Ariana Grande To “Step Back From Visibility” Amid “Public Scrutiny”

On Friday, Ariana Grande released her new album petal, which is largely concerned with her own conflicted feelings about her pop stardom and her fans. During the album's rollout and Grande's ongoing Eternal Sunshine Tour, Grande's changing appearance has been a major topic of public conversation, with many expressing concern over how emaciated and potentially unhealthy she has looked for the last few years. In the wake of all that a conversation, Grande now plans to take a "step back from visibility" once her tour ends.A rep for Ariana Grande tells People, "She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny." People also quotes "a source close to Grande," who further emphasizes the point that the singer is currently doing just fine physically: "She performs a very physical show, and there is a lot of athleticism involved. She performs healthily and successfully at a very high level night after night." In 2027, Grande was planning to rejoin her Wicked castmate Jonathan Bailey in a revival of the Stephen Sondhe...