Ariana Grande’s Co-Star Marissa Bode Speaks Out After Singapore Attack
Ariana Grande’s co-star Marissa Bode is sharing a popular opinion. The actress, 25, got candid over people who invade celebrities’ personal space after Grande, 32, was charged at by a person at the “Wicked: For Good” premiere in Singapore on Thursday.
Bode, who plays Nessarose Thropp in the “Wicked” films, took to TikTok that same day and clapped back at those who say the person who grabbed Grande was “a fan.”
Ariana Grande’s co-star Marissa Bode speaks out on TikTok following the “Wicked: For Good” Singapore carpet. TikTok/@marissa_edob
Marissa Bode opens up about Ariana Grande’s recent attack. TikTok/@marissa_edob
Reaction to the Incident
“‘But they’re a fan!’ Okay. Then they’re a fan and a loser,” the star began in her video after social media users defended his actions.
Bode noted she has spoken out about “parasociality, especially at things like concerts or just when someone in the public eye is at an event, like people throwing s— on stage mid-performance” over the years.
The man who charged at Grande is Johnson Wen, known as “Pyjama Man” on social media. He shared a video of the incident on his own Instagram account that has 9,000 followers, writing, “@arianagrande @wickedmovie Dear Ariana Grande Thank You for letting me Jump on the Yellow Carpet with You ❤️.”
Consequences and Reactions
Following the incident, Wen posted a video of himself to his Instagram Story and said: “I’m free after being arrested.”
Wen was charged with being a public nuisance in Singapore on Friday, per the BBC.
“This is what I mean when I say social media brings out the worst in people,” Bode continued on TikTok. “Oh, did you get your views? Did you get your likes? Guess what you also did? You made somebody feel incredibly unsafe, but just — no remorse. That goes over your head. You’re a bad person.”
Bode also explained that she does not believe “women, or really anybody, should be expected to move with grace or respond with kindness when they’ve been violated in that way, and to expect that makes you a weirdo also.”
Support and Solidarity
In a follow-up TikTok video Bode said that her earlier remarks were not “just about what happened in Singapore, it’s also about women in this industry in general.”
She expressed how public figures, such as singer Chappell Roan and actress Rachel Zegler, have been criticized “for just having an opinion on something.”
“These are people, they are not products, they do not owe you their entire personhood. And to be frank, if you don’t agree with that, you are not a fan,” Bode detailed. “[You are] someone who’s entitled that desperately needs to be brought back down to Earth.”
Grande, meanwhile, has yet to publicly address the incident.
Instead, the Nickelodeon alum shared a series of photos from the Singapore premiere to Instagram on Friday, penning: “thank you, Singapore we love you .”
In multiple social media videos, Grande, who portrays Glinda in the “Wicked” films, can be seen walking the red carpet with co-stars Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum, as a man sprints towards them and wraps his arms around Grande.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo at the premiere of their film “Wicked: For Good” in Singapore. The Straits Times/AFP via Getty Images
Conclusion and Reference
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