The man who grabbed Wicked star Ariana Grande at the film’s premiere in Singapore has been sentenced to prison.
Johnson Wen, 26, was quickly identified and has pleaded guilty to one charge of being a public nuisance. Now he has been given nine days’ jail time after jumping the barricade and ambushing the singer.
The 32-year-old mega-star was greeting fans from the yellow carpet event – in a nod to Oz – when a man suddenly ran towards her and put his arm around her shoulders. This prompted her co-star Cynthia Erivo, 38, to leap into action and push the man away from a clearly bewildered Ariana.
A court in south east Asia heard that the man had arrived in Singapore on November 11 on a social visit pass so he could attend the premiere. He has recently pulled similar stunts with a shocked Katy Perry who kept her cool but pulled away from him as he suddenly joined her on stage during a gig in Sydney in June.
In a clip of the incident, Cynthia, who plays Elphaba to Ariana’s Glinda in the second part of the hit movie which is released in UK cinemas on Friday, is heard shouting: “Get off!” before putting a protective arm around her colleage.
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