Singer Ariana Grande sent gifts to patients in various Manchester hospitals at Christmas more than five years after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at her concert in the city in 2017.
The Royal Manchester Children&#8217;s Hospital Charity shared that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ariana-grande" target="_blank" rel="noopener">29-year-old</a> singer surprised patients at local hospitals and thanked the &#8220;Side to Side&#8221; singer for bringing joy to the children.
&#8220;Thank you Ariana!&#8221; the RMCH Charity tweeted. &#8220;We were so excited to receive Christmas gifts for young patients across our hospitals from Ariana Grande.&#8221;
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⭐ Thank you Ariana! ⭐
We were so excited to receive Christmas gifts for young patients across our hospitals from Ariana Grande 🎁
The presents were distributed to babies, children and teenagers at <a href="https://twitter.com/RMCHosp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RMCHosp</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TraffordHosp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TraffordHosp</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/WythenshaweHosp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WythenshaweHosp</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NorthMcrGH_NHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NorthMcrGH_NHS</a> <a href="https://t.co/LAUtN60k59">pic.twitter.com/LAUtN60k59</a>
&mdash; RMCH Charity (@RMCHcharity) <a href="https://twitter.com/RMCHcharity/status/1607361176857354241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The tweet from the charity included information about the hospitals where the presents were handed out to kids, which included the Royal Manchester Children&#8217;s Hospital, North Manchester General Hospital, Trafford General Hospital, and Wythenshawe Hospital.
The interim Director of Manchester Foundation Trust Charity, Tanya Hamid, also shared the happy news with a post on Instagram, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/12/28/ariana-grande-sends-gifts-to-manchester-patients-5-years-after-bombing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted.
&#8220;It&#8217;s so wonderful that Ariana has once again been so thoughtful and made this special donation to our family of hospitals,&#8221; Hamid wrote.
&#8220;We know Manchester, and in particular Royal Manchester Children&#8217;s Hospital, holds a special place in Ariana&#8217;s heart,&#8221; she added.
In May 2017, during Grande&#8217;s closing set, a suicide bomber denoted near the venue&#8217;s exit, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds of others who were leaving the concert.
A month later, the &#8220;7 Rings&#8221; hitmaker returned to England and put on a star-studded &#8220;One Love Manchester&#8221; benefit concert to raise money for victims and their families, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pop-stars-come-through-grande-cyrus-perform-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
The concert was said to have raised over $2.5 million for victims and their families.
Grande posted a heartfelt message on her <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/22/entertainment/ariana-grande-fourth-anniversary-manchester-bombing-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram Story</a> on the fourth anniversary of the bombing to all those still dealing with grief.
&#8220;Although grief is ever-present and our relationship to it is evolving and expressing itself in different ways every day year round, I know that this anniversary will never be an easy one,&#8221; Grande captioned her post. &#8220;Please know that I am thinking of [you] all today. Manchester, you&#8217;re in my heart always.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brother-of-singer-ariana-grande-mugged-in-nyc-after-being-struck-in-the-head" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brother Of Singer Ariana Grande Mugged In NYC After Being Struck In The Head</a>

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The brother of singer Ariana Grande, Frankie Grande, was recently mugged in New York City after he was struck in the back of the head, according to law enforcement.
Authorities said the 39-year-old social media personality and sibling of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ariana-grande">pop singer</a> was walking in Midtown Manhattan last Wednesday when he was attacked by two teens, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/15/frankie-grande-viciously-mugged-in-manhattan/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=P6Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow">New York Post</a> reported.
Police said after Grande was hit, the attackers allegedly took off with his iPhone, AirPods, Louis Vuitton bag, sunglasses, and wallet.
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Ariana Grande’s brother Frankie Grande viciously mugged in NYC <a href="https://t.co/g3oiuHS4Rt">https://t.co/g3oiuHS4Rt</a> <a href="https://t.co/RUHnc4e89N">pic.twitter.com/RUHnc4e89N</a>
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The accused teens were later caught after reportedly trying to use the Grande&#8217;s credit card at a nearby shop, the outlet noted.
Police said when the teens were taken into custody, they were caught with a razor blade and an imitation pistol.
