Ariana Grande Addresses Body-Shamers, Says People Are Comparing Her ‘Current Body’ to the ‘Unhealthiest’ Version of Herself

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There’s no dulling her shine. Ariana Grande asks her fans to lead with kindness after reading negative comments about her physique.“I don’t do this often.

I don’t like it. I’m not good at it,” Grande, 29, said in a heartfelt TikTok posted on Tuesday, April 11. “I just wanted to address your concerns about my body.”The “Dangerous Woman” songstress explained that she thinks everyone “should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies.

No matter what.”The former Nickelodeon star noted that telling someone they look “sexy” can still be triggering.“There are ways to compliment someone or to ignore something that you don’t like that I think we should help each other work towards,” she said. “Just to aim towards keeping each other safer.”Grande then outlined three points she wanted to get across.

The first being, “There are many different kinds of beautiful. There are many different ways to look healthy and beautiful.”The Wicked actress revealed that “the body that you’ve been comparing my current body to [what] was the unhealthiest version of my body.” She recalled being “on a lot of antidepressants and drinking on them and eating poorly” at the time.The R.E.M.