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Ariana Grande Says ‘Evil’ Tabloids ‘Have Been Trying to Destroy Me Since I Was 19,’ Calls Out Backlash Over ‘Wicked’ Voice: ‘When a Male Actor’ Transforms, ‘It’s Acclaimed’
Ariana Grande responds to criticism of her speaking voice in a revealing Vanity Fair cover story and discusses the double standards in Hollywood.
Ariana Grande joined her “ Wicked ” co-star Cynthia Erivo on the cover of Vanity Fair and fired back at critics of her speaking voice, which had a lighter and breathier register during and after the filming of the upcoming two part Universal musical. Criticism of Grande’s speaking voice reached its peak over the summer when a clip of her slipping into different registers during an interview on Penn Badgley’s “Podcrushed” podcast went viral on social media. The singer took to TikTok at the time to confront the mockery by writing: “I intentionally change my vocal placement (high/low) often depending on how much singing i’m doing,” she wrote.
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