Ariana Grande has come under fire after making a joke about JonBenét Ramsey on an Instagram post.
The pop star was forced to apologise after making light of the pageant queen’s murder on a since-deleted post.
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Ariana’s friend, Doug Middlebrook, posted a photo of a newspaper with JonBenét on the cover, adding the caption, “No one has done more covers.”
The singer commented on the picture, celebrating the idea of her friend dressing up as the child victim.
“I can’t WAIT for this to be your Halloween look,” Grande wrote, to which her friend responded: “Working on it already.”
The dicey comments sent the pop star’s fans into a fury, with one Arianator tweeting: “Wait WHAT?? a 6-year-old girl who was violently killed, strangled and suffocated cannot be anyone’s costume…,”
JonBenét Ramsey was an American child beauty queen who was mysteriously murdered inside her family home in 1996.
Her father, John, found the 6-year-old found bludgeoned and strangled to death in the basement on Boxing Day.
According to the coroner’s report, her official cause of death was “asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma” and was viewed as a homicide.
Ariana quickly responded to the backlash in a tweet, writing, “Yeah no I deleted it very quickly and understand that it’s not at all funny. This was out of pocket and I sincerely apologise.”
Middlebrook –who has been friends with Grande since 2015– also deleted the Instagram post.
This isn’t the first time the 26-year-old has been the subject of controversy.
Grande has been accused of cultural appropriation and “blackfishing”, because of her use of traditionally “black” language.
In 2015, the “Thank U Next” singer was caught on camera at a doughnut shop saying, “I hate Americans. I hate America!” and licking and spitting on a bunch of doughnuts.
Ariana apologised in a heartfelt statement to Us Weekly.
“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 doughnuts, was taken out of context and I am sorry for not using more discretion with my choice of words…that being said to let me once again apologize if I have offended anyone with my poor choice of words.”
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