Ariana Grande shocked fans this month after her appearance on the Wicked red carpet in Los Angeles.
With the singer’s petite figure on full display, some users took to social media to share their worries over her weight and slender frame, Daily Mail reports.
But new videos published on TikTok and X following the film’s London premiere last night, have sparked fresh concern over the 31-year-old’s health.
Posing alongside co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey, the stunning star displayed slim shoulders, prominent collarbones, while her sternum was also visible.
‘I love Ariana Grande and I don’t think people should comment on other people’s bodies at all, but there’s no way you can look at her and not think she’s not healthy,’ one user said.
Another wrote: ‘Ariana looks very fragile and not in a good way.’
A third added: ‘I know she has been slim all her life but seeing her now is worrying, she is so small.’
Experts have long warned that having a visible sternum and gaunter cheeks as an adult may be a sign of health conditions including malnourishment and lipoatrophy — the loss of fat tissue.
When losing weight, the bones and muscles of the chest area often become more visible.
Malnutrition is a significant risk factor for ill health.
As well as low energy and mood, it leads to loss of muscle mass, increasing the risk of falls and reduced mobility, and poor immunity, leading to a greater chance of infections.
The almost total loss of subcutaneous fat — just beneath the skin — can lead to pressure sores and delayed wound healing.
Both of which commonly result in extended hospital stays.
In an interview with the New York Times, both Ariana Grande and Cynthia hinted at intensely pressured schedules on set, with both contracting Covid during filming.
‘We only got sick once each, but both were before some of the most important works of the whole movie — mine was the week before “Popular”‘, Ariana Grande said.
‘I came to set with a mask on my final days of recovery to learn the hallway finale.’
When the actors’ strike forced production to a halt last summer, Cynthia also admitted she was ‘grateful’ as they had both ‘worked [themselves] to the bone’.
‘At first, it felt like an interruption, and then as it went on, it felt like the rest we needed’, she said.
‘We’d worked ourselves to the bone. I was really grateful,’
Last year, the Thank U, Next songstress clapped back at bodyshamers and insisted that she was healthier than ever after pictures comparing her weight over the years went viral.
In a three-minute long TikTok video, she said: ‘I just wanted to address your concerns about my body.
‘And talk a little bit about what it means to be a person with a body [that’s] seen and paid such close attention to.
‘I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies, no matter what.
you think you’re saying something good or well-intentioned, whatever it is — healthy or unhealthy, big or small, this or that, sexy or not sexy, we should really work towards not doing that as much.’
The Yes And? singer also claimed the version of her that people were comparing her to was the ‘unhealthiest version of her body.’
‘There are many different kinds of beautiful. There are many different ways to look healthy and beautiful,’ she stated.
‘And personally for me, the body that you’ve been comparing my current body to was the unhealthiest version of my body.’
She explained that she was ‘on a lot of anti-depressants’ and ‘drinking on them,’ which is usually not recommended because of dangerous interactions.
Ariana also admitted that she was ‘eating poorly and at the lowest point of her life’ when she looked the way her fans considered her healthiest.
‘I know I shouldn’t have to explain that, but I do feel like maybe having an openness or vulnerability, something good might come from it,’ she added.
‘Healthy can look different.’