The 13 year old and 17 year old have since been charged with robbery, grand larceny, unlawful use of a credit card, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of the stolen property, menacing, and harassment, the police shared. No names have yet been released.
The singer&#8217;s brother reportedly refused medical attention at the scene. Frankie later shared a message on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/frankiejgrande/">Instagram Story</a> thanking fans for their support and love.
&#8220;Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers,&#8221; Grande wrote. &#8220;I am so thankful to be safe and healing. Keep shrinking bright and stay safe out there.&#8221;
Ariana has not made any public comments on her social media accounts about the alleged attack on her brother.
News of the mugging comes amid a rise in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">crime</a> in New York City and across the country, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/while-cnn-displays-data-showing-nyc-crime-up-31-kathy-hochul-says-gop-dishonest-about-rising-lawlessness">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
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Superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ariana-grande">Ariana Grande&#8217;s</a> home was reportedly broken into by an alleged stalker who has repeatedly violated a restraining order the pop star took out against him.
The alleged break-in reportedly happened on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ariana-grande-slams-disgraceful-bills-that-target-trans-youth-pledges-up-to-1-5-million-to-organizations-advocating-for-trans-kids">29-year-old</a> singer&#8217;s birthday, when Aharon Brown was arrested after he was caught breaking into Grande&#8217;s home in Montecito, California, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/06/28/ariana-grande-stalker-breaks-into-home-montecito-birthday/">TMZ reported</a>. The &#8220;Thank U Next&#8221; hitmaker was reportedly not home at the time Brown somehow gained access into the singer&#8217;s residence. The security system notified police that he was there, and when authorities showed up, Brown was arrested.
It is the second time Brown has been arrested at Grande&#8217;s home. He was taken into custody in September 2021 after he showed up at her home in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a>, brandished a large hunting knife, and threatened her life and the lives of her security.
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A man who has already been arrested for stalking Ariana Grande has been arrested again &#8230; this time after breaking into her Montecito home on her 29th birthday. <a href="https://t.co/mhipqkpxMl">https://t.co/mhipqkpxMl</a>
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At the time, Brown allegedly screamed at her security, &#8220;I&#8217;ll f***ing kill you and her!&#8221;
The outlet noted that the man was then arrested and charged with making criminal threats against the &#8220;7 Rings&#8221; hitmaker. A judge later granted Grande’s request and issued a restraining order prohibiting Brown from coming near the singer.
In court documents obtained by <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/06/28/ariana-grandes-stalker-breaks-into-home-violates-restraining-order/">Page Six</a>, the singer wrote to the Los Angeles Superior Court, &#8220;I am fearful, for my safety and the safety of my family.&#8221;
&#8220;I fear that absent a restraining order, Mr. Brown will continue to come to my home and attempt to physically harm or murder me or members of my family,&#8221; the singer explained, the outlet noted.
Brown was reportedly supposed to turn himself into police Tuesday in response to the September arrest, but instead violated the restraining order and showed up to Grande&#8217;s home Sunday.
The stalker has since been arraigned on a variety of charges, including burglary, damaging power lines, stalking, and more. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Brown remained in custody as of Tuesday.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-will-not-back-down-ariana-grande-selena-gomez-and-more-stars-sign-ad-claiming-they-are-being-robbed-of-our-power-over-roe-leak">&#8216;We Will Not Back Down&#8217;: Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez And More Stars Sign Ad Claiming They Are Being &#8216;Robbed Of Our Power&#8217; Over Roe Leak</a>

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Celebrities have sent a message in a full-page ad claiming they &#8220;are being robbed of our power&#8221; over the leaked draft from the Supreme Court indicating the Roe v. Wade decision could likely be overturned, and declared they &#8220;will not back down.&#8221;
Stars like Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Shawn Mendes, and more than 100 other performers, musicians, supermodels, and influencers signed an advertisement taken out in The New York Times that read, &#8220;The Supreme Court is planning to overturn Roe v. Wade, taking away the constitutional right to abortion,&#8221; <a href="https://www.today.com/health/health/selena-gomez-ariana-grande-stars-supporting-roe-rcna28693?utm_campaign=likeshopme-gallery&amp;cid=sm_npd_td_in_td-bio_180511&amp;utm_medium=instagram&amp;utm_source=dash%20hudson&amp;utm_content=www.instagram.com/p/CdgFFQgA7Kc/">reported</a> the &#8220;Today&#8221; show in a piece published Friday.
