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Ariana Grande Heartbroken Over Missed Wicked Premiere in Brazil
4 Nov, 2025
Summary
- Ariana Grande forced to cancel Brazil premiere of Wicked due to plane safety issue
- Grande pleaded with fans not to "wish danger" on her and her team
- Grande said she "worked all day" on Nov 1st and 2nd before the scheduled trip
On November 3rd, 2025, pop star Ariana Grande announced that she would not be able to attend the Brazil premiere of her upcoming film Wicked: For Good due to a "safety problem" with the plane she was scheduled to fly on. Grande expressed her disappointment, saying she had been "looking forward to this moment for a year" and that she and her team had "tried every single thing possible to fix this."
In a now-deleted Instagram post, Grande pleaded with her followers not to "wish danger" on her and her team, assuring them that "no one is more upset than I am." She explained that she had been working long hours in the days leading up to the trip, finishing filming on her latest movie on October 31st and working all day on November 1st and 2nd as well.
Despite their best efforts, Grande and her co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey, as well as director Jon M. Chu, were unable to find an alternative way to make it to the Brazil premiere on time. Grande expressed her heartbreak over missing the event, but urged her fans to "go and have a beautiful time celebrating these absolutely brilliant and magnificent human beings and performances."
