Ariana Grande joins Demi Lovato in parting ways with manager Scooter Braun: report

Is Ariana Grande saying “Thank U, Next” to her supervisor, Scooter Braun?

Puck News reported Monday that Grande, 30, is following fellow pop star Demi Lovato’s lead in parting methods with the famed supervisor, whose roster additionally contains Tori Kelly, Carly Rae Jepsen, Dan + Shay, and most famously, Justin Bieber.

Unidentified sources additionally confirm to Billboard, however an insider informed The Put up that the Grande rumor is just not true.

The Put up has contacted reps for Grande and Braun, 42, for remark.

Grande started working with Braun in 2013 with the discharge of her debut album, “Yours Actually.”

“The rationale I signed with him is as a result of we had a gathering at my home, and he was equally as enthusiastic about my challenge as I used to be, if no more,” Grande told Elle in 2013, calling Braun “an unbelievable businessman.”

However their working relationship hasn’t been excellent. Grande quickly fired Braun in February 2016 — a transfer Braun later chalked as much as “s—-y boyfriends.”

He told Variety in 2018, “With Ariana, I may have stated plenty of stuff, and in reality my crew needed me to, as a result of they had been pissed.”

“However I stated, ‘We’re not gonna say a phrase, and that is gonna come again round,’” he continued. “They had been like, ‘By no means take her again!,’ however I simply stated, ‘Let’s keep quiet and let our fact be our actions.’”

He added: “And when s—-y boyfriends depart, she begins to see the sunshine on some stuff, and sooner or later I bought a telephone name. She stated, ‘Can I see you tomorrow?,’ and I stated, ‘No, I’m busy’ — I really couldn’t, so I stated, ‘I may see you Thursday,’ or no matter, and I went over there and we had a really trustworthy dialog.”

He was additionally important in placing on a profit live performance in Manchester simply two weeks after the Might 2017 deadly terrorist assault that unfolded outdoors Grande’s live performance.

“That relationship we had, from being fired to getting again collectively, actually gave us the energy for what he by no means imagined would come that following yr,” Braun informed Selection.

For her half, a supply near Lovato, who turned 31 on Sunday, informed The Put up that whereas she is grateful for her time with Braun’s SB Initiatives agency, the previous Disney star is trying to go in a brand new course.

She break up from Braun final month.