Ariana Grande, who has 131m followers, is taking a break following her split

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Ariana Grande is known for interacting with her fans on social media. She’s thoughtful and vulnerable in her posts and she hasn’t made a big faux pas or written anything regrettable that’s received press. So it’s not surprising to hear that she reads comments, that they affect her, and that she needs to take breaks occasionally. We just heard that Ariana and Pete Davidson have broken up after less than six months together. Ariana was dealing with the sudden death of her ex boyfriend, Mac Miller, and that reportedly affected her relationship with Pete, which was going way too fast anyway. She just posted that she needs to take a break. I’m relying on People’s reporting on this because the post about her taking a break was in an Instagram story, which she since deleted. The other content, about performing during the final taping for NBC’s 15th anniversary of Wicked, is still available. (She did not wear her engagement ring for that as she’s already returned it to Pete.) Does that mean she really isn’t quitting? I don’t know.

[Ariana] Grande announced an internet hiatus.

“Ok today was v special and i’m so grateful i was able to be there,” Grande said in a post on her Instagram Stories, which has since been deleted in reference to Tuesday’s taping of NBC’s A Very Wicked Halloween.

“Time to say bye bye again to the internet for just a lil bit,” Grande continued. “It’s hard not to bump news n stuff that I’m not trying to see rn. It’s very sad and we’re all tryin very hard to keep going. love u. and thank u for bein here always,” Grande added.

The announcement comes just a few hours after Grande spoke candidly about her “anxiety” in a different Instagram Stories post.

“Can’t believe I almost let my anxiety ruin this for me today!” the singer captioned a photo of herself, which showed off her makeup, specifically her green lip shade.

“Not today Satan! Not tomorrow or the next day either not no more u can suck my big green d— finna sing my heart out and be a big walking vessel of love bye,” Grande added.

Wicked’s 15th-anniversary special will air on NBC later this month.

[From People]

Maybe she just means she’s stepping away for a day or two. I’m guilty of that. I’ll be like “I’m leaving Twitter for a few days I can’t take it” and then I’ll be back within 24 hours. Social media is addictive and although I’ve successfully deleted my personal Facebook (I still have a business account) I’m active on Twitter and am getting sucked in to Instagram. There’s an excellent community on Twitter especially, it just can be see all the news. It must be worse when the press reports on everything you say and you just broke up with your boyfriend. I like watching Ariana online. She’s trying to be genuine and that’s got to be painful at times too.

In related news, Pete backed out of a scheduled comedy performance for today in Philadelphia. People also reports that they’ve “broken up before and got back together.” Remember when Pete deleted all his Instagram posts and Ariana took a break? I bet that was one of the times they broke up.

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