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Stuff Mom Never Told You

SMNTY Classics: Don’t Make Mac Miller’s Death About Ariana Grande

Stuff Mom Never Told You

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.04.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this classic episode, we offer a friendly reminder that celebrities are people.

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Annie, and you're listening to Stuff Home Never Told You.

0:21.0

A lot has happened since we released this episode looking at the Yoko Ono effect, and how

0:25.8

it played out with folks blaming Ariana Grande about Mac Miller's death.

0:30.8

Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande broke up, and she released Thank You Next, which was a

0:35.9

huge hit, and it inspired all of these parodies.

0:41.8

It was a really big deal.

0:43.6

And Pete Davidson was being harassed online by her fans for nine and months.

0:48.2

He even addressed it in Instagram posts in Ariana Grande urged her fans to be gentler.

0:53.8

He was escalated on December 15, 2018, when Pete Davidson posted a note on Instagram

0:58.1

that had some suicidal ideation.

1:00.8

And while some were supportive and voice concern, other people were terrible, encouraging

1:06.0

Davidson to self harm.

1:09.1

As of recording this, he's fine.

1:10.8

The police did a wellness check, and he briefly appeared on Saturday Night Live that night.

1:15.8

He deleted all of his social media accounts, and this is just a friendly reminder that celebrities

1:21.5

are people to words matter, mental health matters.

1:25.8

If you or someone you know is struggling with this, the National Suicide Prevention

1:29.9

Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255, or you can contact the crisis text line by texting talk to

1:38.9

741-741.

1:41.5

Please take care of each other, everybody.

1:43.8

Hey, this is Bridget, and this is Annie.

1:50.7

And you're listening to Stuff Mom Never Told You.

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