Frankie Grande proved he’s in Ariana Grande’s corner one week after her rep shared the Grammy winner’s plans to step back from the spotlight following the last stop on her Eternal Sunshine Tour.
No one loves Ariana Grande harder than Frankie Grande.
After the “Love Me Harder” singer spoke out about taking a break from the spotlight following the conclusion of her Eternal Sunshine Tour, her brother made it clear he’ll always be by her side.
“Family forever. I will have your back until the end of time,” Frankie wrote on Instagram Aug. 7 alongside a clip of him singing along to Ariana’s 2014 hit “One Last Time” at her Aug. 6 concert stop in Chicago. “I am so proud of you and so happy for you. Last night was a beautiful celebration of your artistry and the magnificent eternal sunshine family you have built and created.”
“It was a magical night,” he added. “You are magical. You are my everything and I am so so happy I was there to see you shine on this tour one last time.”
The Titaníque star’s sweet shoutout comes one week after the Grammy winner’s rep shared she’d be taking a hiatus from the public eye after the final stop in her Eternal Sunshine Tour Sept. 1.
"Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour,” Grande’s rep told E! News in a statement August 2. “She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny.”
But even amid ongoing concerns over Ariana’s health—which became even more prevalent after she released a music video for the lead single in her new studio album Petal—the 33-year-old enjoyed every moment of the 41-stop tour.
“This tour has been a beautiful experience for her,” the statement added. “She loves her fans and has loved every minute of this tour so much.”
And that’s why making the decision to take some much-deserved time off was a difficult one.
“The announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing,” Grande said at her Chicago concert Aug. 3. "It is something that I had decided to plan, that I had quietly made a long time ago.”
Following online scrutiny, Grande denied that "negativity was ruining things" for her and explained she made the decision from a "thoughtful and empowered place."
"Multiple things can be true at the same time," she said. "Boundaries can need to be set. Human beings can need a break sometimes. And also this can be and will continue to be the greatest experience of my professional career."
“No matter what noises exist out there," she continued, "nothing will be able to distort my reality or be more real to me or louder to me as this love that we share."
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