🔗 Share this article Person That Grabbed Ariana Grande at Premiere Barred from Singapore The event occurred throughout the premiere tour of the musical film stop in Singapore An individual of Australian nationality that leaped over a barricade and reached for Hollywood star Ariana Grande has been sent away and prohibited from Singapore. Johnson Wen, 26, was handed a penalty to more than a week in detention for causing a public disturbance and has now been "banned from entering the country again," Singaporean immigration authorities stated to local media. Wen pushed past photographers and approached aggressively the performer and artist, who was attending the Asian debut for Wicked: For Good on the thirteenth of November. Co-performer Cynthia Erivo pulled him back from Grande. Wen has a history of causing disturbances at events and celebrity events, including rushing the stage at the pop star's Australian show in this summer. The incident sparked outrage in Singapore, with numerous people saying he of triggering past trauma for the singer. The singer has mentioned experiencing PTSD after a suicide bomb attack at her concert in Manchester in May 2017 killed 22 individuals and injured hundreds. Throughout the court proceedings, the court heard he had tried to gain access on the red carpet event multiple times, according to local news sources. He then made a follow-up try to breach security. Event security prevented him and restrained him. He then uploaded recordings expressing gratitude to the star for permitting his access and said he was "at liberty." Police detained him the subsequent day and accused him with disorderly conduct, to which the man admitted guilt. The District Judge the magistrate was cited by Channel News Asia as saying that he was looking for publicity, commenting that he was incorrect to assume he would not face any penalties. The actress has not commented on the case. Cynthia Erivo spoke about the incident to a media outlet, remarking that she "just wanted to verify my friend was protected." "I believe he didn't mean us harm, but you cannot be certain with those things, and I sought to ensure that she was alright. That was my immediate response," she commented.