Ariana Grande has insisted her break from the spotlight was planned ‘a long time ago’, telling fans that ‘boundaries need to be set’ in a defiant on stage statement last month.
A day after it was announced she was taking a ‘break’ after her Eternal Sunshine tour concludes in September amid ‘ongoing scrutiny’, the star, 33, broke her silence during her concert in Chicago on Monday.
She was keen to clarify to fans that her break had been ‘quietly’ planned ‘a long time ago’ before insisting that the decision was not made because ‘negativity was ruining things for me’.
Her insistance that the decision was a long
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