Individual That Grabbed Ariana Grande during Film Launch Banned from Singapore
An Australian man who vaulted across a fence and reached for Hollywood star Ariana Grande has been deported and barred from Singapore.
The man, twenty-six, was handed a penalty to more than a week in detention for disrupting public order and has now been "prohibited from returning to Singapore," the country's border control stated to local media.
Wen pushed through camera crews and approached aggressively the celebrity, who was participating in the regional launch for the musical adaptation on 13 November. Fellow actress Cynthia Erivo pulled him back from Grande.
The individual has a record of disrupting concerts and star-studded occasions, including rushing the stage at a Katy Perry performance in Sydney in June this year.
The event caused anger in Singapore, with numerous people accusing him of re-traumatising Grande.
The celebrity has discussed suffering from PTSD after a suicide bomb attack at her show in Manchester in several years ago resulted in the deaths of over twenty people and injured hundreds.
During Wen's trial, the court heard he had tried to gain access on the movie's debut twice, according to local news sources.
He then made a another effort to cross the barriers. Event security intercepted him and restrained him.
The man subsequently shared video clips thanking Grande for permitting his access and said he was "released."
Authorities arrested him the subsequent day and brought charges against him with causing a disturbance, to which he confessed.
The Presiding Judge the judicial official was cited by Channel News Asia as saying that he was looking for publicity, adding that he was incorrect to believe he would not suffer any consequences.
Grande has not spoken about the situation.
The co-star spoke about the situation to a media outlet, remarking that she "just wanted to make sure my colleague was secure."
"I think he didn't mean us danger, but you cannot be certain with those things, and I aimed to make sure that she was fine. That was my immediate response," she stated.
