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There’s something very strange happening in the media’s coverage of Ariana Grande.
Millions of people are looking at photographs and videos and noticing that the 33-year-old pop singer is horrifically thin.
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But according to much of the media, the real problem isn’t Ariana’s scary-looking body frame. It’s you for noticing.
The headlines all seem to follow the same script.
Stop pointing out what everyone can plainly see with their own eyes. That’s “mean.”
Apparently, acknowledging that Ariana looks remarkably different has become some kind of rude offense.
Of course, that’s absurd.
Ariana is extremely thin, and if somebody doesn’t help her, she could become very ill, and maybe worse…
Ariana Grande IS going to die if no one intervenes.
And no, it’s not anti-women or body shaming to say so. This conversation is insane, choice feminists are insane.
She’s sick, she’s not in her right mind. She needs help, and she needs to be stopped from harming other girls with her example right now. Anyone enabling this or helping to promote it is evil. Full stop.
Without public shaming, the industry won’t intervene, her family won’t intervene. They’re all collecting checks as she melts away, and they’ll likely make more if she dies.
Ariana Grande IS going to die if no one intervenes.
And no, it’s not anti-women or body shaming to say so. This conversation is insane, choice feminists are insane.
She’s sick, she’s not in her right mind. She needs help, and she needs to be stopped from harming other girls… pic.twitter.com/gXiIHXbhoh
— Hannah Cox (@HannahDCox) August 3, 2026
And as you can see, this conversation doesn’t magically disappear just because the media decides it’s “mean girl” stuff.
And this is where everything gets wonky.
While Americans are being lectured that noticing Ariana’s skelator appearance is dangerous and potentially harmful, the media keeps praising and talking about the very strict plant-based eating habits she’s followed for years.
So apparently discussing what Ariana eats is perfectly acceptable, but wondering if what she eats could possibly be working against her isn’t?
And maybe it’s not just the food, perhaps it’s Hollywood that destroys people and eats them from the inside out…
Look at the before and after, it’s quite wicked, actually.
ARIANA GRANDE BEFORE AND AFTER WICKED 😳 pic.twitter.com/tO5CUufNCf
— Truth Seeker (@_TruthZone_) August 6, 2026
But shhh, you can’t talk about that. It’s rude.
This is the same media hooey we’ve seen over and over again.
We’re constantly being told how we can think and what we’re allowed to notice.
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Think about it, we all watched Joe Biden struggle through speeches, wander through public appearances, lose his train of thought, and totally decline before our very eyes while the mainstream media insisted that questioning his condition was rightwing cruelty.
Then suddenly, when the timing was right, everybody was allowed to notice.
Body politics operate under these same Marxist rules.
When America was in the middle of the insane “body positivity” craze, pointing out that obesity was a serious health issue would get you branded “fatphobic.” You had to celebrate the cellulite, or you were the bad guy.
Now we’re watching a celebrity shrink in real time, and once again the approved response is silence.
At some point, adults should be allowed to have an adult conversation, without being lectured by a bunch of blue-haired Karens at BuzzFeed.
Ariana has long embraced a plant-based lifestyle, and accounts of her eating habits have described them as being influenced by a macrobiotic approach.
That word sounds wonderfully healthy, doesn’t it?
Macrobiotic.
How very “Gwyneth Paltrow,” right?
But once you actually look deeper, there’s more to the story.
A macrobiotic diet isn’t just “eat your vegetables” and call it a day.
It’s an entire food philosophy about balance and simplicity, with a lot of restrictions on what you can eat and drink and how food is prepared and stored.
What is a macrobiotic diet? The macrobiotic diet is rooted in Zen Buddhism, and it extends beyond the food its followers eat to cover food, cookware, and even exercise, making it more of a lifestyle practice than a diet. Under the macrobiotic diet, there’s a focus on balance, simplicity, and harmony with nature. Some of the many principles of a macrobiotic diet include: Cooking and storing food in natural materials such as wood and glass. Chewing food thoroughly while eating. Keeping drinks simple, avoiding caffeine and alcohol. Avoiding nightshade vegetables, like tomatoes, aubergine, and peppers. While this diet is focused on health and balance, it is also highly restrictive.
A diet can contain vegetables, whole grains, beans, fruit, and all sorts of nutritious crap while still being too restrictive and unhealthy for certain people.
And time also matters. Maybe this kind of lifestyle is good in the short term, to cleanse or get yourself back on track, but long-term can cause issues, like eating disorders.
People’s appearance affects their sense of self-worth. There is a belief that having a certain figure can make them fulfilled and happy human beings. The canons of beauty have changed over time. For instance, in the past, boyish, curvy, or athletic figures were desired in women. Currently, slim figures of women and athletic and muscular bodies of men are glorified. A “perfect” appearance has become a necessity, a feature that determines intelligence and control over life [1]. The pursuit of a desired body image is etiologically related to the pressure of society, which results from contemporary standards of beauty. Unachievable perfection increases criticism of one’s own body image and the risk of certain triggers, such as depression or undertaking restrictive diets, contributing to the development of eating disorders [2].
Eating disorders are behavioral states characterized by serious and persistent disturbances of eating practices that affect physical, mental, and social health [3]. They are influenced by many factors: biological, personal, family, and socio-economic [2]. Nowadays, social media and wellness culture encourage people to constantly analyze their diet, often resulting in a worsening of one’s relationship with food. Giving up specific food products and so-called clean eating—consuming only foods regarded as healthy, e.g., primarily unprocessed [4]—usually begins as an attempt to achieve optimal health through attention to diet but may lead to various eating disorders, including orthorexia nervosa (ON), and ultimately to malnutrition and low quality of life [5].
That’s the conversation we should be able to have without everybody running for the nearest fainting couch.
Yes, healthy eating can become unhealthy.
And yes, clean eating can become obsessive.
And not every “healthy lifestyle” is actually good for you. A lot of this obsession comes from slick marketing, and sometimes these obsessions and restrictions can result in serious medical issues.
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Researchers in the United Kingdom analyzed the risk of stroke and other health problems over two decades among nearly 50,000 people based on the diets they followed. The types of stroke were also analyzed, including bleeding into the brain (hemorrhagic stroke) and nonbleeding stroke (ischemic stroke). Compared with meat eaters:
rates of heart disease (such as angina or heart attack) were 13% lower in pescatarians
rates of heart disease were 22% lower in vegetarians
rates of stroke were 20% higher among vegetarians. However, the overall risk was small, equal to three extra cases per 1,000 people over 10 years.
the higher stroke risk among vegetarians was mostly due to hemorrhagic stroke
the higher stroke risk was not observed among pescatarians.
In other words, reality refuses to cooperate with the marketing department.
Plant-based diets aren’t all poison.
They’re also not magical.
They can offer benefits, and depending on how restrictive they become and how carefully they’re managed, they can also cause some real nutritional concerns.
Which brings us right back to Ariana…
We don’t know whether her diet has anything to do with the dramatic change people are seeing.
Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t.
But asking whether nutrition could be part of the picture isn’t some outrageous act of cruelty.
It’s a perfectly normal question, and we have a right to ask, since she’s a public figure.
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