Pop diva Ariana Grande lost White House gig over doughnut-licking incident
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Pop diva Ariana Grande found herself in a hole after a doughnut-licking incident seems to have cost her a gig at the White House, last week’s DNC email dump revealed.
One leaked email exchange concerned whether to allow Grande to perform at a presidential gala last year a few months after TMZ posted the infamous video showing the singer at a bakery in California licking doughnuts on the shop's counter.
The emails also show officials were worried about the singer’s “I hate America” comment in the same video.
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Grande, whose real name is Ariana Butera, issued apologies in response to the video.
In a chain of emails posted Friday by WikiLeaks, an official asks for Grande to be vetted for the “performance for POTUS.”
A DNC staffer summarized the case against her in the email chain, according to the Cox Media Group.
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“Ariana Butera-video caught her licking other peoples' doughnuts while saying she hates America. Republican congressman used this video and said it was a double standard that liberals were not upset with her like they are with Trump who criticized Mexicans,” he says.
Grande was seen in the video licking a tray of large doughnuts after they are brought out and then saying, “I hate Americans. I hate America. That’s disgusting.”
A White House staffer issued a terse reply to the performance request: “Nope, sorry.”
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.