&#8220;Our power to plan our futures and control our own bodies depends on our ability to access sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion,&#8221; the ad continued. &#8220;We are artists. Creators. Storytellers. We are the new generation stepping into our power. Now we are being robbed of our power.&#8221;
&#8220;We will not go back,&#8221; the ad stated. &#8220;And we will not back down.&#8221;
The ad is part of Planned Parenthood&#8217;s larger <a href="https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/rightfully-ours/bans-off-our-bodies">Bans Off Our Bodies campaign</a>. The entire list of stars who signed on board can be seen below.
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On the Planned Parenthood website, there are details about the campaign with information about joining rallies planned for Saturday, May 14 across the nation over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leak-of-scotus-draft-on-roe-v-wade-stuns-nation-this-leak-is-the-gravest-most-unforgivable-sin">leaked draft</a>.
A page on the website under the headline, &#8220;Supreme Court Leak: Our Worst Fears Confirmed,” reads in part:
<blockquote>Abortion is still legal. It&#8217;s still your right. But the Supreme Court is prepared to end your constitutional right to abortion. Our country is facing an abortion access crisis.
By this summer, 26 states could move to ban abortion — affecting 36 million women, plus more people who can become pregnant. This is personal.</blockquote>
On May 2, Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473">broke the news</a> the Supreme Court had seemingly &#8220;voted to strike down the landmark&#8221; decision, reporting that Justice Samuel Alito had written an opinion draft that is an &#8220;unflinching repudiation&#8221; of Roe v. Wade, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-personal-to-me-claudia-tenney-daughter-of-a-judge-condemns-demonstrating-outside-justices-homes">reported</a> previously by The Daily Wire.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-on-roe-leak-theres-a-big-difference-between-a-little-clump-of-cells-and-a-fetus-with-an-eyeball-and-a-beating-heart">Joe Rogan On Roe Leak: &#8216;There&#8217;s A Big Difference Between A Little Clump Of Cells And A Fetus With An Eyeball And A Beating Heart&#8217;</a>

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Ariana Grande used March 31, also known as “Trans Day of Visibility,” to pledge money and support to trans youth causes. The 28-year-old recording artist took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbxVEqRLJBJ/">Instagram</a> to express her feelings and promise that she’ll donate up to $1.5 million of her own money to specific organizations which are “providing direct services and advocating for the rights of trans youth.”
Grande’s post caption said, “please join me in donating to this fund i’ve created with @pledge.to to support organizations providing direct services and advocating for the rights of trans youth ! right now there are hundreds of disgraceful bills pending in state legislature that target trans youth and aim to curb their rights. this will provide critical funds to organizations advocating for the rights of trans youth. please share &amp; swipe to find out more about where exactly our money is going !!!”
The accompanying slides had further details. She said, “Right now, there are hundreds of bills in state legislatures across the United States that target trans youth and aim to curb their rights. The impact of fighting these anti-trans bills and policies is felt all year by trans people, their families, and loved ones.”
She went on, “Please join me in donating to this fundraiser which will provide critical fund to organizations advocating for the rights of trans youth in states currently targeted by anti-trans policies. All funds will be split evenly between benefiting organizations… I will be matching all funds raised up to $1.5 million.”
Next, the “7 rings” singer listed some of the organizations she was promoting, including Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, Equality Florida, Gendernexus, House of Tulip, and a slew of others. 
Grande has a history of being an outspoken advocate for the LGBT community. The Florida resident was raised Catholic but <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2013/11/10/ariana-grande-turned-to-kabbalah-after-the-pope-told-me-everything-i-loved-was-wrong-4180895/">explained</a> in 2013 how she left the faith due partly to the church’s stance on homosexuality. 
“[They] said SpongeBob SquarePants is gay and he’s a sinner and he should burn in hell. And Harry Potter was a sin. And working women. I was like, ‘Enough! First the gays, then SpongeBob and now Harry Potter? Get out my house!’ I was not having it!” 
Then in 2015 after the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges case, which recognized same sex partnerships as marriage, Grande expressed her excitement during a show and mocked the justices who voted against legalizing same sex marriage. 
