Ariana Grande has been slammed as “vile” and “offensive” after confessing her “dream” dinner guest was serial killer Jeffery Dahmer.
Last week, the 30-year-old pop sensation showed off her dark side while speaking with Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley, who appeared in Ariana’s The Boy Is Mine music video.
During an episode of Penn’s crushed pod In the podcast he recalled the moment he told a ‘young fan’ that he fantasized about having dinner with the killer, who raped, dismembered and killed 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991.
Her macabre admission came after she shared that she was “in love with serial killers” from a young age.
And while the Thank You, Next singer found humor in wanting to enjoy a meal with the infamous killer, her fans were quick to criticize the celebrity, calling her “tone deaf.”
Ariana Grande has been slammed as “vile” and “offensive” after shockingly confessing that her “dream” dinner guest is horrific serial killer Jeffery Dahmer.
He recalled the time he told a ‘young fan’ that he fantasized about having dinner with the killer (pictured in 1991).
“When I was younger I was in love with serial killers,” the two-time Grammy winner, who will turn 31 next Wednesday, revealed in the second part of the podcast.
‘Years ago, before the Dahmer series, I was at a Q&A session with young fans. Someone said to one of his parents, “If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?” And I said, “Oh, honey, you’re so cute. Mmm, Mom and Dad, is it okay if I give the real answer?” And they said, “Sure, what’s the answer?”
“And I said, ‘Jeffrey Dahmer is quite fascinating. I think I would have loved to meet him, maybe with a third party or something. But I have questions.” And the parents said, “We’ll explain later, honey.”
The clip of Ariana sharing the anecdote began circulating the web as fans took to Reddit to take shots at the pop icon.
In a thread titled“Ariana Grande would love to have dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer,” people called the artist “horribly offensive.”
One person wrote: ‘I didn’t even watch the clip because this is exactly what I thought when I read the headline. Unless the question is “Which serial killer would you have dinner with?” and have a gun to your head, there’s no damn reason to say this.
Someone else added: ‘It was heartbreaking to see, can you imagine your loved ones being murdered in such horrible ways and then the killer being glorified in the media?’ “I wish people would consider how shows like Dahmer impact surviving family members.”
‘Okay, I really don’t understand what he was looking for here, his victims’ families are still very much alive and have said that they hate that people glorify him and make shows about him and forget about the victims. “She thinks she’s nervous, but she’s just a deaf person who doesn’t care about other people’s pain,” another social media user commented.
Ariana made a macabre confession on Tuesday while speaking to her Boy Is Mine star, Penn Badgley.
In a Reddit thread titled “Ariana Grande would love to have dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer,” people called the artist “horribly offensive.”
A fourth added: ‘This is so vile… I have a huge interest in crime cases but the LAST thing I would want to do is have dinner with a serial killer. Jeffrey Dahmer was a pedophile who murdered innocent people, mainly people of color, because he knew the police would not take his disappearances as seriously.
‘Joking about wanting to have dinner with him is sick and terribly offensive to the families of the victims, who are still alive and affected by the tragedy, FYI. Let’s stop glorifying these psychopaths and pretending that they are people intensely in love; They’re not, and if you met them in real life, you’d quickly realize why.’
Someone else wrote: ‘She has such a strange fixation with this sort of thing. It’s so tone deaf and dehumanizing/disrespectful to the victims and their loved ones.’
“That’s such a disgusting thing to say,” said one commenter.
One person commented: “It’s not the funny, cute or sassy anecdote you think it is, Ariana.”
“Some thoughts should stay in your head,” another commented.
Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey raped, killed and dismembered 17 boys and men: Steven Hicks (18), Steven Tuomi (28), James Doxtator (14), Richard Guerrero (25), Anthony Sears (24), Ricky Beeks ( 33), Eddie Smith (28), Ernest Miller (24), David Thomas (23), Curtis Straughter (18), Errol Lindsey (19), Anthony Hughes (31), Konerak Sinthasomphone (14), Matt Turner (20) , Jeremiah Weinberger (23), Oliver Lacy (23) and Joseph Bradehoft (25).
Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Monster or the Milwaukee Cannibal, had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and psychotic disorder before he was killed by a fellow inmate at Columbia Correctional Institution. beaten in 1994.
In 2022, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan launched their poorly reviewed Netflix’s crime thriller, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which depicted his unimaginable crimes and victims desperate for justice.
Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey raped, killed and dismembered 17 boys and men.
In 2022, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan released their poorly reviewed Netflix crime thriller, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, starring Evan Peters.
Ariana agreed to do Penn’s podcast after he starred in the Christian Breslauer-directed music video for his new single The Boy Is Mine, which was released on June 7.
Fans will next be able to see the pop star as Glinda Upland alongside her real-life boyfriend, Ethan Slater (left), in Jon M. Chu’s big-screen adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked.
Evan Peters won the Golden Globe for his performance as Jeffrey and thanked everyone who watched the show in his acceptance speech: “It was hard to do, hard to watch, but I sincerely hope something good comes out of it.” he.’
And although producers claimed to have contacted 20 of the victims’ family and friends, Rita Isbell, Erroll Lindsey’s sister, said Business Insider she was never contacted about the “harsh and sloppy” show, which “retraumatized” her.
Ariana agreed to do Penn’s podcast after he starred in the Christian Breslauer-directed music video for his new single, The Boy Is Mine, which was released on June 7.
Fans will next see the Florida-born pop star as Glinda Upland alongside her real-life boyfriend, Ethan Slater, in Jon M. Chu’s big-screen adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked.
The first part hits US theaters on November 27 followed by the second part on November 26, 2025.