Ariana Grande remains committed to her upcoming film role in the Meet The Parents sequel "Focker-In-Law", alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, due out in November, despite confirming she will "take a step back from visibility" once her Eternal Sunshine tour concludes. Further detail has also emerged on the singer's reasoning: she has previously asked fans not to speculate about her body, including on her 2024 single "Yes, And?", and has said she wrote her new album "Petal" from a place of "unfiltered rage" without softening its content through rewrites. The withdrawal from public-facing work follows renewed online scrutiny of her appearance that intensified after the release of the "Petal" video.

Grande is finishing the North American leg of her tour before a 10-date residency at London's O2 Arena, concluding on 1 September, after which she plans to step back from appearances. She has also withdrawn from her planned West End debut in a revival of "Sunday In The Park With George" at the Barbican Centre, in which she was due to star opposite her Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey next summer, and last month reportedly dropped out of the new season of American Horror Story. Her representative said the decision reflects "endless, ongoing public scrutiny", while a source close to Grande stressed she remains in good health despite the physically demanding tour.