ARIANA Grande fans are slamming the singer for calling TikTok impersonations of her ‘degrading,’ effectively sending passionate followers to hate on the imitators.
The 26-year-old realized what she’d done and deleted the post, but it was too late.
In the since-deleted Instagram Stories blurb, Ariana let it be known she’s not a fan of people copying her portrayal of Cat Valentine from Nickelodeon’s Victorious and Sam & Cat.
The songstress happened upon a video of filmmaker Jordan Firstman mocking people who mimic famous people for viral content, and it home for her.
She reshared the clip on Instagram, along with her own comment about how she’s personally been affected.
Ariana wrote: “OMG can this please also double as your impression of the ponytail TikTok girls who think doing that Cat Valentine voice and that wearing winged eyeliner and a sweatshirt is doing a good impersonation of me…
“Cause this really how it feels… ‘Degrading its entire value.’ I screamed.”
She wasn’t the only one to scream as fans quickly slammed the starlet for speaking out on such a “trivial thing to get riled up about.”
One person wrote on Twitter: “Cat Valentine is how she hit it ‘big,’ so she better show thanks and love for where she started and where she’s ended up!”
Another said: “Ariana Grande can suck lemons.”
The most famous impersonator of the Nickelodeon alum is 15-year-old Paige Niemann, and she’s been sharing videos and photos of herself as Ariana’s doppelgänger on TikTok for months now.
Social media users are backing up the teen for having fun with it and being creative with her content, which is why many are angry with “Ariana, a grown a** woman, sending her millions of fans to hate a 15-year-old child.”
Paige caught wind of the shade and clapped right back.
She said during an Instagram Live that she’s “used to” the singer hating on her, which is why she’s “not a fan of her anymore, honestly.”
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This isn’t the first time the 7 Rings singer slammed Paige’s imitations.
In November, she tweeted: “I just wonder whyyyy the cat voice / dialogue… it’s definitley bizarre seeing people blend the two worlds lmao.”
The teen TikToker responded to Ariana’s comment via an interview with Cosmopolitnan, saying she “was excited but nervous to see what she had to say because I only want her to appreciate how much her fans adore her.”
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