The mother of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims has slammed Ariana Grande after the singer shockingly revealed that the serial killer, who brutally murdered more than a dozen men, was her dream dinner guest.
The ‘Thank u, next’ singer received backlash after appearing on an episode of the audio show Podcrushed, hosted by ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘You’ actor Penn Badgley.
During the interview, he recalled the time he told a “young fan” that he fantasized about having dinner with the killer, who raped, dismembered and killed at least 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.
“I mean, Jeffrey Dahmer is pretty fascinating,” he told the fan, a comment that didn’t sit well with Shirley Hughes, whose son Tony was murdered by the serial killer in 1991.
Ariana Grande has been slammed by the mother of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims after she shockingly confessed that her “dream” dinner guest is horrific serial killer Jeffery Dahmer.
Pictured: Jeffrey L. Dahmer entering Judge Jeffrey A. Wagner’s courtroom on August 6, 1991. Also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, the American serial killer and sex offender killed and dismembered 17 men between 1978 and 1991.
Commenting on last week’s episode, Shirley said TMZ Hope Ariana understands how hurtful the comments are.
She also said she was disturbed when the pop star laughed during the podcast about her fascination with Dahmer.
“To me, it seems like she is sick in her mind. It’s not elegant or fun to say that you would have liked to have dinner with him. It’s also not something you should tell young people, which she says she did,” Shirley said.
Tony’s sister, Barbara, added that the comments beautify Dahmer, who was beaten to death by a fellow inmate while in prison in 1994.
Tony, who was a deaf and non-verbal gay model, had been lured by Dahmer to his apartment on May 24, 1991, before being murdered and dismembered. His skull was found in Dahmer’s apartment after the killer’s arrest that same year.
Tony Hughes, a 31-year-old deaf man victim of Jeffrey Dahmer. Her mother, Shirley, recently criticized Ariana Grande for comments expressing her fascination with the serial killer.
Shirley Hughes, mother of Jeffrey Dahmer victim Tony Hughes, makes a victim impact statement in court in 1992. She criticized singer Ariana Grande after she said on a podcast that her dream dinner guest It would be serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. This isn’t the first time Hughes has spoken out about the way she has glamorized Dahmer.
The Hughes family wasn’t the only ones to criticize Ariana’s comments. Fans also condemned the singer’s comments as “vile” and “offensive,” calling her “tone deaf.”
In a thread titled “Ariana Grande would love to have dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer,” people said the artist had been “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 you have a gun to your head, there’s no fucking 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.”
Another user said: ‘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.’
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.
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 beaten to death by a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in 1994.
In 2022, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan released their poorly reviewed Netflix crime thriller, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which depicted his unimaginable crimes and victims desperate for justice.
Actor 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.” of it.”
And although the hosts claimed to have contacted 20 of the victims’ family and friends, Rita Isbell, Erroll Lindsey’s sister, told Business Insider that she was never contacted about the “harsh and sloppy” show, which “retraumatized” her. .