Ariana Grande stops concert to give 4-minute speech on public hiatus: 'Boundaries need to be set'
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Set us as preferred Ariana Grande delivered a four-minute speech to more than 20,000 of her fans in Chicago on Monday night amid reports that she’s stepping away from the public eye due to online scrutiny.During the first of three sold-out shows at Chicago’s United Center, the “Break Free” singer stopped the concert to address the widespread speculation surrounding her weekend announcement that she’d be stepping away from the public eye when her Eternal Sunshine tour concludes on Sept.
1.Grande read the prepared statement from her phone, telling the audience that she didn’t want to get nervous and forget.
“Sometimes when a story comes out that’s not directly from me, things can get a little blown out of proportion,” she said.“So I just wanted to speak to my fans directly tonight because I love you so much.“So basically, the announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing.
It is something that I had decided.It’s a plan that I had quietly made a long time ago, and it’s a decision that was made from a thoughtful and empowered place, and I want you to know that many, many things can be true at the same time.
I want to share this because I heard that my fans were worried that negativity was ruining things for me, but I just have to say, that could not be more the f— opposite.“This is not what that is and I just want to make that very, very clear.Nothing can be ruined.
Multiple things can be true at the same time.Boundaries can need to be set.
Human beings can need a break sometimes.And also, this can be and will continue to be the greatest experience of my professional and creative life.
“I have one more thing to say,” she continued.“No matter what noises exist out there, nothing will ever be able to distort my reality or be more real to me, or louder to to me, t...