Ariana Grande Responds to Elvira’s Claim That Singer Declined a Photo Op: “I Sincerely Apologize”

Ariana Grande responded this week to Elvira‘s recent claim that the singer once declined a photo with her.

Horror hostess character actress Elvira, real name Cassandra Peterson, recently went viral for saying at a a Knotts Berry Farm event that one of her worst celebrity encounters occurred when Grande brought a large group of friends and family to an Elvira performance and then refused to take a photo with Peterson.

“I’ll tell you briefly… she came and she brought 20 guests, so she wanted 20, 21 tickets,” the actress, who also goes by Mistress of the Dark, says in a video shared online and later posted by Peterson. “We’re like, ‘OK,’ and we give her the tickets. She comes backstage and she asks if I could take pictures with all of her friends and relatives she brought.”

Peterson continues in the video by saying that she complied with the request, and signed autographs for the group as well. “Then I say to her, ‘Can we take a photo together?’ She goes, ‘Nah, I don’t really do that,’” she says. ⁠Peterson went on to say that Grande left the show before Elvira’s set, leaving the rest of the group in the audience.

In a social media comment on Elvira’s post, Grande responded to Peterson’s claim, writing, “i’m so disheartened to see this. 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)… but if i’m misremembering this moment, i sincerely apologize for offending you so.”