According to <a href="https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/10-times-ariana-grande-showed-love-for-lgbtq-community-8499494/">Billboard</a>, Grande said on the stage, “Make some noise if you think the Supreme Court justices who voted against gay marriage should get their heads out of their f***ing asses and join the god**** celebration. Make some noise if you’ve got one less problem without them motherf***kers.”
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&#8220;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&#8221; is a cringe-fest most nights of the week. But things took a musical turn on the December 6 episode when Fallon premiered a holiday-themed song meant to promote masking and vaccine boosters.
“It Was a Masked Christmas” features a traditional pop song musical arrangement, but unlike other mainstream Christmas songs, this one has a clear agenda. Before debuting the song, Fallon admitted that the holidays last year were “terrible,” but that “things are going to get better soon.” The song urges listeners to “get in line for a booster” to avoid being lonely like they were last year.
The late-night host teamed up with pop stars Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, of “WAP” fame, to really drive the message home. The three celebrities appear in the accompanying music video set in a winter scene, dancing around on skis and literally standing in line for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. Besides the three performers, viewers get a glimpse of singing masks on a Christmas tree and a giant mask monster, whose purpose is mostly unclear.
The chorus drives home the intention of the song, remembering last year’s holiday season: 
<blockquote>It was a masked Christmas, we stayed in the house
We covered our nose, and covered our mouth
But it&#8217;s Christmas time
We’ll be in line for a booster.</blockquote>
Grande mostly croons about being lonely during her solo parts, but Megan Thee Stallion professes how she’ll be smooching everyone now that she’s vaccinated and has the booster. She says:
<blockquote>This Christmas imma make it count
No more quarantine on the couch
This year hang that mistletoe
Imma kiss everybody that I know
This year’s different, you can tell
Deck those halls and jingle bells
Put Purell on everything
Turkey, egg nog, candy cane
Hey Ho</blockquote>
The music video shows hand sanitizer squirting over everything, including a turkey at the dinner table. Interestingly, the trio of singers never interacts with anyone else during the song, even after supposedly changing their holiday plans thanks to getting boosters.
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This song isn’t the first time performers used Christmas songs to promote woke messaging. In 2019, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson teamed up to remake the classic holiday favorite “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” Their version destroyed the original playful nature of the song, with Legend promising he’d call his date a car with a driver named Murray. When Clarkson questioned what her friends would think of her having another drink, Legend slipped in the line, “it’s your body and your choice.”
Audiences reacted strongly against the new song, including the original composer’s daughter Susan Loesser. She said her father Frank would be “furious” over the modern lyrics, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/473931-john-legend-responds-to-backlash-over-updated-baby-its-cold">reported</a>. 
And “It Was a Masked Christmas” isn’t the first attempt to use musical entertainment to promote vaccines, either. Earlier this summer, Juvenile and Mannie Fresh transformed their 1999 classic &#8220;Back That Thang Up&#8221; into a vaccine promotion by changing the lyrics to “Vax That Thang Up.”

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Republican congressional candidate Irina Vilariño, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Florida’s 26th District, slammed left-wing singer Ariana Grande on Thursday over a tweet from Grande that praised Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and showed Grande embracing the 78-year-old socialist.
&#8220;MY GUY. thank you Senator Sanders for coming to my show, making my whole night and for all that you stand for !&#8221; Grande tweeted on Wednesday. &#8220;@headcountorg and i are doing our best to make you proud. we’ve already registered 20k+ young voters at my shows alone. also i will never smile this hard again promise.&#8221;
Vilariño, a successful business owner, came to the United States as a refugee when her family escaped communist Cuba after being persecuted by the government.
