Ariana Grande delivered a defiant speech during her concert in Chicago, Illinois on Monday stating ‘nothing will be able to distort my reality’ as she continues her Eternal Sunshine Tour.
This comes a day after announcing a ‘break’ from public work and appearances amid ‘ongoing scrutiny.’
‘[The hiatus] was not a reactive or impulsive thing,’ the 33-year-old pop diva said onstage the United Center.
‘It is something that I have decided, a plan that I had quietly made a long time ago and it’s a decision that was made from a thoughtful and empowered place. And I want you to know that many things can be true at the same time.
‘I want to share this because I heard that my fans were worried that “negativity was ruining things for me” but I just have to say that could not be more the f*** opposite.’
As the crowd roared, Grande continued: ‘I promise you, this is not what that is. I just want to be very, very clear. Multiple things can be true at the same time. Yes, boundaries can need to be set. Human beings can need a break sometimes.’
The two-time Grammy winner then declared that ‘no matter what noises exist out there, nothing will ever be able to distort my reality or be more real to me or louder to me than this love that we share in this room.’
‘This is what I will always take with me and carry with me because the rest of that s*** is not mine to carry, so I don’t carry it,’ Grande said.
‘I need to get out here and differentiate that from my truth for you all because I love you.’
