Elvira is once again voicing her opinions on Ariana Grande.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Friday (Oct. 3), the Mistress of the Dark shared how she feels now about the pop star, months after accusing her of being rude when they first met years ago. Spoiler alert: she’s still not a huge fan.
“I told a story that really happened,” Elvira began. “She did it. I wasn’t making it up. It was very offensive.”
“I had all the celebrities who I had ever come to my show — and there was a ton — were always gracious and kind … she was not,” she continued. “I’m sorry to say that. It’s disappointing when you hear things like that, and learn things like that. It’s sad.”
The performer’s comments come almost a full year after she publicly recounted meeting Grande approximately seven years prior at an event. “She brought 20 guests … she comes backstage, and she asks if I could take pictures with all of her friends and relatives she brought,” Elvira recalled at the time. “I take a picture with every single one of them. I sign autographs for every single one of them. Then I say to her, ‘Can we take a photo together?’ She goes, ‘Nah, I don’t really do that.’”
Shortly after that story came out, the Wicked actress spoke up to explain that she remembered things happening a little differently. “I’m so disheartened to see this,” Grande wrote on Instagram in October 2024. “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 … but if I’m misremembering this moment, I sincerely apologize for offending you so.”
While speaking to EW, however, Elvira voiced her opinion that Grande’s words didn’t do much to smooth things over. “What’s the word? You know, where you do something, but you really have other thoughts in mind?” she told the publication of the two-time Grammy winner’s apology. “Like, ‘Thank you, not really, thank you.’”
“After that response from her, no, I just let the whole thing drop,” she added. “I think when you’re young, and you’re in show business — well, if you last in show business for any amount of time and are still famous — you do learn a lot of lessons along the way, and you get a little more humble. So hopefully that will happen with her.”
Grande has certainly accomplished much since the incident in question. In addition to releasing albums Thank U, Next, Positions and Eternal Sunshine — all three of which topped the Billboard 200 — the musician also snagged her dream role as Glinda in the Wicked films, earning an Oscar nod for best supporting actress last year. The franchise’s second installment, Wicked: For Good, premieres in theaters this November.