&#8220;.@ArianaGrande this ideology your [sic] promoting has caused more problems than you will ever know,&#8221; Vilariño tweeted. &#8220;We must do a better job educating our youth. In this social media society of ours, we don’t have the luxury of allowing time to play its part. Young &amp; dumb today has major consequences.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArianaGrande</a> this ideology your promoting has caused more problems than you will ever know. We must do a better job educating our youth. In this social media society of ours, we don’t have the luxury of allowing time to play its part. Young &amp; dumb today has major consequences. <a href="https://t.co/wFCip5fYE1">https://t.co/wFCip5fYE1</a>
&mdash; Irina Vilariño (@irinavilarino) <a href="https://twitter.com/irinavilarino/status/1197726998040317953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Socialists always breed on vulnerable ground,&#8221; Vilariño told The Daily Wire. &#8220;They disguise their heinous ideology as social justice in order to attract ￼the Idealistic Utopian searching youth.&#8221;
&#8220;It seems everyone wants to be a social hero or at least appear as one. Celebrities even more so. It’s almost as if that is their way of contributing to society for taking a bigger bite out of the apple than they can chew.
&#8220;What Bernie, AOC and the likes of them are proposing to turn this country into has already been tried in many countries around the world and failed,&#8221; Vilariño continued. &#8220;Even in our very own hemisphere, we have examples &#8230; socialism disguised as social justice.￼&#8221;
&#8220;However, the only thing they’ve effectively accomplished is to turn these countries into poverty stricken misery ridden repressive states. It is no coincidence people are willing to risk their lives in order to make it to the United States at all costs and not the other way around,&#8221; Vilariño added. &#8220;The United States has fought socialism around the world; it’s unconscionable that they are proposing such a destructive ideology in our very own mainland.￼￼ In the end, it’s a model that goes against individual freedom and against the essence of what is America.&#8221;
Vilariño, 43, is the co-owner of Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine restaurants, the first of which opened up in 1984 which was just a few years after her family arrived in the U.S.
“My grandparents emigrated to Cuba from Spain to escape socialism. My parents came to the United States from Cuba to escape communism,” Vilariño said. “If we don’t fight to preserve our freedoms here, there is no place left in the world for my daughter to go. We must preserve the American Dream. This is the cause that will define the success of our generation, and I urge you to join with me on this mission.”
Vilariño&#8217;s campaign has been successful so far as she significantly <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/FL/26/2020/">out-raised</a> her Republican primary opponents.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire a couple of weeks ago, Vilariño said that she decided to run for Congress after seeing that “the same policies that wrecked my world in Cuba were beginning to take hold in the Democrat Party.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cuban-business-owner-who-fled-communist-cuba-launches-gop-congressional-bid-dominates-gop-primary-field-in-fundraising">READ: Business Owner Who Fled Communist Cuba Launches GOP Congressional Bid, Dominates GOP Primary Field In Fundraising</a>

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With the announcement of the Grammy nominees, abortion conglomerate Planned Parenthood took to Twitter to celebrate some of their biggest supporters: John Legend, Ariana Grande, and Lady Gaga.
&#8220;Artists that support abortion access get nominated for #Grammys. Coincidence??? We think nah. Congrats on the nominations!” the official Twitter account said as it tagged various musicians.
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Artists that support abortion access get nominated for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Grammys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Grammys</a>. Coincidence??? We think nah. Congrats on the nominations!
⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/lizzo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Lizzo</a> ⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/billieeilish?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@billieeilish</a> ⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArianaGrande</a> ⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/boniver?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@boniver</a> ⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/ladygaga?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ladygaga</a> ⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/johnlegend?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@johnlegend</a> ⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/maggierogers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@maggierogers</a> ⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/the1975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@the1975</a> ⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/SaraBareilles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SaraBareilles</a> ⭐<a href="https://twitter.com/ToveLo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ToveLo</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BansOffMyBody?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BansOffMyBody</a>
&mdash; Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) <a href="https://twitter.com/PPFA/status/1197251786651901953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This list included artists who have signed the company’s new &#8216;Bans Off My Body&#8217; campaign, designed to raise awareness for what Rolling Stone described as &#8216;devastating restrictions on abortion that have swept across the country over the past few years,'&#8221; reports <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2019/11/22/planned-parenthood-thanks-signers-ariana-grande-lady-gaga-and-john-legend-for-promoting-abortion/">LifeNews</a>. &#8220;Planned Parenthood thanked &#8216;body-positive&#8217; artist Lizzo (&#8216;Truth Hurts&#8217;) ,17-year-old singer Billie Eilish, &#8216;God Is a Woman&#8217; diva Ariana Grande, indie-folk artist Bon Iver, super lefty Lady Gaga, People’s &#8216;Sexiest Man Alive&#8217; John Legend, pop up-and-comer Maggie Rogers, UK band The 1975, Sarah Bareilles, and Swedish import Tove Lo for pledging support for the campaign.&#8221;
Celebrities have been fighting tooth and nail to keep Planned Parenthood alive during the Trump administration, though it’s confusing why they are so afraid; Republicans failed to defund the abortion giant when they had control of both Congress and the presidency.
