Ariana Grande didn't find Pete Davidson's joke about Manchester bombing funny
Ariana Grande has addressed her fans' concerns over a joke about the Manchester attack made by her fiancé Pete Davidson.
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Grande replied to a tweet posted by a fan, who expressed concern about Grande's relationship with Davidson.
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"I don't know why she is still with Pete, like yeah he made that joke a while ago, but like it's not funny, it's just rude," wrote @ariissalegend.
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The joke in question was made during a standup gig several months ago. Davidson said that Grande must know that she's reached a certain level of fame because "Britney Spears didn’t have a terrorist attack at her concert."
22 people were killed after the attack at an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester arena in May 2017.
Grande responded to @ariissalegend's tweet, stating that it "has been v tough & conflicting" on her heart.
"He uses comedy to help ppl feel better ab how f-ed up things in the world are," she wrote. "We all deal w trauma differently."
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That said, Grande conceded that she didn't find the joke funny.
"I of course didn't find it funny," she wrote. "It was months ago & his intention wasn't/ is never malicious but it was unfortunate."
Fans replied to Grande's response explaining why they are upset about Davidson's comment, but stated that "no blame is on" her and that they love her.
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Other fans said they'd "agree disagree" with Grande about the remark.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
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