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Ariana Grande’s Singapore harasser kicked out of Lady Gaga show in Australia

Videos taken on Tuesday show Johnson Wen being escorted from the concert venue in Australia before Lady Gaga’s performance began

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Johnson Wen is seen being escorted out of a concert venue in Brisbane, Australia. Photo: Handout
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Johnson Wen – the man who grabbed singer-actress Ariana Grande at the Asia premiere of Wicked: For Good in Singapore and was subsequently jailed – was kicked out of Lady Gaga’s concert venue in Brisbane, Australia, on Tuesday.

Videos taken by fans at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium show Wen, who also goes by Pyjama Man, being escorted out of the venue before the start of the concert.

It is unclear if the 26-year-old Australian citizen had intended to disrupt Lady Gaga’s concert.
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Wen, however, has a long history of rushing towards celebrities during events, including Katy Perry’s Sydney concert in June this year and the Weeknd’s Melbourne show in 2024.

Another video appears to show Wen in disguise – wearing a wig, a fake moustache and sunglasses – while waiting to enter the venue.

Security guards seize a man (centre) as he tries to grab Ariana Grande at the “Wicked: For Good” premiere in Singapore on November 14, while co-star Cynthia Erivo (third from left) reacts. Photo: AFP
Security guards seize a man (centre) as he tries to grab Ariana Grande at the “Wicked: For Good” premiere in Singapore on November 14, while co-star Cynthia Erivo (third from left) reacts. Photo: AFP
As a result of his antics at the Wicked event in Singapore, Wen was sentenced to nine days’ jail for public nuisance. Before his sentencing, Wen had told the presiding judge that he would stop disrupting events.
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