01of 12Colleen BallingerColleen Ballinger.TheexpectantBallinger (aka YouTuber “Miranda Sings”) opens the video. In theMean Girlsinspired scene, she and a slew of familiar faces reflect on how influential Grande is.In Ballinger’s case: “One time on Twitter I heard Ariana was pregnant. So I got pregnant so we could be pregnant at the same time. Turns out it was just a rumor,” she quipped, cradling her very-real bump.
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Colleen Ballinger
Colleen Ballinger.
TheexpectantBallinger (aka YouTuber “Miranda Sings”) opens the video. In theMean Girlsinspired scene, she and a slew of familiar faces reflect on how influential Grande is.
In Ballinger’s case: “One time on Twitter I heard Ariana was pregnant. So I got pregnant so we could be pregnant at the same time. Turns out it was just a rumor,” she quipped, cradling her very-real bump.
02of 12Jonathan BennettAriana Grande and Jonathan Bennett.Bennett — whoplayed Cady Heron’s love interest inMean Girls— reprises his role as Aaron Samuels with a play on one of the movie’s most famous lines: “Ariana Grandetold me my hair looked sexy pushed back. She’s not wrong.”
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Jonathan Bennett
Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bennett.
Bennett — whoplayed Cady Heron’s love interest inMean Girls— reprises his role as Aaron Samuels with a play on one of the movie’s most famous lines: “Ariana Grandetold me my hair looked sexy pushed back. She’s not wrong.”
03of 12Stefanie DrummondInMean GirlsDrummond played the wide-eyed Bethany Byrd, who bought army pants and flip flops because Lindsay Lohan’s character did.In the “Thank U, Next” video: “Ariana Grandebroke off an engagement, so I found a guy to propose to me, andIbroke off an engagement.”
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Stefanie Drummond
InMean GirlsDrummond played the wide-eyed Bethany Byrd, who bought army pants and flip flops because Lindsay Lohan’s character did.
In the “Thank U, Next” video: “Ariana Grandebroke off an engagement, so I found a guy to propose to me, andIbroke off an engagement.”
04of 12Troye SivanTroye Sivan.“I heard she’s a lesbian now and dating some chick called Aubrey,” Grande’s “Dance to This” duet partner says in the video, poking fun at “Thank U, Next” listeners who mistook the lyric “Her name is Ari” for"Her name isAubrey."
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Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan.
“I heard she’s a lesbian now and dating some chick called Aubrey,” Grande’s “Dance to This” duet partner says in the video, poking fun at “Thank U, Next” listeners who mistook the lyric “Her name is Ari” for"Her name isAubrey."
05of 12Gabi DeMartinoThe influencer — known forimpersonating Grandeon social media — updated a classicMean Girlsquote with one of the singer’s favorite phrases: “Ariana says, ‘Honest to God, knock me out,’ so I decided to punch myself in the face. It was awesome.”
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Gabi DeMartino
The influencer — known forimpersonating Grandeon social media — updated a classicMean Girlsquote with one of the singer’s favorite phrases: “Ariana says, ‘Honest to God, knock me out,’ so I decided to punch myself in the face. It was awesome.”
06of 12Elizabeth GilliesThank U, Next video.Grande tapped her formerVictoriouscostar (far left) to portray Lindsay Lohan’s character, Cady Heron.
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Elizabeth Gillies
Thank U, Next video.
Grande tapped her formerVictoriouscostar (far left) to portray Lindsay Lohan’s character, Cady Heron.
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Kris Jenner
“Thank you, next, bitch!” she squeals at the end of the video.
08of 12Matt BennettThank U, Next video.To recreate a famous scene fromBring It On, Grande (as Kirsten Dunst’s Torrence) tappedVictoriouspal Bennett to play Jesse Bradford’s character Cliff.
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Matt Bennett
To recreate a famous scene fromBring It On, Grande (as Kirsten Dunst’s Torrence) tappedVictoriouspal Bennett to play Jesse Bradford’s character Cliff.
09of 12Victoria MonétThe R&B singer — Grande’s pal who opened for her on the Dangerous Woman Tour — dressed up as an East Compton Clover cheerleader in aBring It On-inspired scene.
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Victoria Monét
The R&B singer — Grande’s pal who opened for her on the Dangerous Woman Tour — dressed up as an East Compton Clover cheerleader in aBring It On-inspired scene.
10of 12Daniella MonetAnotherVictoriousalum, Monet, helped reenact aBring It Oncheering scene.
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Daniella Monet
AnotherVictoriousalum, Monet, helped reenact aBring It Oncheering scene.
11of 12ToulouseAriana Grande.For the video’sLegally Blondesend-up, Grande tapped her beagle-chihuahua mix Toulouse to play the Bruiser to her Elle King.The “Thank U, Next” video isn’t Toulouse’s first appearance onscreen, though: He also steals the show in Grande’s new YouTube docu-series,Dangerous Woman Diaries.
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Toulouse
Ariana Grande.
For the video’sLegally Blondesend-up, Grande tapped her beagle-chihuahua mix Toulouse to play the Bruiser to her Elle King.
The “Thank U, Next” video isn’t Toulouse’s first appearance onscreen, though: He also steals the show in Grande’s new YouTube docu-series,Dangerous Woman Diaries.
12of 12Jennifer CoolidgeThe actress pulled out her lip gloss and slipped back into her denim vest to reprise her role asLegally Blondecosmetologist Paulette — and proved she can still bend and snap 17 years later!
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Jennifer Coolidge
The actress pulled out her lip gloss and slipped back into her denim vest to reprise her role asLegally Blondecosmetologist Paulette — and proved she can still bend and snap 17 years later!
source: people.com
