{"id":727040,"date":"2026-08-04T09:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727040\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:06:11","slug":"ariana-grande-says-decision-to-take-a-break-was-not-reactive-or-impulsive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727040\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande says decision to take a break &#8216;was not reactive or impulsive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A representative for the US actress and singer told People magazine on Monday that the star would be taking a &#8220;well-earned break&#8221; after her appearances led to &#8220;endless, ongoing public scrutiny&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The actress and singer told the audience on Monday that she wanted to speak directly to her fans because &#8220;sometimes when a story comes out that isn&#8217;t directly from me, it can get a little blown out of proportion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She added: &#8220;No matter what noises exist out there, nothing will be able to distort my reality or be more real to me or not as real to me as this love that we share.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Petal singer said that her current tour, which concludes on 1 September following a 10-night run in London, had been &#8220;one of the most healing, beautiful, correct and special experiences&#8221; of her life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Grande&#8217;s physical appearance and health have been a topic of speculation in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fans expressed a combination of support for the star and concern about her wellbeing following the announcement that she would be taking a break, with the message #weloveyouariana trending on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A representative for the US actress and singer told People magazine on Monday that the star would be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-727040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727040","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=727040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}