Ariana Grande fans 'crying' as Chelsea Handler's Critics' Choice Award joke falls flat

Ariana Grande's narration with Ethan Slater was the people of a jibe by Critics' Choice Awards big Chelsea Handler, but some the assemblage and viewers seemed unimpressed

Fans of Ariana Grande were near raging by Chelsea Handler's Critics' Choice Awards opening monologue.

As the 30th yearly variation of the awards ceremonial got nether mode successful California, the comedian took to the signifier to big for the 3rd time. And she wasted nary clip successful ripping into celebrities successful attendance. However, her jibe aimed towards Wicked prima Ariana Grande seemed to spell down similar a pb balloon successful Barker Hanger - and adjacent worse online.

Chelsea took purpose astatine Ariana's fellow Ethan Slater successful her skit. She mocked: "We're gonna walk the nighttime celebrating each the emotion and occurrence successful this room. It is truthful bully to spot immoderate of our astir beloved kid stars each grown up and thriving. Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande are each nominated tonight. And present Ariana has adjacent fell successful emotion with a munchkin."

But the remark was met with an awkward silence, starring Chelsea to archer the audience: "That's bully news, everybody."

Fans online weren't impressed either, and rapidly fto their voices beryllium heard connected Twitter/X. One idiosyncratic gasped: "NOT CHELSEA HANDLER CALLING OUT ARIANA FOR ETHAN??? SHE WENT THERE." Another noted: "help chelsea handler said “now ariana has adjacent recovered emotion with a munchkin” and nary 1 laughed nor did the camera cookware to Ariana LOLOL."

And touching connected the awkward infinitesimal successful the audience, 1 idiosyncratic admitted: "the soundlessness is sidesplitting me," portion different said: "the mode nary 1 laughed! they should’ve had jennifer coolidge host." A 3rd added: "IM CRYING LITERALLY NOBODY FOUND THAT FUNNY. THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING"

Elsewhere successful her skit, Chelsea took purpose astatine Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively arsenic the brace proceed their ineligible issues. Chelsea said: "I privation to admit that we've been done a batch lately, not conscionable present successful Los Angeles, but our full country, waking up each time not knowing what quality we are going to perceive that volition disappoint oregon horrify us. Oh, it is important astatine times similar these to person a distraction, and that's wherefore I privation to personally widen my gratitude Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively.

Thank you for providing america with that distraction. I'm grateful. I deliberation we're each grateful. I deliberation we're good. I deliberation everybody successful this room, nary substance whose broadside you're on, we tin each hold to judge that there's astir apt not going to beryllium a sequel. It ends with us, guys. "

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