An influencer is coming to Ariana Grande ‘s defense amid her flight issues that led to cancelling her appearance at the Sao Paulo premiere of Wicked: For Good .

Content creator Connor Gowland , known for his fitness and lifestyle videos, was sitting next to Ariana on that ill-fated flight from New York to Sao Paulo.

Ariana revealed in an Instagram post that everyone on the flight was forced to deplane because of a safety issue and the flight was rescheduled for 11am on Tuesday morning, which would have forced her to miss the premiere. No other flight options were available to get her to Brazil in time for the event, including private ones.

Connor talked about the flight delays in a TikTok video and he was also posting about the delays on his Instagram Stories before Arian

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