Ariana Grande discusses Kabbalah and spiritualism

Ariana Grande is following in Madonna and Ashton Kutcher’s footsteps by joining the celebrity Kabbalah craze.

The 20-year-old lover of The Wanted’s Nathan Sykes shared her drastic spiritual switch exclusively with Guilty Pleasures as she took up hosting duties backstage at the star-studded MTV EMA in Amsterdam.

‘I was born Roman Catholic but I lost faith when the Pope decided to tell me everything I loved and believed in was wrong,’ said Grande, who added she started losing her faith when the Vatican apparently started criticising her favourite cartoons.

‘[The church] said Spongebob Squarepants is gay and he’s a sinner and he should burn in hell. And Harry Potter was a sin. And working women. I was like “Enough! First the gays, then Spongebob and now Harry Potter? Get out my house!” I was not having it. And the working woman thing? It was a moment for me. I needed something else to believe in,’ she ranted.

The star says following Madge’s lead has given her a winning approach to life.

‘It is the practice of being a good person and how that will manifest good things in your life. People don’t really realise that if you are kind you can make all sorts of things happen for you,’ she added.

On Sunday evening, the pop babe was racing about backstage interviewing performers from the night, including Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus – but confessed to Guilty Pleasures she is surprised by her own success in Europe.

‘London, Paris and Berlin have been crazy! We got mobbed in Paris. [My creative director] lost his soya latte in the crowd, I lost my mom. I was like “where is my mom? Can y’all calm down?” My videographer Jones and my guitarist got lost in the mob. It was crazy. But that’s one way to die, huh? Death by love via Parisian fans!’

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures, Monday 11 November 2013]