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Lip reader reveals what Ariana Grande said to Keith Urban in new footage and some people are confused

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Published 15:31 15 Jan 2025 GMT

Lip reader reveals what Ariana Grande said to Keith Urban in new footage and some people are confused

A lip reading of a conversation between the two stars has caused some confusion

Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson

When we see celebrities chatting at award shows, many of us have often thought 'I'd love to know what they're talking about'.

Thanks to lip reading, guessing the details is made a lot easier - but it's an imperfect practice and can sometimes lead to more confusion.

Case in point, this video of Ariana Grande talking to Keith Urban has left a lot of people scratching their heads.

Ariana Grande and Keith Urban got talking at a private event last year (Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images)
Ariana Grande and Keith Urban got talking at a private event last year (Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images)

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The clip, shared to Instagram by user @tismejackieg, who's deaf and lip-reads most days, shows Grande and Urban chatting at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, which took place earlier this month.

The captions included alongside the exchange look pretty standard chat, as Grande appeared to say: "Thank you, your cover was so beautiful. I was like, so honoured."

The line that caught people off guard came earlier in the conversation though, when the Wicked star appeared to say: "We can't be friends."

That seems like an awfully hostile thing to say, doesn't it? And at first glance, it would catch a lot of people off guard.

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In the video's comment section, people came together to express their confusion at the pop star's seemingly random remark.

One viewer said: "She must have said we 'can' be friends. 'We can't be friends' doesn't make sense with the praises," as another commented: "Why can't they be freinds?"

"We can't be friends??? Language error??" asked a fellow confused viewer.

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So what is the truth behind this? Was Grande really dissing Urban so blatantly?

No, she was in fact making reference to the song in which he'd performed a cover of - namely 'We Can't Be Friends' from her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine.

The country singer, who is married to Nicole Kidman, performed the song at an intimate show back in May 2024, and he has made his feelings about the song known in interviews and on his social media.

Grande and Urban struck up a conversation at the Golden Globes earlier this month (Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images)
Grande and Urban struck up a conversation at the Golden Globes earlier this month (Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images)

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Speaking to PEOPLE magazine, he said: "I don’t know what is going on with that song, but I cannot stop playing it. It’s like audible heroin. Literally, I have to have another hit. I play that thing over and over and over."

He branded it his 'absolute current obsession song'.

It seems that the general public agreed at the time, as they made the song Grande's Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album on which it was released became Grande's sixth number one record.

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Grande became the first woman artist to have two albums produce multiple number one hits, which she'd previously done with tracks such as 'Thank U Next' and '7 Rings'.

Featured Image Credit: Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images

Topics: Ariana Grande, Celebrity, Wicked, TV And Film, Music

Ben Thompson
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