Planned Parenthood held another celebrity fundraiser in 2017, in which the Old Style Guitar Shop in Los Angeles raffled off a guitar <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-foo-fighters-100-more-artists-sign-guitar-for-planned-parenthood-raffle-109133/">signed by over 100 musicians</a>. In addition to big names like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and John Legend, other celebrities whose names appeared on the guitar were The Foo Fighters, Michael Stipe (formerly of REM), composer Danny Elfman, Ryan Adams, Henry Rollins, Sam Smith, Nancy Sinatra, Mark Ronson, comedian Fred Armisen, Queens of the Stone Age, Charlie Puth, and Gary Clark, Jr.
Planned Parenthood receives over a half-billion dollars a year in taxpayer funds, and while the organization lobbies for cash, it still has enough money to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/32101/planned-parenthood-spend-record-15-million-sway-paul-bois">bankroll politicians</a>. During the 2018 midterm elections, Planned Parenthood spent a whopping $20 million in just eight states. From <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/01/politics/planned-parenthood-midterm-20-million-8-state-plan/index.html">CNN</a>:
<blockquote>The offensive is set to cost $20 million, an initial mark that the organization’s officials say is all but certain to be exceeded.
The investment from Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood Votes, the organization’s political entities, makes it one of the biggest outside spending forces in Democratic politics headed into a cycle in which the party sees a rare opportunity to pick off GOP seats across the map.
The initial list of targets includes eight states: Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.</blockquote>
Popstar Ariana Grande also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ariana-grande-donates-concert-proceeds-planned-paul-bois">recently donated</a> proceeds from her concert in Atlanta to Planned Parenthood in the name of fighting the Georgia abortion law. At the same time, Lady Gaga <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-alabama-abortion-ban-835821/">blasted the abortion ban </a>in Alabama as a “travesty.”
“It is an outrage to ban abortion in Alabama, period, and all the more heinous that it excludes those who have been raped or are experiencing incest, non-consensual or not,” Gaga said in a social media post. “So there’s a higher penalty for doctors who perform these operations than for most rapists? This is a travesty, and I pray for all these women and young girls who suffer at the hands of this system.”

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Pop singer Ariana Grande wanted to get &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYh6mYIJG2Y">7 rings</a>&#8221; in Japanese tattooed on the palm of her hand to celebrate her latest hit single. And, fittingly, a hyped Grande took to social media on Tuesday to show off the new ink.
Only, the tattoo didn&#8217;t say what Grande thought it said; her Japanese-speaking fan base quickly informed her that the tattoo means BBQ grill in Japanese.
Grande quickly deleted the embarrassing Instagram post.
&#8220;For those who are confused, [A]riana [G]rande got a tattoo on her hand in [J]apanese intended to spell out &#8220;7 rings&#8221; and posted it on [I]nstagram (now deleted), but [J]apanese people in the comments started saying how the REAL translation is bbq grill,&#8221; explained one Twitter user, posting screenshots of the mess-up from Grande and the corresponding comments.
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for those who are confused, ariana grande got a tattoo on her hand in japanese intended to spell out &#8220;7 rings&#8221; and posted it on instagram (now deleted), but japanese people in the comments started saying how the REAL translation is bbq grill <a href="https://t.co/rF0NvEa9Yv">pic.twitter.com/rF0NvEa9Yv</a>
&#8212; Alice (@alice2096) <a href="https://twitter.com/alice2096/status/1090457935862525952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Some of the Instagram comments read:
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&#8220;&#8216;&#19971;&#36650;&#8216; means &#8216;portable clay cooking stove&#8217; in Japanese, not &#8216;7 rings.'&#8221;
&#8220;Nooo don&#8217;t do that, DONT DO THAT!! &#19971;&#36650; it means Japanese small charcoal grill.&#8221;
&#8220;When we translate &#19971;&#36650; in English directly, it means &#8216;Seven Rings.&#8217; BUT!! In Japan, the word &#19971;&#36650; is used for a portable clay stove used for cooking!!!!!!!! (I&#8217;m Japanese and living in Japan now.)&#8221; 
&#8220;It&#8217;s the typical archetype of people using google translate before getting a tattoo.&#8221; 
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&#8220;Ariana Grande&#8217;s new tattoo &#8216;&#19971;&#36650;&#8217; means Japanese style bbq grill, not 7 rings. If you want to know about &#19971;&#36650;, just google &#8216;SHICHIRIN,&#8217; said a Twitter user.
