“I was like, Mom, that’s intense and harmful.
That’s so intense!'”
Ariana Grandesays her mom Joan’s competitive streak ended up inspiring aSaturday Night Livesketch.
Ariana Grande and Joan Grande.NBC; Bruce Glikas/WireImage
That was the extent of it was he was like, Woo-hoo!
Were ahead, Grande recalled on a recent episode oftheLas Culturistaspodcast.
And my mom goes, Tiny-dick syndrome, huh?
Joan Grande and Ariana Grande.John Sciulli/AMA2013/Getty
That’s not funny.
I was like, Mom, that’s intense and harmful.
That’s so intense!
Thankfully, everyone at the event found her mother’s comment hilarious.
We all were laughing, and, of course, [Hale’s brother] laughed, Grande said.
But she was like, Well, that’s a sign of what that is.
And I was like, Mommy!
So I was like, Bowen, we have to do something with this, hey.
It’s just so silly.'"
My jaw dropped, he added.
I was like, Joan."
Im an alien in my family a little bit, because Im like…
I dont care, she admitted.
I just wanna have fun and I wanna be there and Im here for a good time.
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The same cant be said for her mom, brotherFrankie Grande, or his partner Hale.
Frankie cant lose a game.
Mommy cant lose a game, she said.
They cant lose a game.
They dont like it.
Listen to Grande and Yang talk about the sketch in the podcast above.
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