We’re told Ariana is enraged, because she actually continued to talk to the Grammys and offered to perform a song Ehrlich wanted, as long as she could sing “7 Rings,” but he still wouldn’t budge. She then said sayonara and, days later, Ehrlich came back and said fine, do a medley that includes “7 Rings” … but by then, Ariana was done with him. In other words, we’re told she feels like Ehrlich is lying because he knows he made a mistake and is looking for cover. As for why she thinks he made a mistake … “thank u, next” the album drops Friday, and it’s expected to be the best-selling album so far this year, and for Ariana not to appear on the TV show will look ridiculous.
Now, Ken Ehrlich is out here playing dumb with Rolling Stone, tolmbout how “surprised” he was at Ariana’s response. BOY BYE! “I saw those tweets and what she said. I guess it was a surprise,” he said in an interview with the magazine during rehearsals this weekend. “I will say this, and they don’t want me to say it but I’m going to say it: The thing that probably bothered me more than whatever else she said about me is when she said I’m not collaborative.” Ehrlich, who said he didn’t work with Grande directly, but communicated with her management team, continued: “The fact of the matter is — and I actually wrote a little thing in the middle of the night that I’m not going to do anything about, but, I mean. You can ask Christina Aguilera, who I asked to do ‘It’s a Man’s World’ for James Brown. “You can ask Melissa Etheridge, who finished her cancer treatment and I put her out on stage, bald, doing Janis Joplin. You can ask Ricky Martin who overnight became the creator of the Latin music revolution. Ask Mary J. Blige, who was scared shitless to go out there and do ‘No More Drama.’ I basically worked with her to mold it. Ask H.E.R. who’s in this show. “I don’t know if I’m good at anything else, but I understand artists and I can hear other artists in an artist. I don’t say to people, ‘This is what you should do.’ I approach it casually and say, hey, this might be a good idea, let’s find something in the middle.” Ms. Grande couldn’t be reached for comment, but we’re almost certain this would be her response: Grammys Producer Ken Ehrlich “Surprised” By Ariana Grande’s Epic Clapback About Why She’s Not Performing is a post from: Gossip On This - Pop Culture, News, Videos & Humor