Overview
- A last‑minute maintenance safety issue forced Grande and her team to deplane, with the aircraft not departing until the next day, making the event unreachable.
- Grande said she and Universal exhausted commercial, connecting and private options, noting a private flight required permits that could not be secured in time.
- In an emotional Instagram message, she apologized to Brazilian fans and asked them to celebrate her castmates at the world premiere without her.
- Hours later, she posted a follow‑up urging fans not to wish danger on her or the team, a message outlets reported was subsequently deleted.
- Grande cited recent work on another film as the reason she could not leave earlier; the sequel’s theatrical debut remains set for Nov. 21 with further premieres scheduled.