Ariana Grandewill “take a step back from visibility” after her ‘Eternal Sunshine’tour, andhaswithdrawn from her planned West End debut.
The singer is wrapping upthe North American leg of her headline tourand will begin a 10-date residency at London’s O2 Arena later this month, with those dates concluding on September 1.
After that, her representative has confirmed that she will take a break from public appearances. “Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour,” the rep told People.
“She 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.”
“This tourhas beena beautiful experience for her,” they added. “She loves her fans and has loved every minute of this tour so much.”
Ariana Grande will no longer appear in ‘Sunday in the Park with George,’ @People reports.
She will also be “taking a step back from visibility” after the ‘eternal sunshine’ tour, following conversations surrounding her body and health. pic.twitter.com/DBlolkymE9
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Peoplehasalso quoted a source close to Grande, whoemphasisedthat she was in good health. “She performs a very physical show, and there is a lot ofathleticisminvolved,” they said. “Sheperforms healthily and successfully at a veryhigh levelnight after night.”
Grande will no longer be part ofthe upcoming West End revival of Sunday In The Park With George, which she had been due to star in alongside her Wickedco-star Jonathan Bailey. It would have been her West End debut at London’s Barbican Centre, starting next summer.
The decision comes after renewed public commentary surrounding Grande’s body and appearance, which intensified online after she recently released the video for ‘Petal’, the title track fromher new album.
The singer has repeatedly asked people not tospeculateabout her health or appearance, and on her 2024 single ‘Yes,And?’, she sang: “Don’t comment on my body, do not reply / Your business is yours and mine is mine“.
Grande recently said she had written the ‘Petal’ album from a place of “unfiltered rage”, adding: “I usually am too shy to tap into that. This time, Ididn’tfilter as much as I usually do. I usually do a lot of rewrites and make things a little kinder. This time, I didn’t.”
She is still set to appear alongsideBen StillerandRobert De Niro in the upcoming MeetTheParentssequelFocker-In-Law, which is due to be released in November.