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Ariana Grande Explains Why She Feels More Seen Than Ever After Wicked · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Ariana Grande has been open about how
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Speaker 1: much therapeutic healing she gets from pouring herself into writing
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Speaker 1: and recording her pop albums. But despite that, she tells
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Speaker 1: The Hollywood Reporter her recent Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination
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Speaker 1: she received for Wicked validated her in a different way.
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Speaker 1: She says, it's a beautiful thing to feel like the
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Speaker 1: work I've done is enough. This feeling that people are
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Speaker 1: finally actually seeing me is so silly because I have
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Speaker 1: been seen for so long, but it feels like the
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Speaker 1: first time and different. At a certain point, you get
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Speaker 1: tired of that pop star character because it is a character.
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Speaker 1: There are pieces of you woven throughout your songwriting, but
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Speaker 1: then it becomes sensationalized. Beneath all of it is just
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Speaker 1: a girl from Boca who loves art, the words of
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Speaker 1: Ariana Grande, who thinks that's why being able to disappear
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Speaker 1: into a character like Glinda and to be honored for
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Speaker 1: it has felt so rewarding. Wicked is on vog that's
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