Ariana Grande banned Tiger King’s Carole Baskin from appearing in ‘Stuck With U’ video
Grande and Justin Bieber asked fans to send in clips for their music video
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Your support makes all the difference.Ariana Grande banned Tiger King’s Carole Baskin from appearing in her new music video with Justin Bieber.
The pair had previously asked fans to send in clips of themselves dancing around the house with their loved ones for the video to new song “Stuck With U”, which debuted in the early hours of Friday morning.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Buble and Kendall and Kylie Jenner were among the stars to appear, but one famous face not to make the cut was Tiger King’s Baskin, who instead featured in a teaser shared on Bieber’s Twitter with the caption: “Tonight. #stuckwithu. He ain’t going nowhere.”
In the bizarre clip, Baskin is seen dancing to “Stuck With U” with husband Howard and her cat, the married couple dressed in animal print kaftans and lion head hats.
Replying to her collaborator, Grande reassured her fans that the star of the Netflix documentary would not be in her video, writing: “For the record, I did not allow or approve this clip to be in the actual video. But nonetheless. It exists and that’s ..... unique.”
After a fan joked that they were laughing at her response, Grande replied: “I am very glad someone is laughing. The f***ing heart attacks I had over this.”
Recorded fully at home during the coronavirus lockdown, Bieber sings his part of the song to wife Hailey Bieber, while Grande serenades her dog, with boyfriend Dalton Gomez making a brief appearance at the end.
Elsewhere, the video sees fans from around the world dancing to the song, including students in their prom dresses and graduation gowns, as well as healthcare workers and nurses in their scrubs.
All proceeds from the song’s streams and sales will be donated to the First Responders Children’s Foundation, which helps give funding grants and scholarships to the children of key workers on the frontlines during the pandemic.
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