Man who rushed Ariana Grande at “Depraved: For Good” premiere faces prices in Singapore

Singapore authorities charged an Australian man Friday for speeding movie star Ariana Grande on the Asia premiere of “Depraved: For Good.”

Grande and different stars have been attending the opening evening of the movie at Common Studios in Singapore when the person, recognized by courtroom papers as Johnson Wen, 26, jumped a barricade and rushed the actor.

Wen was charged with “being a public nuisance,” Singapore courtroom paperwork posted on-line confirmed. Wen represented himself and mentioned he would plead responsible, in accordance with the paperwork. He’s to seem in courtroom once more on Monday.

Viral video clips present the person wrapping round a shocked Grande earlier than he jumps up and down and waves to the gang. Grande’s co-star Cynthia Erivo then rushes to her protection, leaping between Wen and Grande and shoving him away. He was then grabbed by safety guards and put again over the barricade. Footage exhibits Erivo and others on the pink carpet comforting Grande. 

After the incident, Wen shared video on Instagram and thanked Grande for “letting (him) bounce on the Yellow Carpet” together with her. 

If sentenced, Wen faces a $1,500 tremendous, three months in jail, or each.

Singapore’s public prosecutions workplace couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.

The film launch went forward on Thursday evening. “Depraved: For Good” shall be launched in america on Nov. 21. 

Grande and Erivo have been inseparable throughout the film musical’s press excursions. In December 2024, Erivo instructed “CBS Mornings” that the duo made a pact early in manufacturing to handle and assist one another. 

“Earlier than we began capturing each of us had a dialog about ensuring that we’d handle one another and make the area that we would have liked for one another, and take, you understand, give one another what we would have liked, be beneficiant with one another on this factor, as a result of we knew it was an enormous enterprise,” Erivo mentioned. “We knew we had an enormous duty, however we knew neither of us may actually try this alone.”

Grande, 32, started her profession as a teen on Broadway earlier than embarking on a vastly profitable pop profession. At maybe the peak of her meteoric pop fame in 2017, one among her live shows was bombed. The Manchester Area assault killed 22 individuals, wounded greater than 1,000 and left Grande with PTSD.