Considering Ariana Grande has been a famous Hollywood actor and pop star for over a decade, you may have a hard time considering her a ârising star.â If so, you’re not alone.
Grande’s close friend and comedic muse Jennifer Coolidge expressed her own disbelief while presenting the 31-year-old actor with Palm Springs International Film Festival’s rising star award on December 3. âI donât want to argue with the Palm Springs power gays or their little 19-year-old handsome dates but I just thought rising star? Hasnât Ariana Grande already risen?” Coolidge asked, per The Hollywood Reporter.
She continued, “I mean, the girlâs barely 30 and it feels like sheâs been famous since the Eisenhower administration. I do have a theory about Ariana: Sheâs actually a very old person and she just has really good skin. She could be like 90 years old, who knows?â
Speaking of âreally good skin,â Grande thanked âBotox and Juvedermâ for her latest honor.
âIâve been performing since I was a child, so I never thought at the age of 31 Iâd be hearing the words âRising Starâ again, so I want to start by thanking my good friends Botox and Juvederm,” she joked, per THR. “I thought Iâd be hearing âSlightly Withering Starâ or âDrooping Starâ by now, so thank you.â
This comes three months after Grande opened up about her use of Botox and fillers during Vanity Fair’s famous lie-detector test in October 2024. âIâve had fillers in various places and Botox, but I stopped like four years agoâ¦and that is the extent,â she said after denying various cosmetic procedures, from a nose job to chin implants to a âfox eye lift.â
âBut also [I am] in full support of all people who do these things,” she added. Work! Whatever makes women, men, non gender-confirming people feel beautiful, should be allowed. Why do we care?â Amen.
In her speech, Grande said âcomedy is just another way of telling the truth,â a skill her character Glinda has helped her honeâthough Grande’s comedic chops have been evident for years.
