The instrumentality works rapidly successful Singapore, wherever past week an Australian antheral with a wont of disrupting events charged astatine Ariana Grande aft jumping a obstruction astatine the Asian premiere of “Wicked: For Good.”
This week, he’s already serving his condemnation for the offense.
Johnson Wen, 26, was convicted Monday of being a nationalist nuisance and sentenced to 9 days successful jail, the BBC reported. Videos from the Thursday incidental amusement Wen jumping a barricade astatine Universal Studios Singapore and moving astatine Grande, past putting his arms astir her cervix and shoulders portion jumping up and down and flashing a large grin to the cameras. He was separated from his shocked people by her co-star Cynthia Erivo and escorted disconnected by security.
But that wasn’t each — Wen tried a 2nd clip to leap the barricades that lined the event’s yellowish carpet but was pinned down by security, the BBC said. He was arrested Friday.
The Australian was successful Singapore connected a 90-day tourer visa and has been successful custody since his arrest. He was sentenced Monday aft the prosecution requested a week down bars connected a complaint that carries up to a three-month sentence, according to Singapore’s the Straits Times.
“Dude this is is not okay,” 1 commenter had written Thursday connected Wen’s Instagram station showing him charging onto the carpet and grabbing Grande. “Look however severely you frightened her! You enactment hands connected her. I sincerely anticipation you [are] charged with thing and banned from events.”
The justice successful Singapore seemingly thought thing akin erstwhile speaking with Wen astatine the trial.
Wen has disrupted respective personage and sporting events by moving onto stages and into the mediate of sporting events, including astatine the 2024 Olympics successful Paris. “I won’t bash it again, your honor,” helium told the justice erstwhile asked if determination was thing to mitigate his behavior, per the Straits Times.
“Are you paying articulator work oregon is this your intention?” the justice asked. Wen replied successful the affirmative, saying helium was “going to stop.”
The justice referenced Wen’s earlier intrusions and noted that helium hadn’t faced consequences previously, the Straits Times reported.
“Perhaps you thought the aforesaid would hap here, but Mr. Wen, you are wrong,” the justice said, adding that determination are ever consequences to actions.
The justice said Wen seemed “to beryllium attention-seeking, reasoning lone of yourself, and not the information of others, erstwhile committing these acts.” He said the enactment was premeditated and added 2 days to the requested sentence. It’s unclear whether Wen was besides fined.
Prosecutors had labeled him a “serial intruder” who was aiming for clout online, the BBC reported.
Wen, who goes by “Pyjama Man” online, wrote connected Instagram arsenic helium posted video of himself during the Thursday incident, “Dear Ariana Grande Thank You for letting maine Jump connected the Yellow Carpet with You.” Commenters did not enactment his enthusiasm.
After doing promotion for “Wicked: For Good” with a fig of her castmates successful cities astir the world, Grande did not notation what happened successful Singapore erstwhile she appeared astatine a Q&A astir the movie connected Saturday successful Century City. On Sunday, she attended the question representation academy’s 16th Governors Awards astatine the Ray Dolby Ballroom successful Hollywood, wherever Tom Cruise was fixed an honorary Oscar, on with Debbie Allen, Dolly Parton and accumulation decorator Wynn Thomas.
The U.S. premiere of “Wicked: For Good” — which besides stars Jeff Goldblum arsenic the Wizard — is planned for Monday successful New York, with the movie opening domestically successful wide merchandise Thursday.

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