The first rule of America? You don’t talk smack about America. As international and sophisto as I am, my home country means the world to me. France is fab…but never enough ice. Italy is incredible…but ugh the pigeons.
Apparently, though, Ariana Grande doesn’t agree. Fans are up in arms over a video of Ari and her new squeeze, backup dancer Ricky Alvarez, goofing around in a doughnut shop. In the clip, they do lame things like dare each other to lick the doughnuts (UM, GROSS, PLEASE DO NOT). At the end of the little vid, a store employee puts down a tray of freshly baked doughnuts near AG to which she snipes, “What the f–k is this? I hate Americans. I hate America.”
You…hate America? Is that what you just said, Ariana? And did I mention she said this around the Fourth of July? Sigh.
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Of course, now Ariana is backpedalling like crazy and has issued a statement saying that her words were (yawn) taken out of context.
“I am EXTREMELY proud to be an American and I’ve always made it clear that I love my county (sic),” she said in a statement. “What I said in a private moment with my friend, who was buying the donuts, was taken out of context and I am sorry for not using more discretion with my choice of words.”
She goes on to claim her frustration was about–wait for it–childhood obesity. Um….?
“We as Americans eat and consume things without giving any thought to the consequences that it has on our health” but says she should’ve “known better in how [she] expressed [herself].”
Just one question, Ariana: If you are so appalled by delicious deep fried confections, why were you in a doughnut store to begin with?
Tell me, Arianators, are you buying this explanation? Do you think that anyone who naysays this great land can GTFO? Or does AG make a valid point about our eating habits?
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