Ariana Grande covers the new Seventeen magazine this month and reveals that she’s not speaking to her father, Edward Butera, but it looks like the two of them have patched things up.
When asked what the toughest thing she’s had to deal with, she answered “Falling out of touch with my dad. It’s private, but it happened last year. It took me so long to be okay with it. The thing that got me there was embracing the fact that that I am made up of half my dad, and a lot of my traits come from him. So much of me comes from my father, and for so long, I didn’t like that about myself. I had to accept that it’s okay not to get along with somebody and still love them.”
After Ariana gave this interview, it looks like she made up with her dad, the CEO of ibi designs inc. July 11 he tweeted “Was collaborating with My daughter and her great team last night….exciting!!!” and July 16 he tweeted “So I am driving with my daughter and her song comes on the radio…and she is singing for me…how cool is that?????”
Ariana’s had a steady rise to fame thanks to a devoted fan base that grew thanks to social media, but it’s been tough for her to “grow up” in front of so many people. “It’s tough to spend some of the most important years of your life in front of so many strangers who want to pick you apart,” she says. “Insecurity has been the hardest thing I’ve had to overcome. I think everyone my age struggles with that because everyone strives for approval and wants to feel loved.”
Now, she says she’s learned to be “okay with not having the answers to everything. I feel like for the first time in my life, I’m really okay. I used to freak out about everything all the time. I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, somebody said this!’ Everything used to be such a big deal! But now, I feel I can handle everything that comes my way with a calm energy.”
