Ariana Grande rushed at ‘Wicked’ premiere by same man who charged at Katy Perry
Global News
Grande's 'Wicked' co-star Cynthia Erivo quickly intervened, pulling the man and Grande apart just before security stepped in.
A man charged at Ariana Grande while she walked the yellow brick road carpet at the Singapore premiere of her new movie Wicked: For Good on Thursday.
In footage of the interaction captured on TikTok, the man appears to have jumped over a barricade as Grande signed autographs while walking along the carpet at Universal Studios Singapore, alongside co-stars Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum.
The man then sprinted over to Grande and threw his arm around her, jumping up and down excitedly while waving at the crowd. Erivo quickly intervened, pulling them apart just before security stepped in and escorted him off the carpet.
Grande looked visibly shaken in the video and took a deep breath as Erivo hugged her once the man was gone.
The man, identified as Johnson Wen, calls himself a “prankster” on his TikTok account, where he shared the footage.
“Dear Ariana Grande Thanks for letting me Jump on the Yellow Carpet with You #wicked,” Wen wrote in his caption.
Wen recently stormed onstage and put his arm around Katy Perry during a concert in Sydney, Australia, in June.
