{"id":26532,"date":"2026-08-03T21:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26532"},"modified":"2026-08-03T21:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:53:40","slug":"ariana-grande-to-step-back-from-the-spotlight-due-to-public-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26532","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande to Step Back From the Spotlight Due to Public Scrutiny"},"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>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap body dropcap\">After wrapping up her Eternal Sunshine Tour in London on September 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/ariana-grande\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Ariana Grande<\/a> will be stepping away from the public eye. Her spokesperson revealed this to <em>People,<\/em> explaining: \u201cShe looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny.\u201d The spokesperson thus sought to dispel, in his own words, the speculation of countless online users who, for months\u2014due to the pop star\u2019s noticeable weight loss\u2014have expressed serious concerns about her physical and mental health. These speculations were also refuted by an insider, who told <em>People:<\/em> \u201c[Grande] performs a very physical show, and there is a lot of athleticism involved. She performs healthily and successfully at a very high level night after night.\u201d In the past, incidentally, Ariana herself had repeatedly asked fans and the media to <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@arianagrande\/video\/7220884832472026414\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@arianagrande\/video\/7220884832472026414&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@arianagrande\/video\/7220884832472026414\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">avoid intrusive comments about her appearance<\/a>, noting that \u201chealthy can look different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It appears the 33-year-old will be taking a fairly long break. And this summer, contrary to what was planned, she will not be among the lead actors in the new London stage production of Stephen Sondheim\u2019s musical, <em>Sunday in the Park with George<\/em>. Ariana won\u2019t be taking the stage, but she \u201ccannot wait to support the brilliant team bringing this project to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The intense media attention surrounding her may have hastened her decision to step away from the spotlight, but the hiatus may have been in the works for some time. Last November, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sqF-GLIjzxk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>Good Hang With Amy Poehler<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sqF-GLIjzxk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">podcast<\/a>, while discussing her new tour, Ariana stated: \u201cI don\u2019t want to say anything definitive things\u2014I do know that I\u2019m very excited to do this small tour, but I think it might not happen again for a long, long, long time [&#8230;] one last hurrah\u2014for now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After wrapping up her Eternal Sunshine Tour in London on September 1, Ariana Grande will be stepping away from the public eye. Her spokesperson revealed this to People, explaining: \u201cShe looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a7098ea629cef5c549cbc26\/16:9\/w_1280,c_limit\/GettyImages-2255347859.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}