Ariana Grande accused of 'Asianfishing' in new photos

Publish date: 2024-05-17

Ariana Grande was accused of “Asianfishing” after photos of her surfaced on the internet in which she appeared to have different facial features.

The photos were posted by New York-based photographer Katia Temkin on Instagram and were widely circulated on Twitter. In them, Grande poses in a green oversized blazer with a white ascot tied in a bow around her neck, an outfit she wore on “The Voice.”

Critics noted that in the photos, her eyes appeared to have a different shape than in previous pictures, speculating that she underwent plastic surgery. Grande’s supporters suggested that the controversy was overblown. Others suggested that implying her smaller shaped eyes looked more “Asian” was a racist assumption in itself.

“Asianfishing” refers to the act of a non-Asian individual attempting to look Asian by adopting Asian phenotypic features, makeup, clothing and other aspects of physical appearance.

The term is derived from “Blackfishing,” a term coined by Canadian journalist Wanna Thompson, in which a non-Black person tries to appear Black, often resulting in the non-Black person’s financial gain. Both terms originate from the idea of “catfishing,” or posing as someone you are not on dating apps or social media.

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by Anonymousreply 49December 18, 2021 10:03 PM

I don’t know why, but I really hope to see the day when Ariana Grande gets canceled.

by Anonymousreply 2December 8, 2021 12:31 AM

Isn't diversity grand? It's like Gen Z is trying to turn everyone against the concept with this type of bullshit.

by Anonymousreply 3December 8, 2021 12:32 AM

I just saw the pics. Wow, they’re right. She looks like an Asian girl.

by Anonymousreply 4December 8, 2021 12:37 AM

It's not like it improved her looks any. A pig with too much lipstick is still a pig.

by Anonymousreply 5December 8, 2021 12:38 AM

I'd like to see this donut licker be canceled too

by Anonymousreply 6December 8, 2021 12:38 AM

Couldn't they come up with something better than Asianfishing? It hardly rolls off the tongue. I wish she would just disappear. Her lack of charisma is alarming.

by Anonymousreply 7December 8, 2021 12:38 AM

See for yourself. They’re not lying.

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by Anonymousreply 8December 8, 2021 12:40 AM

I bet Kelly Clarkson secretly hates her but has to put on a smile to keep The Voice gravy train rolling.

by Anonymousreply 9December 8, 2021 12:40 AM

Blake Shelton probably can't stand her either.

by Anonymousreply 10December 8, 2021 12:43 AM

Kelly must feel like a whale when she’s near Ariana.

by Anonymousreply 11December 8, 2021 12:45 AM

Lots of problems in the world, and people are insulted about this? You people have way too much time in your hands.

by Anonymousreply 12December 8, 2021 1:08 AM

Why is she so ashamed of being Italian American? She should embrace her Mediterranean beauty and culture. She really has no identity. Went from curly-haired New Jersey Italian girl to red-haired bimbo to a guidette then to a light skinned Black girl and now she's Asian. What's next?

by Anonymousreply 13December 8, 2021 1:12 AM

When Oli London praises you, you'd better commit suicide. Oli who spent thousands of dollars to look like a member of BTS and declared that he identified as Korean. He inspired this meme, featuring three actual members of BTS.

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by Anonymousreply 14December 8, 2021 1:21 AM

R8 woooow, I fully was expecting their description to be overblown hype, but again, woooow. I've never seen someone look so much like another race basically overnight. I was also expecting makeup effects, but no idea wth is going on there (surgery? But that seems crazy to do...) because she really looks like a different person.

Usually I don't easily support claims of this because clothing, styles, etc., are just temporary, superficial decorations, but this? She's straight up Rachel Dolezal-ing, only Asian.

by Anonymousreply 15December 8, 2021 1:31 AM

My name kwai-xi. Prease, I trade you chicken finger for access to instagram account. Prease. Not Alianda Glande. Kwai-xi. Prease. One chicken finger I get in, ok? aliandagla de@hotmail.com... Prease. Chicken finger mean I get in? Prease. Pletty prease?

by Anonymousreply 16December 8, 2021 2:12 AM

Ariana Grande in Asianface!!! Cancel her!!!

by Anonymousreply 17December 8, 2021 3:04 AM

What an asshole at R16. What are you, 10?

by Anonymousreply 21December 8, 2021 3:23 AM

Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Katharine Hepburn...Ariana Grande!

by Anonymousreply 22December 8, 2021 3:24 AM

Asians should be offended. That White people on Twitter think they look that bad apparently.

by Anonymousreply 23December 8, 2021 3:25 AM

Who cares what she tries to make herself look like. These kids that have such a hissy fit over not shit, need some lessons in real life.

by Anonymousreply 24December 8, 2021 3:26 AM

I kind of rolled my eyes at this topic and then I looked at the photos.

That's clearly what she's trying to do.

[quote] She should embrace her Mediterranean beauty and culture.

She should follow Lady Gaga's example. Lady Gaga's not just an Italian actress, she is THE Italian actress/singer now.

by Anonymousreply 25December 8, 2021 3:31 AM

[quote] Lady Gaga's not just an Italian actress, she is THE Italian actress/singer now.

