{"id":2275662,"date":"2026-02-10T12:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2275662"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:10:27","slug":"why-ariana-grande-feels-like-she-was-supposed-to-meet-co-star-robert-de-niro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-ariana-grande-feels-like-she-was-supposed-to-meet-co-star-robert-de-niro\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ariana Grande feels like she was &#8216;supposed&#8217; to meet co-star Robert De Niro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> Ariana Grande attends the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 11, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ariana Grande&#8217;s upcoming movie <em>Focker In-Law<\/em> casts her opposite Ben Stiller, Teri Polo,\u00a0Blythe Danner and Robert De Niro. And Ariana believes that she and the legendary actor were destined to meet, sooner or later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/magazine\/article\/ariana-grande-wicked-interview-photos-79857\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Backstage magazine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Backstage<\/em> magazine<\/a>, the &#8220;We Can&#8217;t Be Friends&#8221; singer says, &#8220;It was an amazing experience being able to work with Mr. De Niro. I absolutely adore him. He\u2019s\u00a0<em>Robert De Niro<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s exactly what you would expect; he\u2019s just the greatest of all time,&#8221; she add. &#8220;As a human being, it was so lovely to get to know him. It\u2019s a little emotional, but I felt like he was a part of my Italian family that I grew up with. I felt like I was supposed to meet him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Focker In-Law<\/em>\u00a0arrives in November. Ari also has a small part in the 13th season of <em>American Horror Story<\/em>, which is due to premiere on Halloween. And she tells <em>Backstage<\/em> that she&#8217;d like to do much more actual horror, which is her favorite genre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I love would [to star in a horror movie],&#8221; she says. &#8220;It would be such a blast. Fingers crossed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Before all that, though, Ariana is set to kick off her Eternal Sunshine Tour \u2014 her first tour in seven years \u2014 in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/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.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande attends the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 11, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic) Ariana Grande&#8217;s upcoming movie Focker In-Law casts her opposite Ben Stiller, Teri Polo,\u00a0Blythe Danner and Robert De Niro. 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