Ariana Grande: Five Great ‘Scandals’

In recent years, Grande has shown she has little patience for the gossip content mill. Through 2014, many slapped her with the "diva" label over a few interactions and rumors. She allegedly only wanted to be photographed from one side. When she didn't like how things were going at a photo shoot in Sydney, she demanded the photos be destroyed and canceled all remaining shoots for the day. Some may cry "diva," but it's also Grande just taking a stand to not allow others to control her image.

On Nickelodeon's Sam & Cat, Jennette McCurdy played the Cat to Grande's Sam — a role which involved them, naturally, playing best friends. The duo broke hearts when a rift played out publicly over social media. Briefly, this involved McCurdy not showing up at the Kids' Choice Awards — where Grande won Favorite TV Actress. Later, McCurdy dropped a long subtweet about a draining friendship, and later released a web series featuring a snotty, pop-singing character called "Gloriana," which most interpreted as a dis directed at Grande.  

It was the pastry molestation heard around the Internet. Grande and friends hit up a California donut shop and got caught on camera licking countertop trays of donuts and laughing about it. Mild stuff — but then she allegedly said, reacting to a different tray of donuts, "What the fuck is this? I hate Americans. I hate America. That is disgusting." Police got involved, health code inspectors looked into the donut shop and even Rob Lowe chimed in to dis Grande on Twitter. She, again, shrugged it off, explaining it as a reaction to the American obesity crisis — and finally sending it up for redemption, as so many public figures do, on Saturday Night Live.