Ariana Grande Tweeted and Deleted About Mac Miller’s Grammy Snub

Ariana Grande.
Ariana Grande. Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Ariana Grande may not have attended the Grammys on Sunday night, but she was certainly at home watching for at least one category, as evidenced by her reaction on Twitter. When Cardi B won Best Rap Album for Invasion of Privacy over Mac Miller’s Swimming, Grande posted a series of incredulous tweets, which she quickly deleted lest they be misconstrued.

As E! reports, the singer called Miller’s snub “literal bullshit” and “trash.” But when fans interpreted the posts as a reaction to Cardi B’s win, she set the record straight: She was upset that the Grammys had invited Miller’s parents to the show but did not give him a posthumous award. (The show included him in their “In Memoriam” tribute, which honored artists and those in the music industry who died in the past year.)

She also clarified that her tweets had “nothing to do w [Cardi]. Good for her. I promise. I’m sorry,” and called someone out for calling Cardi “trash”: “she’s not at all and that’s not what I meant and u know that,” she wrote in another, now-deleted tweet.

Cardi later dedicated her win, in part, to Miller: In a video posted to Instagram, she explained that she “read an article that Mac Miller’s family said that if he don’t win, they want me to win, so I’m sharing this Grammy with you.” She later posted a screenshot from the article, which Grande commented with a series of hearts.

When a commenter attempted to come for the singer, Grande wrote back: “U really clearly don’t understand. I know she knows that wasn’t ab her too. I was emotional and I’m sry for the confusion.”

Miller died in September 2018 after a long history of substance use; he was 26 years old. He and Grande dated for two years before splitting in early 2018; she later released a series of tracks that fans believe are about Miller, “Imagine” and “Ghostin,” from her album Thank U, Next. She also adopted his dog Myron after his passing.

This story has been updated throughout.

Ariana Grande Tweets, Deletes About Mac Miller’s Grammy Snub