Ariana Grande's 'Woman of The Year' acceptance speech is so good people are crying
7 December 2018, 13:16 | Updated: 7 December 2018, 13:19
Ariana Grande was named Billboard's 'Woman of The Year' and gave an emotional speech that had fans in their feelings. Watch Ariana Grande's acceptance speech for the 'Woman of The Year' award, presented to her by music legend Patti LaBelle.
Following a monumental year both professionally and personally, Ariana Grande has been named Billboard's Woman of The Year. The 25-year-old singer accepted her award with an emotional speech and acknowledgment that it had been one of the "best years of [her] career and one of the worst of [her] life".
Fans are relating particularly hard to the moment Ariana got emotional before reigning herself back in.
"If you're someone out there who has no idea what this next chapter is gonna bring, you're not alone in that," Ariana said, before getting visibly emotional. "And, um, ew. I'm not gonna cry. That's really stupid. Sorry, I have to pull back. I have to stop that immediately. That's annoying. I'm not gonna cry. That's really annoying."
LEAVE ARIANA ALONE😭 pic.twitter.com/GjO3TxAIzj
— ً (@knnewagb) December 7, 2018
The moment during Ariana's Billboard 'Woman of The Year' speech where she became visibly emotional has fans in their feelings, too.
Ariana grande almost starting to cry during her billboards woman of the year speech but then stopping herself and saying “ew that’s annoying” is basically how I’ve handled things in 2018
— 🍯 (@kkayofsunshinee) December 7, 2018
ariana convincing herself not to cry while victoria’s bawling I can’t 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/VKcCiIbJFr
— maddie (@grandethegod) December 7, 2018
ariana : ew I’m not going to cry that’s really annoying
— tt (@needyclout) December 7, 2018
also ariana: pic.twitter.com/c2lebBhOLP
Ariana grande being on the verge of tears then saying “ew I’m not gonna cry that’s rlly annoying lol” is a MOOD
— peachy✨@Hol Mat🎄 (@honeydollops) December 7, 2018
ariana making jokes during her speech while trying not to cry pic.twitter.com/aZwgbDptQI
— manuela (@soloariana) December 7, 2018
ariana's speech accepting her billboard award for women of the year just made me cry i can't explain how much i love and admire her strength and bravery as well as her artistry i'm so so proud of her
— eleni👄 (@holylarents) December 7, 2018
Ariana's promise to give herself the love and forgiveness she'd "given away so frivolously and easily to men" in the past was also a big ol' mood.
Part of Ariana Grande’s speech at @billboard’s #WomenInMusic
— brendan (@brendanboca) December 7, 2018
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"I look forward to hopefully learning to give some of the love and forgiveness that I've given away so frivolously and easily to men, in the past, to myself hopefully, this year."
when Ariana said learning to give love and forgiveness to herself instead of men I felt that
— Misandriana (@meowx_missy) December 7, 2018
“I look forward to hopefully learning to give some of the love and forgiveness that I have given away so frivolously and easily to men in the past to myself this year” Ariana got me sobbin😭👏🏻
— Cara (@carascottxoxo) December 7, 2018
Ariana’s speech.. yeah I’m sobbing in work like literally trying to hide my teary eyes omg I’m just so Proud like immensely proud. I can’t wait for Ariana to give herself so much more love and forgiveness because she really deserves all the love in the world. I hope she knows.
— 𝓢𝓐𝓜🥛🍪 (@JusSayGnightnGo) December 7, 2018
Ariana also gave an equally heartfelt performance of "thank u, next at the ceremony"
.@ArianaGrande performs "Thank U, Next" at Billboard's #WomenInMusic pic.twitter.com/Fh0jk80KDj
— billboard (@billboard) December 7, 2018
