Ariana Grande thanked “Juvéderm and Botox” as she accepted the Rising Star Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival in California on Friday.
“You have no idea how much that means to me,” Grande gushed after being invited on stage by Jennifer Coolidge. per person.
“I have been acting since I was a child, so I never thought I would hear the words 'rising star' again at the age of 31. So first of all, I would like to thank my two friends, Botox and Juvederm. I thought so.”
The “Wicked” star humorously added, “I thought by now you'd be calling me a 'slightly withered star' or 'a droopy star,' so thank you.”
In 2023, she admitted that she had regularly had Botox and lip fillers since she was younger, but claimed that she stopped in 2018.
“[It was] excessively. I just wanted to hide,” she explained.
Grande also opened up about the cosmetic procedures she has and hasn't had while taking a polygraph test with Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo in September 2024.
During the examination, she denied having had a nose job, chin implant, or breast implants. She also admitted that she is “open” to getting a facelift, although she said she has never had one.
She also denied having undergone a Brazilian butt lift.
“That doesn't work for me. I don't think it's about me and I'm okay with that, you know?” she explained.
During the examination, the “We Can't Be Friends” singer reiterated that she had had fillers and Botox “in various places,” but reaffirmed that she stopped such treatments several years ago.
In her acceptance speech for the Rising Star Award on Friday, Grande called Erivo, 37, her “smart little sister” and praised “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu as a “fearless leader.”
Other honorees at Friday's event include Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and Timothée Chalamet.
Kidman shed tears in her acceptance speech for the International Star Award, dedicating it to her late mother who passed away in September.
