Ariana Grande has apologised to Elvira for allegedly snubbing her at a past meet-and-greet event.
During a Halloween-themed Q&A session held at Knott’s Berry Farm in California over the weekend, the actress – real name Cassandra Peterson – was asked to name her worst-ever celebrity encounter.
In response, Elvira claimed Ariana once refused to take a photo with her after she gave the popstar’s friends and family complimentary tickets to one of her shows.
“I take a picture with every single one of them. I sign autographs for every single one of them,” she recalled in a now-viral TikTok video. “Then I say to her, ‘Can we take a photo together?’ She goes, ‘Nah, I don’t really do that.'”
Elvira also alleged Ariana “took off” before the performance started.
“All her relatives stayed… and she took off. OK? Right? Just sayin,'” the Elvira, Mistress of the Dark star continued.
On Monday, Elvira posted a screenshot of an article about the apparent interaction on her Instagram page and Ariana took the time to respond in the comments section.
In her statement, the Wicked actress insisted she was “disheartened” and wanted to “sincerely apologise”.
And while she didn’t identify exactly when the meeting took place, the 31-year-old indicated it wasn’t too long after the Manchester Arena attack, when an Islamic terrorist set off a bomb after her concert staged at the venue in Manchester, England in May 2017. Twenty-two people were killed and over 1,000 suffered injuries.
“I’m so disheartened to see this,” she began. “I actually don’t even remember getting the chance to meet you because I had an anxiety attack and to my memory, left before the rest of my family (this was around 7 years ago and at the time I was really not great with being in public crowds or loud places)… but if I’m misremembering this moment, I sincerely apologize for offending you so.”
Ariana went on to thank Elvira for accommodating her mother and their family members.
“She told me how lovely you were (she might have different feelings about that now but I’ll talk to her… clearly, we all have our days!) sending love always,” the 7 Rings hitmaker wrote, before concluding: “You’ll always be our queen of Halloween!”
