Mac Miller's Friend Praises Ariana: 'She Was All About Him Being Healthy'

Ariana Grande played a major role in supporting Mac Miller's sobriety. On Monday (September 10), the late rapper's close friend Shane Powers opened up about the 26-year-old rapper's death on his podcast The Shane Show — explaining that when Ariana and Mac were dating she was one of the most "stabilizing forces in his life" and tried everything she could to him get him sober and healthy. 

“They were very much in love and I have to say, she was incredible when he was first sobering up,”  Shane admitted. “She was a f**king G to him. There could not have been anybody more supportive of him being sober than Ariana. I saw that, I was around it, I took phone calls from her. ‘How do I help? What do I do?’ This little girl was unbelievably involved and helpful to him being healthy.”

“Whether he’s an addict or not, the way that Mac partied was not healthy,” he continued. “[And] there was no one in his life more ready to go to the wall for him when it came to him being sober. She was an unbelievably stabilizing force in his life and she was deeply helpful and effective in keeping Mac sober and helping him get sober. She was all about him being healthy. Period.”

Mac was very open about his substance abuse issues. In an interview with Complex in 2013, he said, "I was not happy and I was on lean very heavy. I was so f**ked up all the time it was bad. My friends couldn’t even look at me the same. I was lost.”

The 26-year-old rapper, born Malcolm McCormick, was found dead at his home on Friday (September 7). Following his passing, Ariana was forced to shut off her Instagram comments after trolls blamed her for his suspected overdose. The former couple, who dated for two years, split earlier this year.

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