Horror icon Elvira is opening up about her worst celebrity encounter — with Wicked star Ariana Grande.
During an appearance at Knott’s Scary Farm in Buena Park, California, the Elvira: Mistress of the Dark actress recounted how the pop star had requested tickets to one of her shows.
“She came and she brought 20 guests — she wanted 20, 21 tickets,” Elvira, whose real name is Cassandra Peterson, said during the Q&A portion of her event Sunday.
Before the show, Grande and her friends went backstage to meet Elvira. But when the actress asked Grande for photo, the songstress replied, “Nah, I don’t really do that.”
The 73-year-old added that Grande left before the performance started.
“All her relatives stayed ... and she took off. OK? Right? Just sayin,’” Elvira said, eliciting boos from the audience.
Grande, however, denied that she ever had a chance to meet Elvira on Instagram Monday.
“i actually don’t even remember getting the chance to meet you because i had an anxiety attack and to my memory, left before the rest of my family (this was around 7 years ago and at the time i was really not great with being in public crowds or loud places)...” the pop star wrote in an Instagram comment.
She said her encounter with Elvira happened shortly after the Manchester Arena attack, when 22 people were killed in a suicide bombing during one of her concerts.
“if i’m misremembering this moment, i sincerely apologize for offending you so,” Grande said.
Grande’s behavior has landed her in hot water before. She was previously called out for being the “rudest celebrity” by YouTuber James Charles, who said in a 2018 video that Grande followed him, only to unfollow him over fan backlash.
But in 2021, Charles said calling out Grande was “one of the biggest regrets of my career.”
“It still follows me 4 years later which sucks,” Charles wrote in an Instagram story.
Grande’s most infamous incident was in 2015, when she declared, “I hate America,” and licked a donut at a shop. She was also heavily criticized in 2023 for her relationship with Wicked co-star Ethan Slater, who was married at the time.
