Days
after being
caught on security camera footage licking donuts and saying "I
hate America" at the Wolfee Donuts shop in California,
Ariana Grande is
speaking out about her comments and her behavior. "Need to
clean up this mouth of mine & set a better example for my babes," she
wrote on Twitter. "I apologize and i love you. always learning."
The 22-year-old, who was with her backup dancer
Ricky Alvarez, licked a tray of donuts that was sitting out before making her
anti-American remark, something Ariana further clarified in her post.
Ariana apologized for her anti-American comments Photo: Getty Images
“I am EXTREMELY proud to be an American and
I’ve always made it clear that I love my country. What I said in a private
moment with my friend, who was buying the donuts, was taken out of context and
I am sorry for not using more discretion with my choice of words,”
Ariana said in a statement she posted along
with her Twitter message. “As an advocate for healthy eating, food is very
important to me and I sometimes get upset by how freely we as Americans eat and
consume things without giving any thought to the consequences that it has on
our health and society as a whole.”
need to clean up this mouth of mine & set a better example for my babes. i apologize and i love you. always learning.
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The "Problem" singer added, “The
fact that the United States has one of the highest child obesity rate in the
world frustrates me. We need to do more to educate ourselves and our children
about the dangers of overeating and the poison that we put into our bodies. We
need to demand more from our food
industry. However I should
have known better in how I expressed myself; and with my new responsibility to
others as a public figure I will strive to be better. As for why I cannot be at
the MLB show, I have had emergency oral surgery and due to
recovery I cannot attend the show. I hope to
make it up to all those fans soon. That being said let me once again apologize
if I have offended anyone with my poor choice of words.”
Ariana visited the donut shop on July 4 with her backup dancer Photo: TMZ
The Associated Press
reports that police and health officials are looking into whether some of the doughnuts were later sold to unsuspecting customers.
Ariana is currently recovering from having her
wisdom teeth removed.
