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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Murray

Man who grabbed Ariana Grande at Wicked 2 premiere charged in Singapore

An Australian man named Johnson Wen has been charged with being a public nuisance after he was filmed jumping the barricade at the Wicked: For Good premiere in Singapore and grabbing Ariana Grande.

Viral video of the Thursday incident showed Cynthia Erivo rushing to defend her Wicked co-star before security intervened and pushed Wen away. Grande — whose 2017 concert in Manchester was famously the site of a fatal terrorist attack — appeared visibly shaken by the incident.

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