Individual Who Reached For Ariana Grande at Film Launch Barred from Singapore
An individual of Australian nationality who vaulted across a fence and grabbed Hollywood star Ariana Grande has been sent away and banned from Singapore.
The man, twenty-six, was handed a penalty to more than a week in detention for disrupting public order and has now been "banned from entering the country again," Singaporean immigration authorities stated to news outlets.
Wen pushed past photographers and approached aggressively the performer and artist, who was attending the Asian premier for the film on 13 November. Co-performer Cynthia Erivo pulled him back from Grande.
The individual has a record of causing disturbances at events and celebrity events, including rushing the stage at a Katy Perry performance in Sydney in the past June.
The event sparked outrage in Singapore, with numerous people accusing him of re-traumatising Grande.
The singer has spoken of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after a terrorist bombing at her concert in the English city in several years ago killed over twenty people and injured hundreds.
Throughout the court proceedings, the judge was informed he had attempted to intrude on the movie's debut twice, according to regional reports.
He then made a another effort to jump the barricades. Event security intercepted him and restrained him.
Wen later posted videos thanking Grande for letting him on the carpet and said he was "free."
Law enforcement detained him the next day and charged him with public nuisance, to which Wen pleaded guilty.
The District Judge Christopher Goh was referenced by a news outlet as remarking that the man sought attention, commenting that he was mistaken to believe he would not suffer any consequences.
The actress has not commented on the incident.
Erivo spoke about the situation to a media outlet, remarking that she "just wanted to make sure my colleague was secure."
"I think he didn't intend us harm, but you never know with those things, and I sought to make sure that she was OK. That was my first instinct," she commented.
