Overview
- Grande announced on Instagram that she and her team deplaned after the aircraft required maintenance for a safety issue.
- Reports differ on when the flight would next depart, with outlets citing either 1 a.m. or 11 a.m., and no technical details of the issue were disclosed.
- Grande said she and Universal exhausted commercial, connecting, and private options, noting a private flight would have required a permit that takes time to obtain.
- The São Paulo event proceeded with other cast members, including Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey, as the promotional tour continues to Paris on Nov. 7, London on Nov. 10, and Singapore on Nov. 13.
- Universal’s campaign remains on schedule ahead of the Nov. 21 theatrical release, and Grande apologized to fans and urged support for her castmates at the Brazil premiere.