Ariana Grande has issued an apology to Elvira for reportedly snubbing her at a previous meet-and-greet event. During a Halloween-themed Q&A session at Knott’s Berry Farm in California over the weekend, Elvira—whose real name is Cassandra Peterson—was asked about her worst celebrity encounter.
In her response, Elvira recounted an incident where Ariana declined to take a photo with her after she had provided complimentary tickets to the pop star’s friends and family for one of her shows.
“I take a picture with every single one of them. I sign autographs for every single one of them,” she explained in a now-viral TikTok video. “Then I asked her, ‘Can we take a photo together?’ and she said, ‘Nah, I don’t really do that.'”
Elvira also claimed that Ariana “took off” before the performance began.
“All her relatives stayed… and she left. Just saying,” the Elvira, Mistress of the Dark star added.
On Monday, Elvira shared a screenshot of an article about the incident on her Instagram page, and Ariana took the time to respond in the comments.
In her statement, the Wicked actress expressed that she was “disheartened” and wanted to “sincerely apologize.”
While she didn’t specify when the encounter occurred, the 31-year-old indicated that it was not long after the Manchester Arena attack, when an Islamic terrorist detonated a bomb following her concert in May 2017, resulting in 22 deaths and over 1,000 injuries.