Ariana Grande ‘suffered trauma’ and ‘cried for days’ after Manchester Arena attack says manager Scooter Braun
Ariana Grande “suffered trauma” and “cried for days” following the Manchester Arena terrorist attack.
The singer had just left the stage last May, when a suicide bomber let off an explosion, leaving 22 people dead.
Her manager, Scooter Braun, has now revealed what she went through in the days that followed as she visited 19 injured concertgoers in hospital and made the decision to continue with her Dangerous Woman tour.
Speaking on the Big Questions with Cal Fussman podcast, he said: “When she found out that fans of hers had died she was so sad.
“She cried for days, she felt everything - every face they announced, every name, she wore on her sleeve. Every bit of emotion because that’s who she is.”
Ariana and Scooter, who is also Justin Bieber’s manager, visited the families and injured at the Royal Manchester Children’s hospital – something which Scooter described as the “hardest two hours of either of our lives”.
He recalled: “After the first family I had to help her, she was distraught and I was lost. It was beyond tough. But every single time we got down we reminded each other we get to go home.
“Our loved ones are still going to be there. That mother is never coming home, that daughter is never coming home, that son is never coming home, that dad is never coming home.”
He went on to describe the difficult decision Ariana faced about whether to continue touring or not.
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"We didn’t have the right to be so sad we couldn’t continue. The terrorist made a mistake… they picked the wrong goddamn show,” Scooter said.
“Because if they thought we were going to roll over they don’t know Ariana and they don’t know me.”
Ariana returned to Manchester on June 4 to lead a One Love Manchester benefit concert raising funds for the families affected by the terror attack.
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