Ariana Grande spoke out on fallout with dad before changing her name

Ariana Grande previously addressed the fallout with her dad before changing her name back following their reconciliation.

Now, any fans of the 'Dangerous Woman' singer will know that she's been hard at work starring as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the eagerly-anticipated Wicked cinematic adaptation of the hit musical.

However, hawk-eyed fans of Grande, who stars alongside the sensational Cynthia Erivo in the film, were quick to clock that she'd changed her name after noticing the credits.

At the beginning and end of the movie, the star's name read 'Ariana Grande-Butera', a mix of both her mother and father's name.

Grande had a 'falling out' with her dad, Ed Butera, over a decade back in 2013, following a split from her mum, Joan Grande, when she was just eight years old.

Now, the Grammy-winning star hasn't actually opened up about the reason why she fell out with her dad in the first place.

However, she did open up to Seventeen magazine about their relationship and why their falling out was one of the 'toughest things' she’s ever had to deal with.

"Falling out of touch with my dad. It's private, but it happened last year," the 31-year-old hit-maker revealed back in 2014.

She continued: "It took me so long to be okay with it. The thing that got me there was embracing the fact that I am made up of half my dad, and a lot of my traits come from him.

Ariana Grande was credited as 'Ariana Grande-Butera' in the Wicked credits sequences (Universal)

"So much of me comes from my father, and for so long, I didn't like that about myself.

"I had to accept that it's okay not to get along with somebody and still love them."

It seems like the pair have since reconnected in more recent years after Grande invited both of her parents along to the 62nd Grammy Awards back in 2020.

Butera was also present at Grande's wedding to Dalton Gomez in 2021.

Grande filed for divorce just a few years later in September 2023, citing irreconcilable differences, and their separation was finalised in March 2024.

Grande and her Wicked co-star, Cynthia Erivo (Instagram/@arianagrande)

Speaking about her incredible voice transformation to take on the role of Glinda, Grande explained in an interview with Vanity Fair: "There is a part of the world that isn’t familiar with what it takes to transform your voice, whether it’s singing or taking on a different dialect for a role or doing a character voice for something."

She went on to point out the double standards between how people receive male and female stars in Hollywood who undergo voice transformations when they take on a new role.

She stated: "When it’s a male actor that does it, it’s acclaimed. There are definitely jokes that are made as well, but it’s always after being led with praise, 'Oh, wow, he was so lost in the role'.

"And that’s just a part of the job, really."

Grande dubbed the situation a 'tale as old as time being a woman in this industry', adding: "You are treated differently, and you are under a microscope in a way that some people aren’t."

Backing herself, she explained getting so 'engaged' in her role was something she was really 'proud' of.

"Part of why I did want to engage [on TikTok] is because I am really proud of my hard work and of the fact that I did give 100 per cent of myself, including my physicality, to this role," Grande noted.

"I am proud of that, so I wanted to protect it."

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