{"id":2174551,"date":"2025-11-24T09:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2174551"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:31:12","slug":"man-who-ambushed-ariana-grande-at-film-premiere-is-deported-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/man-who-ambushed-ariana-grande-at-film-premiere-is-deported-celebrity-news-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who ambushed Ariana Grande at film premiere is deported &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A man who rushed at Ariana Grande during the Wicked: For Good premiere in Singapore has been deported from the country.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Johnson Wen, who goes by the name Pyjama Man on Instagram, leaped over a security barrier and approached the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/ariana-grande\">Thank U Next singer<\/a>, placing his arm around her before security personnel and her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/191281\/wicked-star-cynthia-erivo-deeply-humiliated-career-moment\">co-star Cynthia Erivo<\/a> stepped in at the November 13 event.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Straits Times, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/190855\/ariana-grande-man-jailed-wicked-singapore\">he was placed on a flight out of the Southeast Asian nation<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The English-language publication, based in Singapore, reports the prankster has also been banned from returning to the country.<\/p>\n<p>Wen had been handed a nine-day jail sentence after admitting guilt to one count of being a public nuisance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Prosecutors characterized Wen &#8211; who had previously pulled off similar stunts involving celebrities like Katy Perry and The Weeknd &#8211; as a &#8220;serial intruder,&#8221; with a judge ruling he had orchestrated the incident to achieve viral fame on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The red carpet intruder had dropped hints about his intentions prior to the premiere.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;I feel like I&#8217;m in a dream. That&#8217;s my best friend Ariana Grande and I&#8217;m going to meet her. I&#8217;ve been dreaming about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He was taken into custody but subsequently posted on Instagram to &#8220;thank&#8221; Ariana. Posting a clip of the incident, he wrote, &#8220;@arianagrande @wickedmovie Dear Ariana Grande Thank You for letting me Jump on the Yellow Carpet with You [heart emoji].&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After the incident, he posted on his Instagram Stories, &#8220;I&#8217;m free after being arrested.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia received widespread acclaim for her swift response to the intruder, whom she physically moved away from Ariana. She has since revealed that her actions were purely instinctive, driven by a desire to safeguard her friend.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on Today, the 38-year-old actress recalled the moment, &#8220;I was really thinking, I just wanted to make sure my friend was safe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure he didn&#8217;t mean us harm, but I just, you never know with those things and I wanted to make sure that she was okay. That was my first instinct.&#8221; The star had previously addressed the incident while discussing the deep connection she shares with Ariana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>At a special Screen Actors Guild screening hosted at the Television Academy in Los Angeles, she said, &#8220;What&#8217;s even more wonderful is the fact that there are other people who have seen themselves in this movie, in that character, and also now see themselves and feel safe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That, for me, is the pinnacle of what I could ever wish for from any piece of work I have ever done. And I am so glad that in order to do it, I had to look into the eyes of this person beside me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And we have come through some s&#8212;. We have come through some stuff in our lives, in our daily workings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, f&#8212;, even this last week. Let&#8217;s be honest, for f&#8212;&#8216;s sakes, we&#8217;ve had to really deal with some stuff, and this movie has allowed us to really grow as people, as friends, as sisters, as artists, as actresses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Cynthia was speaking, Ariana was nodding in agreement. However, when the conversation turned to the incident in Singapore, the singer stared straight ahead before eventually becoming tearful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.the-express.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who rushed at Ariana Grande during the Wicked: For Good premiere in Singapore has been deported from the country. 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