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A man who jumped over a barricade and grabbed actress Ariana Grande at a Wicked: For Good<\/a> premiere in Singapore has been charged with being a public nuisance. <\/p>\n A now viral video shows the Australian man, Johnson Wen, pushing past photographers and charging at Grande while the cast made its way down a yellow carpet surrounded by fans. Co-star Cynthia Erivo could be seen wrestling the stunned actress away from Mr Wen. <\/p>\n The 26-year-old had posted on Instagram late on Thursday that he was “free after being arrested”. <\/p>\n However, on Friday afternoon, he was charged with being a public nuisance by a Singapore court. The incident caused massive outrage in the city state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Local media reports say Mr Wen, who was unrepresented, intends to plead guilty. <\/p>\n This is not the first time Mr Wen, who describes himself as a “Troll Most Hated”, has invaded a concert or event. <\/p>\n His Instagram feed includes clips of him disrupting other celebrity events, including jumping on stage at Katy Perry’s Sydney concert in June this year. He did the same at a concert by The Chainsmokers last December.<\/p>\n If found guilty, he may be fined up to S$2000 ($1540; \u00a31170). <\/p>\n Fans had earlier called for him to be arrested and deported. <\/p>\n “There needs to be action [taken] against him as this is clearly a criminal offence,” wrote an Instagram user, in a comment a video Mr Wen posted of his act. <\/p>\n “Oh wow so you do this a lot… how aren’t you in jail?” one Instagram user wrote. <\/p>\n Several accused Mr Wen of “re-traumatising” Grande, who has spoken of experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder after a suicide bomb attack<\/a> at the end of her May 2017 concert in Manchester, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds.<\/p>\n “Ariana has been through so many scary things… and at her Manchester concert and you thought it would be fun to jump the barricade?” said another comment on Instagram. <\/p>\n Some fans also criticised security officers at the Thursday event for not being vigilant enough; while others called for social media platforms to ban Mr Wen’s videos.<\/p>\n In clips circulating online, Grande appeared shocked when she was grabbed by the intruder. Her co-stars Michelle Yeoh and Erivo can be seen comforting her while Mr Wen was escorted away by security.<\/p>\n Grande has not commented on the incident, and the rest of the event proceeded as planned.<\/p>\n The BBC has reached out to Singapore’s police and immigration authority for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Hundreds of fans had gathered in a sea of green and pink at the Wicked: For Good Asia-Pacific premiere in a Singapore mall, including some who had stood in line for as long as eight hours before it began.<\/p>\n The movie, to be released on 21 November, is the second of a two-part adaptation of the popular Broadway and West End musical Wicked, which centres on the unlikely friendship between two very different witches.<\/p>\n The musical itself is a spin-off of the 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.<\/p>\n Grande, who plays the good witch Glinda, was decked out in a champagne pink sequin dress at the premiere while Erivo, who plays the wicked witch, wore a black tube grown embroidered with roses.<\/p>\n They were joined by co-star Jeff Goldblum who plays the wizard.<\/p>\n The first movie, Wicked, was the highest-grossing movie of 2024 in the UK, and scored 10 Oscar nominations<\/a>, winning two for best costume and production design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A man who jumped over a barricade and grabbed actress Ariana Grande at a Wicked: For Good premiere in Singapore has been charged with being a public nuisance. 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