Ariana Grande slammed by Jeffrey Dahmer victim’s family for saying serial killer was her dream dinner guest
nypost.com“Podcrushed” podcast earlier this month, the “We Can’t Be Friends” hitmaker, 31, recalled telling a group of kids during a Q&A that she was interested in sitting down with Dahmer — who famously killed and dismembered 17 men between 1978 and 1991.The surprising revelation shocked the loved ones of Tony Hughes, who was last seen in 1991. “To me, it seems like she’s sick in her mind.
It’s not fancy or funny to say you would have wanted to do dinner with him,” Hughes’ mother, Shirley, told TMZ. “It’s also not something you should say to young people, which she says she did.”Tony, who was deaf and could not speak, was picked up by Dahmer at a Milwaukee gay bar.
Dahmer took him home, drugged him, dismembered his body and kept his skull, according to the Associated Press.Hughes told the outlet that she hopes the “Thank U, Next” singer understands how insensitive her comments were, and said it was disturbing that Grande laughed at the confession.
Elsewhere, Hughes’ sister, Barbara, said Grande’s comments appeared to glamorize the killer, who died in prison in 1994.The duo urged the 2-time Grammy winner to apologize.The Post has reached out to Grande’s reps for comment.Grande made the eyebrow-raising revelation to hosts Penn Badgley, Sophie Ansari and Nava Kavelin on the podcast’s June 17 episode.“I was infatuated with serial killers when I was younger,” Grande said on the podcast.
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