Toronto-based writer, Roslyn Talusan, has been receiving hateful, abusive, and threatening messages from Ariana Grande fans ever since she called her “a spoiled white girl from boca” on Twitter.
After Ariana spotted some blog content that she was offended by, she called out “them bloggers” in a now-deleted tweet.
She called media journalists “unfulfilled” and “purposeless”, which sent Roslyn on an angry Twitter tangent directed at Ariana.
“You [expletive] realize bloggers/writers are creators, right?,” Roslyn tweeted.
“Just because we don’t sing or dance [expletive] choreo or culturally appropriate for profit doesn’t make our craft any less valid. suck on my balls.”
“Ariana Grande stop running your [expletive] mouth like you’re better than non-celebrities,” she went on.
“You would understand the necessity for culture critics if you had some you [expletive] buzzard”.
Roslyn then pointed out that for someone that doesn’t “write her own music and design her costumes” she sure has a lot to say about other valid professions.
It was clear that she took serious offense to Ari’s initial tweets, discrediting writers.
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She then tweeted that Ariana often tries to copy Beyoncé.
But goes on to explain that Beyoncé lifts “people up”, while Ari puts down those that aren’t putting her up on a pedestal.
Roslyn had no idea that Ariana Grande stans were coming for her.
“I hope someone murders you! I also hope your kids get murdered too [expletive]! You deserve it you [expletive] [expletive] [expletive],” someone messaged her on Instagram .
In the past, Roslyn has publicly opened up on social media about being a victim of sexual assault, and Ariana stans were trying using that against her.
In an attempt to spread awareness of what Ari’s fans were doing to her, she screenshot the flood of hateful messages she was being sent and posted them on Twitter
There were countless hurtful messages similar to this one.
Finally, all the commotion got the attention of Ariana Grande, herself, and she DM’d Roslyn, attempting to extend the olive branch on behalf of her fans.
She personally messaged Roslyn, reassuring her that she recognizes media writers as having a “valid” profession.
She then explained that her fans were only dishing out the same “energy” that Roslyn had in her original tweets bashing Ariana.
She described her fans as being upset and passionate — and then apologized on their behalf, adding that they should know better by now.
Roslyn replied to Ariana, apologizing for hurting her — claiming she never thought she would ever see her tweets in the first place.
She told Ari that although she’s done a few things to disappoint her lately, she has been an overall inspiration to her in her own journey.
Ariana snippily responded that she just tries to do her job.
But the conversation didn’t end there. The two went on to have a conversation at length about mental health.
“Grande kept DM’ing me to reassure me that she writes her songs and then about her PTSD. I made sure to validate her feelings, told her healing isn’t linear, and recommended a book,” Roslyn explained.
She sent Ariana the screenshots of her stans threatening messages, asking her to “get them to stop”.
But she said that she found Ari’s response to be “completely unsatisfactory.”
“She essentially victim-blamed and gaslit me,” Roslyn continued.
“Grande dismissed it as her fans being ‘upset and passionate,’ who were reacting with ‘similar energy’ to my tweets.”
“I’m aware that Ariana Grande can’t control all of her fans and followers,” she said.
“However, pretending like she has 0 influence over her stans is disingenuous and irresponsible.”
Roslyn then explained that Ariana needs to learn how to take “constructive criticism” better.
She wrapped up her final Twitter thread by mentioning that there are plenty of other victims of “stan culture” out there being bullied — we just don’t see it because it doesn’t always receive attention from major media platforms.