The last time you guys did something that bad to Italy you had to create Columbus Day to apologise.

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by Anonymousreply 26December 8, 2021 3:38 AM

Her clothes are not Asian, and she's not done anything except make eye makeup make her look a certain way. That means nothing (unless you think all people with elongated eyes are Asian or trying to look Asian, which is itself a racist assumption).

by Anonymousreply 27December 8, 2021 3:39 AM

I don’t even know what the hell is going on anymore.

by Anonymousreply 28December 8, 2021 3:39 AM

[quote]I don’t even know what the hell is going on anymore.

Neither do I, R28.

by Anonymousreply 29December 8, 2021 3:41 AM

R26, She's an Italian girl, from Brooklyn, New York from a traditional Italian family!

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by Anonymousreply 30December 8, 2021 3:43 AM

People carp about anything these days.

by Anonymousreply 31December 8, 2021 7:16 AM

She's just following in the footsteps of her idol, Connie Francis.

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by Anonymousreply 32December 8, 2021 2:33 PM

She does look totally Asian in that instagram picture. But why would someone try to make her eyes look smaller? I thought everyone wanted bigger eyes.

by Anonymousreply 33December 8, 2021 2:42 PM

R27 that doesn't look like a trick with makeup though, at all. I know makeup can make a difference in looks sometimes, but it won't change the eye shape and eye lid that much. I was rolling my eyes too until I looked at the photos -- it looks like surgery was done to make her look a different race. Even her hair looks like she dyed it black, instead of her usual dark brown/ highlighted look.

I'm not sure what's "racist" about noticing her copying typical Asian features -- it wasn't racist to call out Dolezal for her tight perm and darker makeup/ tanning. It is racist though to purposely do cosmetic stuff to look like a different race. You know it when you see it.

She's also known as someone that's done this before -- to Hispanics and Blacks. She had a recent photo session where she crossed the line with trying to look Black. It wasn't her going for her typical ambiguous race look either, which doesn't bother me as much. It's getting old for these White stars to pull this stunt though, where they cross the line from ambiguity/ tanning a lot, to making their features look like a specific race.

by Anonymousreply 34December 8, 2021 3:34 PM

R33 having cat eyes is the in thing.

by Anonymousreply 35December 9, 2021 2:45 PM

Asians in Asia are flattered. It's self-appointed white saviors on Twitter who have the problem.

Koreans loved it when Britney Spears wore a traditional Korean dress. The Japanese loved an American Vogue spread celebrating the kimono using a white model.

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by Anonymousreply 36December 15, 2021 6:11 PM

I guess this is offensive?

I don't know. Maybe she was just trying to have some fun with her look. Seems pretty harmless to me.

Harry Styles wore a dress and got tons of acclaim for it. Ariana manipulates her eyeliner and the world collapses.

by Anonymousreply 37December 15, 2021 7:13 PM

Can't a girl just act a little koi?

by Anonymousreply 38December 15, 2021 8:30 PM

This shit is so annoying. While Beyoncé is going around looking like Christie Brinkley.

by Anonymousreply 39December 16, 2021 4:37 PM

R39

[quote]This shit is so annoying. While Beyoncé is going around looking like Christie Brinkley.

Where?

by Anonymousreply 41December 16, 2021 5:01 PM

People should be more offended that she is trying to pass herself off as an artist.

by Anonymousreply 42December 16, 2021 5:17 PM

So she moved from trying to look like a black woman now? I guess Latino will be up next...

by Anonymousreply 43December 16, 2021 5:22 PM

Beyoncé looks black. Wearing a blonde weave is not unique and nobody thinks she's white.

by Anonymousreply 44December 16, 2021 7:09 PM

What’s her next stunt going to be? Licking some mochi?

by Anonymousreply 45December 16, 2021 8:06 PM

Ariana's spray tan veers into blackface at times. Same with Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner who got lip jobs and wear braids. They are purposely creating an illusion. Kim has pale skin naturally and Kylie and Ariana are just white.

Beyoncé and Rihanna are light-skinned and depending on lighting and makeup can appear lighter or darker. Bey did get a nose job and wears blonde hair but she doesn't look white most of the time. Shes also Creole and has a lot of European blood. Rihanna is a quarter white.

by Anonymousreply 46December 16, 2021 10:02 PM

[Quote] Ariana manipulates her eyeliner and the world collapses.

Eye-liner is not responsible for how ridiculous she looks.

by Anonymousreply 47December 17, 2021 3:06 AM

[quote] It is racist though to purposely do cosmetic stuff to look like a different race

How so?

by Anonymousreply 48December 17, 2021 3:26 AM

[quote] Harry Styles wore a dress and got tons of acclaim for it

The only acclaim he got was from middle school aged girls. Nobody in the adult world cared. Some of us remember Young Thug, Andre 3000, Brad Pitt, Dennis Rodman, Kurt Cobain, Prince, David Bowie, RuPaul, Robin Williams, and Tyler Perry. Men wearing dresses is not new. In fact most men throughout history wore robes and skirts.

by Anonymousreply 49December 18, 2021 10:03 PM

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