Here Is Why Ariana Grande Won't Be Performing at the DNC

News released on the heels of the hack that revealed she was disinvited from the White House after doughnut-gate

By Francesca Bacardi Jul 25, 2016 1:46 PMTags
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Ariana Grande really is a dangerous woman.

The "Into You" songstress was asked to perform at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, but Grande had to decline because of a scheduling conflict. Grande's rep told Billboard that the singer was given an offer to perform at the closing ceremony, where she would have duetted with a soul legend.

This news comes after a massive email leak on Wikileaks Friday revealed Grande's performance at the White House was canceled after Doughnut-Gate occurred. According to the messages, Grande was considered to perform at a gala for the president but was denied after a very detailed correspondence combed through her controversy, in which she went into a doughnut shop and licked donuts before declaring, "I hate America."

"Can we also vet Arianna Grande?" DNC Finance Chair Zachary Allen wrote in an email, notably misspelling the singer's name. 

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"Ariana Butera - video caught her licking other peoples' donuts while saying she hates America; Republican Congressman used this video and said it was a double standard that liberals were not upset with her like they are with Trump who criticized Mexicans; cursed out a person on Twitter after that person used an offensive word towards her brother," a Lexis-Nexis search sent to several White House officials on Sept. 10 reads.

The lengthy correspondence also made note of Grande's YouTube apologies, but it seemed GOP Congressman Jeff Duncan's Facebook post, in which he called out politicians for their "double standards," added even more pressure against Grande. "This misguided young pop star said that she hated America and hated Americans, while she proceeded to contaminate food for resale with the very tongue with which she uttered the hatred rant," Duncan wrote. "The double-standards in this country are disgusting."

So when it came down to it, Grande's appearance at the White House was dismissed with, "Nope, sorry."

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