Just when everyone thought #Donutgate was over, Ariana Grande has apologized again for offending many of her fans when she said “I hate America” on July 4.
Yet, she sat down for a new interview with Good Morning America on Tuesday morning, letting her fans know that she has since turned over a new leaf following the donutgate scandal.
“My behavior was very offensive and I apologized,” Ariana told GMA. “There’s no excuse or there’s nothing to justify it. I think that as human beings we all say and do things that we don’t mean at all sometimes and we have to learn from it, I mean, it’s part of our process. We have to learn from our mistakes and that’s how we grow.”
While sitting down with co-host Amy Robach, she readdressed the controversial incident that occurred at Wolfee Donuts located in Riverside County, California and revealed the lessons that she have learned.
“I think one of the biggest things I learned from that was what it feels like to disappoint so many people who love and believe in you. And that’s an excruciating feeling… You have to remember that your words, your actions, have, you know, ramifications and you have to really think about what you’re about to say and do because it’s important. It’s important to so many people,” she went on.
Surveillance footage showed Ariana Grande licking donuts from off the counter beside her backup dancer Ricky Alvarez, while saying: "I hate Americans. I hate America."
That day, she and her then-love interest upset staff with their behavior and even led the shop to face health inspection issues due to the leaked security footage.
Many of her fans were offended by what she was insinuating, but Ariana seems genuinely sorry about her words.
Ariana was all smiles in Times Square, greeting her sea of fans with a friendly wave as she arrived to the studios.
The singer chose to put her sun-kissed legs on full display in a peplum-flared frock, featuring a waist-cinching panel near the bodice.
She accessorized with one large diamond ring on her middle finger, which she showed off while blowing kisses to her fans.
Meanwhile, the former Nickelodeon starl also will be adding to her acting resume, making an appearance in FOX's 'Scream Queens.'
She will also be portraying Molly Peters in the TV series 'Stuck in The Middle.'
