The man is accused of Ariana Grande as she walked the yellow brick carpet at the Singapore premiere of her new film Evil: For good on Thursday.
In footage of the interaction captured on TikTok, the man appeared to jump over a barricade as Grande was signing autographs while walking the carpet at Universal Studios Singapore with her co-stars. Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh And Jeff Goldblum.
The man then ran up to Grande and hugged her, jumping up and down excitedly and waving to the crowd. Erivo quickly intervened, tearing them apart before security intervened and escorted him off the mat.
In the video, Grande looked visibly shaken and took a deep breath as Erivo hugged her as the man walked away.
The man, identified as Johnson Wen, calls himself a “prankster” on his TikTok account, where he shared the footage.
“Dear Ariana Grande, thank you for letting me jump on the yellow carpet with you #wicked,” Wen wrote in the caption.
Wen recently stormed the stage and hugged him Katy Perry during a concert in Sydney, Australia in June.
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Perry performed her hit Hot and cold at the Qudos Bank Arena when Wen ran onto the stage and started dancing next to her.
The 41-year-old singer looked visibly shocked in a video posted on social media as the man tried to hug her and jumped up and down on stage – similar to his actions with Grande.
Wen then began dancing alone after Perry turned around to distance herself from him and continued singing. As he performed the “thread” dance move, security approached him from both sides and escorted him off stage.
“There will never be a show like this again, so just enjoy it, Sydney,” Perry said into the microphone as security grabbed the man. “What the hell is going on?”
Police in New South Wales told NBC News that the man was arrested and charged with two offenses including entering a fenced area and obstructing a person in the performance of work or duties.
Wen didn't just reach out to Perry and Grande; he shared previous videos of him running around the stage during Weekends concert in Melbourne last year and running onto the pitch in the Women's World Cup final in 2023.
It also interrupted events during the Paris Olympics and the Men's Cricket World Cup in Melbourne in December 2024.
A pitch taker (right) runs past India captain Rohit Sharma during the match between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on December 27, 2024.
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When asked how he managed to bypass security after the incident, Wen said: 9 Australian News it was “Magic. Just kidding, I'm too fast.”
Wen said he received about $20,000 in fines for his on-stage antics.
“I plan to quit smoking for good because it gets you into too much trouble,” he added.
It is unclear whether he will be charged over the incident in Singapore.
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