Ariana Grande Slams Double Standards: “God Forbid I Sneeze Like Glinda”

Ariana Grande is hitting out at trolls for picking on her changing voice, pointing out the double standard she faces compared to men from acting. The pop star, currently filming Wicked movies, brought up the topic when she appeared on the Shut Up Evan podcast and shared how bad the online scrutiny was affecting her.

She said it had changed for the demand of Glinda, who is challenging to play and requires a specific vocal range. “The voice is in the body, it’s an instrument, and muscle memory is a real thing,” she said, underlining one of the acting dedication facts. “That’s a normal thing for people who, it’s their job to transform.”

“You see male actors — sure, people make jokes here and there as well about everybody who experiences something like this — but it’s always after the fact that they’re like, ‘Oh, wow, how dedicated to his craft. What an amazing transformation! He’s a brilliant performer!”

Grande admitted to the pressure she is under, being in the public eye, as saying, “There’s still a lot of misperceptions about everything out there.” She said last year turned out very tough with regards to the heavy backlash she faced over her relationship with Wicked co-star Ethan Slater. She confessed that she had kept her mouth shut so as to save her private life from merely getting deviations.

She explained her decision to avoid public statements by saying, “I’ve sent you so many drafts of things like, ‘I want to say this so badly!’ I always sleep on it and I always come back around to protecting and not taking that bait, because what I have discovered is that protecting my peace and my privacy and the actual details.” Grande confessed that she’d written drafts of things she wanted to say but always slept on them and decided to protect her peace and privacy.