last_year_has_-m-59_1783542747539.jpg\" height=\"844\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ariana Grande impersonator Paige Niemann, pictured last year, has claimed she got an astonishing message from the pop star herself about the impression\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ariana Grande impersonator Paige Niemann, pictured last year, has claimed she got an astonishing message from the pop star herself about the impression<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8a588328e859e590\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/08\/21\/109890949-15963507-The_22_year_old_unveiled_a_DM_supposedly_from_Grande_herself_rea-m-61_1783542797632.jpg\" height=\"776\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The 22-year-old unveiled a DM supposedly from Grande herself, reassuring her she was 'beautiful as you are' minus 'all the make up'; Grande pictured December 2024\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The 22-year-old unveiled a DM supposedly from Grande herself, reassuring her she was &#8216;beautiful as you are&#8217; minus &#8216;all the make up&#8217;; Grande pictured December 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Grande allegedly wrote: &#8216;i am flattered and i am sure you\u2019re very sweet. but i just wanted you to know, i looked back a little ways on your page and i think someone should tell you if they haven\u2019t today that you\u2019re very beautiful as YOURSELF.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She is said to have added: &#8216;without all the make up and trying to make your face look more similar to someone else\u2019s and whatnot.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The purported message from the Dangerous Woman hitmaker went on: &#8216;i had to say it because it is the truth. always do what makes you happy of course but if i didn\u2019t say that to you, i\u2019d regret it. you\u2019re beautiful as you are. take care.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Niemann&#8217;s attempts to look and act like Grande have been so polarizing from the outset that her TikTok account has been taken down on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Back in 2020, filmmaker Jordan Firstman posted a parody of Ariana Grande impersonators that elicited a response from the pop star herself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Can this please also double as your impression of the pony tail TikTok girls who think doing the Cat Valentine voice and that wearing winged eyeliner and a sweatshirt is doing a good impersonation of me&#8230; cause this really how it feels,&#8217; wrote Grande.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She made a point of noting that she &#8216;screamed&#8217; at the part of Firstman&#8217;s video in which he described the Grande impressions as &#8216;degrading.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Niemann, who was 14 at the time, reacted on a livestream by saying that she was &#8216;used to Ariana shading me, so it&#8217;s whatever.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-88526555f614f23\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/08\/21\/94730043-15963507-Experts_have_previously_warned_people_against_undergoing_cosmeti-a-63_1783542862308.jpg\" height=\"795\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Niemann's attempts to look and act like Grande have been so polarizing from the outset that her TikTok account has been taken down more than once; Niemann pictured on Instagram\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Niemann&#8217;s attempts to look and act like Grande have been so polarizing from the outset that her TikTok account has been taken down more than once; Niemann pictured on Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\" style=\"height: auto;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fcc8184c634d39d9\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/08\/21\/94730049-15963507-Her_hair_and_makeupAs_her_notoriety_grew_through_her_teenage_yea-a-66_1783542962855.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\" alt=\"As her notoriety grew through her teenage years and early adulthood, Niemann's resemblance to Grande began to verge on the eerie\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">As her notoriety grew through her teenage years and early adulthood, Niemann&#8217;s resemblance to Grande began to verge on the eerie\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8ac0ee1e1db5173d\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/08\/22\/94730015-15963507-Her_hair_and_makeup_was_a_dead_ringer_for_Grande_s_and_she_becam-m-80_1783544849046.jpg\" height=\"799\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Her hair and makeup was a dead ringer for Grande's, and she became the subject of rumors that she had undergone surgery to enhance her similarity to her idol\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Her hair and makeup was a dead ringer for Grande&#8217;s, and she became the subject of rumors that she had undergone surgery to enhance her similarity to her idol\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She insisted that she was &#8216;just here to entertain people. It&#8217;s not how I am in real life. It&#8217;s kind of why I&#8217;m not a fan of her any more, honestly.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In 2022, the year she turned 18, Niemann launched an OnlyFans with the promise of &#8216;Exclusive content that you normally wouldn\u2019t see from me!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She was heaped with opprobrium over the &#8216;misleading&#8217; page, on which she continued her gambit of attempting to resemble Grande.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When her TikTok was banned for the final time in 2024, rumors flew that the axe fell for the final time because she was using her account to plug her OnlyFans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/tvshowbiz\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Ariana Grande impersonator claims singer sent her astonishing DM telling her to &#8216;be herself&#8217; and lose the makeup<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By SAMEER SURI, US SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 17:52 EDT, 8 July 2026 | Updated: 19:09 EDT, 8 July 2026 An Ariana Grande impersonator has claimed she got an astonishing message from the pop star herself about the impression. 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