Celebrity Scoop - Ariana Grande Nearly Quit

Episode Transcript

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Star went on five point seven with all the gas, movies,
music and all the gossip in one place. It's the
celebritiescoop on Star one oh five point seven, Well, Ariana
Grande confirmed her fans' worst fear. She nearly quit it all,
stepping away from music until Wicked changed her mind. Arianna

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confirming that rumor after revealing it on the Shut Up
Evan podcast, she said she definitely took a major hiatus
from releasing music while fully diving into her role of Glinda,
and it turns out that may have saved her music career.

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I didn't think I was going to make an album
ever again when I left for London. That was kind
of my secret. But I didn't think I was going
to you know, it's I mean, obviously you can take
the hat off and be not in character when you
go home for the day, but you take the feelings
home and performing the act of Glinda, who's so sure
of herself and so you know, even when it's the

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decisions are hard, I think that kind of I remember
it early in the process, unpacking that a lot with
my therapist because my brain really liked it.

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And she said that spark is what kept her going
in the musical world. Of course, now we know that
she's got an internal Sunshine tour that's planned for next year.
So thank the good Witch of the West for giving
us ariana grande back. It was a big night over
the weekend at Madison Square Gardens, Serena Carpenter's tour taking
over and who showed up? Short and sweet but Anne

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Hathaway and the audience went wild. You're Anne, Wow?

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And where are you from? Anyone ever told you? And
look like a princess.

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Oh Sabrina leaned all the way in where are you from? Genovia?
She even made Anne the arrestee. Yes, there's a way
in her show where she arrests one of the fans.
It's a really cool moment and Anne looks absolutely spectacular.
I've got it up at West Michigan Star dot com
and in your sweet Scoop of the Day, I loved

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learning this. Robert Erwin, of course, son of legendary Steve Irwin,
sharing a very beautiful bond between his dad and actor
Russell Crowe while supporting his longtime friend Crow at a
big movie premiere for the AFI Fest. Twenty one year
old Robert telling people magazine. Russell is what really helped
keep his late father, Steve's memory alive. He said, Russell's

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actually been there in a way to keep my dad
alive in my life. He has so many stories to
share of him and Dad. I feel like I build
an even better picture of my dad when I'm around Russell.
Like I had no idea these two we're BFFs and
it is the sweetest thing. Robert shares some of the
stories he's learned from Russell. He talks about how much
of a family involvement Russell has with the Irwins. I've

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got it all for you West Michigan's Star dot com,
but be aware you will probably cry because it's really,
really sweet.