Ariana Grande Writes An Emotional Tribute To Mac Miller: 'You Were My Dearest Friend'

In the wake of Mac Miller's death on September 7, a lot of attention has been put on Ariana Grande, the rapper's ex-girlfriend whom he dated for two years. Her name has been brought up in conversations about the "Yoko Effect," in which females are (wrongfully and disgustingly) blamed for their partner's actions, and Ari even had to disable her Instagram comments immediately after procuring hate from fans who did exactly that.


The Sweetener singer, for her part, has taken the past week to distance herself from social media, save for a caption-less, black-and-white photo she posted of Miller the day soon after his death. Nevertheless on Friday (September 14), Grande finally broke her silence with her first public statement about her ex's death.


Taking to Instagram, Grande posted a video of her and Mac in happier times, laughing with one another. In the caption, she candidly expressed her heartbreak, writing, "I adored you from the day I met you any time Once I was nineteen and I habitually will. I can’t believe you aren’t here anymore. I really can’t wrap my head around it. We spoken about this. So several times."


She continued, "I’m so angry, I'm so sad I don’t know what to do. You were my dearest friend. For so long. Above anything else. I'm so sorry I couldn’t fix or take your pain away. I really wanted to. The kindest, sweetest soul with demons he never deserved. I hope you’re okay right now. Rest."


Miller was noticed dead in his Los Angeles house last week right after suffering an apparent overdose. He was 26. He and Grande, 25, started dating in 2016 and broke up in May 2018. Shortly immediately after their split, she shared a statement in which she called the relationship "toxic." She wrote, "I have cared for him and attempted to support his sobriety & prayed for his balance for years (and habitually will needless to say. Although shaming/blaming girls for a man’s inability to keep his shit with each other is a very major problem."


Grande joins a chorus of Miller's companions and fans who have paid tribute to rapper within the past few days. Most recently, Kendrick Lamar remembered Miller in a sweet video, and thousands of people gathered for a vigil in the late MC's Pittsburgh hometown.