Ariana Grande experienced an unpleasant encounter with a Wicked: For Good Singapore premiere attendee, who turned out to be aspiring Australian influencer, “Pyjama Man,” whose real name is Johnson Wen. Wen lunged at Grande while she and her film co-stars were walking down the red carpet as fans happily greeted them from both sides.
As seen in multiple viral videos from the event, Wen rushed toward the “yes, and?” artist and put his arm around her, visibly jolting Grande. Cynthia Erivo quickly pushed him away as security intervened, and their other co-star Michelle Yeoh placed her arms around Grande to comfort her. Erivo, Yeoh and security appeared to ask Grande if she was OK, and she nodded. The team proceeded to walk into the premiere, as fans were heard shouting, “Are you ok?” to the actress, who plays Glinda in the two films.
Wen even posted one of the videos from the premiere to his Instagram. He captioned it, “@arianagrande @wickedmovie Dear Ariana Grande Thank You for letting me Jump on the Yellow Carpet with You.”
So, who exactly is Wen, and what happened to him after the encounter with Grande?
Below, News47.us has rounded up the facts about Johnson and that viral encounter with Ariana.
As seen on his Instagram account, Wen is a 26-year-old budding influencer with more than 11,000 followers. His bio reads, “2023 WorId Cup FinaI. Pitch lnvader. Troll Most Hated. Ariana Grande is the Queen.”
