Jail Time For Man Who Rushed Ariana Grande, But Is 9 Days Enough?
Amy & T.J.
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3.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
A Singapore judge threw 26-year-old Johnson Wen behind bars for rushing Ariana Grande in a social media stunt while she was promoting her new “Wicked” movie. Her co-star Cynthia Erivo heroically rushed to her aid, as Grande looked terrified watching Wen approach her and put his arm around her. This is a woman who knows all too well what terror looks and feels like after her concert was bombed in 2017, killing 22 people. Does Wen’s punishment fit his crime, and is it enough to deter him from doing it again? This was not his first stunt and many believe this will just lead to more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Monday, November the 17th, |
| 0:09.9 | and the man who jumped a barricade and rushed Ariana Grande and her movie star, |
| 0:17.9 | co-stars. |
| 0:19.1 | Well, he has now been sentenced to nine days in jail. |
| 0:23.6 | Question is, is that enough? |
| 0:26.3 | With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs, this was a scary scene. |
| 0:30.5 | Nobody got hurt, and by all accounts, he didn't mean anybody harm. |
| 0:34.7 | But this video went everywhere, and this was terrifying. |
| 0:38.2 | It was, especially in this day and age. |
| 0:42.1 | You don't know what somebody has in their hands. |
| 0:44.2 | You don't know if it's meant to just be a prank on social media or if someone means |
| 0:47.8 | you harm. |
| 0:48.7 | And clearly, when you watch this video, Ariana Grande's face tells you everything you need to know. She is scared to death. |
| 0:56.7 | And she has reason to be scared. She has lived through one of the worst terror attacks. |
| 1:01.6 | I think any artist can imagine having lived through at her concert in Manchester several |
| 1:06.7 | years ago. 2017, 22 people died with a terror attack at her concert. |
| 1:13.1 | She lives with that. |
| 1:14.6 | She probably, I mean, she's spoken about her PTSD from that. |
| 1:17.9 | So can you imagine now already being afraid of being out in public and having this happen |
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