The former Nickelodeon star recalled how she was left feeling 'sick' and 'hurt' after a young boy made inappropriate comment about her when she was enjoying a night out with boyfriend Mac Miller.
- Dec 28, 2016
AceShowbiz - A fan has just completely ruined Ariana Grande's night. The "Side to Side" songbird took to Twitter on Tuesday, December 27 to share a story about how she was left "sick" and "hurt" after the overexcited fan made an inappropriate comment about her while speaking to her boyfriend Mac Miller.
Grande said that the incident happened when he and Miller were picking up their food. A young boy saying he's the rapper's big fan followed the pair to their car. "He was loud and excited and by the time M was seated in the driver's seat he was literally almost in the car with us," Grande began.
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) December 28, 2016
She had no trouble with it. In fact, she thought the whole thing was "cute and exciting" until the fan said to Miller, "Ariana is sexy as hell man I see you, I see you hitting that!!!"
"Hitting that? the f**k?? This may not seem like a big deal to some of you but I felt sick and objectified. I was also sitting right there when he said it," she complained. "I've felt really quiet and hurt since that moment. Things like [that] happen all the time and are the kinds of moments that contribute to women's sense of fear and inadequacy."
"I am not a piece of meat that a man gets to utilize for his pleasure. I'm an adult human being in a relationship with a man who treats me with love and respect," she continued. "It hurts my heart that so many young people are so comfortable enough using these phrases and objectifying women with such ease."
She went on urging her followers to speak out against the objectification of women and other things that made women uncomfortable. "We need to talk about these moments openly because they are harmful and they live on inside of us as shame," she explained.
"We need to share and be vocal when something makes us feel uncomfortable because if we don't, it will just continue. We are not objects or prizes. We are QUEENS," she concluded her message.
This is hardly Grande's first time to have called out people for making dehumanizing comments about her. Last year, she lashed out at media which referred to her as a man's "possession."
She tweeted at the time, "I am tired of living in a world where women are mostly referred to as a man's past, present or future PROPERTY/POSSESSION. I...do not. belong. to anyone. but myself. and neither do you."
