The video captured the moment the fan scaled the barricade and pushed past photographers towards Grande<\/a>.<\/p>\n Image: He then threw his arms around her, before co-star Cynthia Erivo intervened and security swoops in to stop him.<\/p>\n The man, now identified as Johnson Wen, 26, is reportedly a notorious red carpet crasher.<\/p>\n Wen, who has since been charged with being a public nuisance, goes by the nickname Pyjama Man, and gloated as he shared footage of the intrusion online.<\/p>\n “Dear Ariana Grande, Thank You for letting me Jump on the Yellow Carpet with You,” he wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n Image: In video stories posted to the site beforehand, he was seen at the Universal Studios venue, revealing his intentions.<\/p>\n In one, he said: “I feel like I’m in a dream, that’s my best friend, Ariana Grande, and I’m gonna meet her. I’ve been dreaming about that.”<\/p>\n Read more: The Australian has ambushed several performers on stage, according to reports, including Katy Perry and The Chainsmokers at concerts in Sydney, and The Weeknd in Melbourne.<\/p>\n It has been reported that Wen intends to plead guilty and that he could face a fine of more than \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n Image: Grande took a moment to gather herself in the aftermath of the intrusion, visibly shocked by the incident.<\/p>\n She didn’t address the incident on her own Instagram, but shared some photos with the caption “thank you, Singapore”, adding “we love you”.<\/p>\n The singer battled post-traumatic stress disorder after her 2017 concert in Manchester was bombed, leaving 22 people dead.<\/p>\n Instagram<\/p>\n This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Instagram cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> She told Vogue in 2018: “It’s hard to talk about because so many people have suffered such severe, tremendous loss. But, yeah, it’s a real thing.<\/p>\n “I know those families and my fans, and everyone there experienced a tremendous amount of it as well. Time is the biggest thing.<\/p>\n “I feel like I shouldn’t even be talking about my own experience – like I shouldn’t even say anything. I don’t think I’ll ever know how to talk about it and not cry.”<\/p>\n In the same interview she also addressed her own anxiety, saying she has “always” had it.<\/p>\n Grande plays Galinda Upland in Wicked: For Good, the character who becomes Glinda the Good Witch. Ms Erivo plays Elphaba, the character who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West.<\/p>\n The film is released in UK cinemas on 21 November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video footage has shown the moment singer and actress Ariana Grande was accosted by a fan at a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-262378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pic:](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/skynews-ariana-grande-wicked_7081817.jpg\")
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\n Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo at the London premiere for Wicked: For Good<\/p>\n
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