Ariana Grande is dealing with backlash from the households of Jeffrey Dahmer‘s victims. The controversy arose after the 31-year-old “7 rings” singer appeared on the “Popcrushed” podcast earlier this month, the place she recalled telling a younger fan at a Q&A occasion who could be her dream dinner date.
“I used to be like, ‘Oh, you’re so cute. Mother and Dad, is it OK if I give the true reply?’” Ariana recalled asking the kid’s dad and mom. “They usually have been like, ‘Certain, what’s the reply?’ and I used to be like, ‘I imply, Jeffrey Dahmer is fairly fascinating. I believe I might have cherished to have met him. You recognize, possibly with a 3rd social gathering or somebody concerned. However I’ve questions.’”
Noting that she was “infatuated” by “serial killers” when she was youthful, the “Sure, And?” hitmaker additionally remembered how the fan’s dad and mom reacted to her candid response.
“The dad and mom have been like, ‘We’ll clarify it later, sweetie,’” Ari mentioned. “And I used to be like, ‘I’ll simply sing ‘Downside’ and go residence.”
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Shirley Hughes reacted to Ariana’s feedback throughout a latest interview with TMZ printed on Thursday, June 27. Shirley is the mom of Tony Hughes, whom Jeffrey killed in 1991.
“To me, it looks as if she’s sick in her thoughts,” Shirley instructed the outlet, referring to Ariana. “It’s not fancy or humorous to say you’d have wished to do dinner with him. It’s additionally not one thing you need to say to younger folks, which she says she did.”
Based on the outlet, Shirley desires Ariana and the general public to understand how painful it’s for her and the opposite victims’ households to listen to Jeffrey’s title. She additionally mentioned it was disturbing that the Nickelodeon alum didn’t specific any empathy towards the victims and their households throughout her podcast interview.
Moreover, Tony’s sister Barbara Hughes instructed the outlet that she felt Ariana’s feedback glamorized Jeffrey, and she or he desires the “Break Free” singer to apologize.
Jeffrey notoriously murdered 17 males and kids between 1978 and 1991 and subjected many to merciless torture, resembling cannibalism and dismemberment. In 1992, he was sentenced to life behind bars and was overwhelmed to demise in jail by inmates in 1994.
Public fascination in regards to the serial killer grew as his story was tailored into numerous mediums of fashionable tradition. A number of movies and TV exhibits have been created about Jeffrey, with the newest manufacturing being Ryan Murphy‘s 2022 Netflix collection Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. The households of Jeffrey’s victims referred to as Ryan out for the controversial present. In response, the filmmaker claimed he had reached out to the households for his or her enter however by no means heard again from anybody.