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Ariana Grande&#8217;s new tattoo &#8220;&#19971;&#36650;&#8221; means Japanese style bbq grill, not 7 rings. If you want to know about &#19971;&#36650;, just google &#8220;SHICHIRIN&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/HuQM2EwI62">pic.twitter.com/HuQM2EwI62</a>
&#8212; *amo* (@hey__amo) <a href="https://twitter.com/hey__amo/status/1090446543658803201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Imagine getting bbq grill tattooed on your palm,&#8221; wrote <a href="http://www.manofthehourmag.com/music/the-past-hundred-days-exclusive-interview-with-singer-eben">EBEN</a>, poking fun at Grande.
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Imagine getting bbq grill tattooed on your palm
&#8212; EBEN (@EbenOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/EbenOfficial/status/1090451415279972352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Grande copped to the embarrassing error on Twitter &#8211; though the tweets admitting the flub appear to have since been deleted.
&#8220;Indeed, I left out &#8220;&#12388;&#12398;&#25351;&#8221; which should have gone in between,&#8221; she wrote in a tweet, screenshots <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/entertainment/ariana-grande-tattoo/index.html">reported</a> by CNN show. &#8220;It hurt like f**k n still looks tight. I wouldn&#8217;t have lasted one more symbol lmao. But this spot also peels a ton and won&#8217;t last so if I miss it enough I&#8217;ll suffer thru the whole thing next time.
&#8220;Also&#8230;. huge fan of tiny bbq grills,&#8221; Grande said in another tweet.
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Ariana Grande clarifies that she left out some letters off her tattoo because the pain was intolerable and says she&#8217;s a huge fan of tiny bbq grills which is one of the things her tattoo translates to! <a href="https://t.co/SC1z4SSefW">pic.twitter.com/SC1z4SSefW</a>
&#8212; Pop Alarms (@PopAlarms) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopAlarms/status/1090489236191498241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Grande turned heads this summer when she gushed over her hyper-sexual song, &#8220;God is a Woman.&#8221; The song is packed with religious language and is supposedly meant to empower women.
&#8220;Sex is empowering,&#8221; Grande <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/33014/ariana-grande-sex-proves-god-woman-amanda-prestigiacomo">said</a> about the song on social media. &#8220;It&#8217;s the source of all life. P***y- is a privilege.&#8221;
Grande has been unapologetically vocal about her left-wing politics, too. The entertainer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/33014/ariana-grande-sex-proves-god-woman-amanda-prestigiacomo">told</a> Elle Magazine that it&#8217;s &#8220;wild&#8221; to her that some people in the spotlight remain apolitical. &#8220;[I]f I&#8217;m not going to say it, what&#8217;s the f***ing point of being here?&#8221; she said.
&#8220;Not everyone is going to agree with you, but that doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m just going to shut up and sing my songs,&#8221; added Grande. &#8220;I&#8217;m also going to be a human being who cares about other human beings; to be an ally and use my privilege to help educate people.&#8221;

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Bishop Charles H. Ellis III issued an apology on Saturday after he appeared to grab singer Ariana Grande&#8217;s breast during Aretha Franklin&#8217;s funeral on Friday when he wrapped his arm around her.
Ellis awkwardly placed his arm around Grande on stage at the funeral after she finished performing &#8220;A Natural Woman,&#8221; which was one of Franklin&#8217;s songs.
Grande did not appear comfortable with how Ellis had his hands placed on her as she kept a noticeable space between her body and his body.
After being called out on social media, Ellis issued an apology on Saturday, saying, &#8220;It would never be my intention to touch any woman&#8217;s breast. &#8230; I don&#8217;t know I guess I put my arm around her.&#8221;
&#8220;Maybe I crossed the border, maybe I was too friendly or familiar but again, I apologize,&#8221; Ellis continued.
Ellis also apologized for making a racially disparaging remark about Grande after referring to her as an item on the Taco Bell menu, saying, &#8220;I personally and sincerely apologize to Ariana and to her fans and to the whole Hispanic community.&#8221;
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The pastor at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ArethaFranklinHomegoing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ArethaFranklinHomegoing</a> was gettin a little handsy with <a href="https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArianaGrande</a> <a href="https://t.co/vI8a50BoOC">pic.twitter.com/vI8a50BoOC</a>
&#8212; BreatheHeavy (@breatheheavycom) <a href="https://twitter.com/breatheheavycom/status/1035644794322571264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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WATCH: Bishop Appears To Grab Ariana Grande’s Breast, Makes Racial Insult. Issues Apology.

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He&#8217;s at it again.
At Aretha Franklin&#8217;s funeral service, former President Bill Clinton ogled 25-year-old Ariana Grande as she sang Carole King&#8217;s &#8220;Natural Woman.&#8221;
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Gross&#8230; Watch Bill Clinton look Ariana Grande up and down when she sings at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ArethaFranklinFuneral?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ArethaFranklinFuneral</a> and try not to throw up in your mouth. <a href="https://t.co/aXQvcBmW2Y">pic.twitter.com/aXQvcBmW2Y</a>
&#8212; Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1035566822538571777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Bill &#8220;Mr. Steal Your Girl&#8221; Clinton is back to his old ways <a href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolNewsN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarstoolNewsN</a> <a href="https://t.co/dvZQCtU4kI">pic.twitter.com/dvZQCtU4kI</a>
&#8212; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1035573313706311682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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At President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, Clinton <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/12619/did-bill-clinton-ogle-ivanka-during-inauguration-hank-berrien">was also seen ogling</a> Ivanka Trump, and was hilariously caught by his wife Hillary Clinton.
Clinton is always prepared:
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Slick Willie fly down ready for the weekend <a href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolNewsN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarstoolNewsN</a> <a href="https://t.co/yAlOXzUSNR">pic.twitter.com/yAlOXzUSNR</a>
&#8212; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/984878033185198080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Here&#8217;s the full video of Ariana Grande&#8217;s performance:
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WATCH: Bill Clinton Stares Creepily At Ariana Grande Singing At Aretha Franklin’s Funeral

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On May 22, 2017, a suicide bomber murdered 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. That bomber had been rescued from Tripoli, Libya, by England&#8217;s Royal Navy in 2014, according to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/31/manchester-arena-bomber-was-rescued-from-libya-by-royal-navy">The Guardian</a>.
The bomber detonated a home-made bomb in the foyer of the Manchester Arena; 19 people were immediately killed; three more died at the hospital; 200 more people were injured. The bomber, his brother, and roughly 100 other British citizens were evacuated from Tripoli by HMS Enterprise, taken to Malta, then returned to the United Kingdom in August 2014.
A government spokesman stated, &#8220;During the deteriorating security situation in Libya in 2014, Border Force officials were deployed to assist with the evacuation of British nationals and their dependents.&#8221; The bomber&#8217;s name was on a list of stranded citizens handed to the crew running the evacuation; the bomber had been monitored by UK security forces before his rescue. The bomber&#8217;s brother is in jail in Libya, but the British government wants to extradite him because of the Manchester attack.
The bomber hung around other men in Manchester who wound up joining Islamic State. An Islamic State recruiter named Raphael Hostey worshiped in the same Didsbury mosque as the bomber.
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40019135">According</a> to the BBC, the bomber was born in Manchester; his parents fled Libya during the Qaddafi regime, moved to London, then settled in Manchester. His father did the call to prayer at a mosque in Didsbury.
The BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45021513">also noted</a> that the independent review of the Manchester attack revealed that the bomber had been actively investigated starting in January 2014, but by July 2014 MI5 officers closed his file. The BBC added, &#8220;He was officially classed as a &#8216;closed subject of interest of low residual risk&#8217; who had limited engagement with genuinely dangerous people.&#8221;

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