Golden Globes: Ariana Grande Says She's "a Potato" Without Glam Team

2025 Golden Globes: Ariana Grande Jokes She's "a Potato" Without These People

There’s a special group of people who are popular to Ariana Grande.

At the 2025 Golden Globes Jan. 5, the Wicked star—who has nabbed her first nomination at this year’s ceremony for Best Supporting Actress alongside Emilia Perez’s Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, The Substance’s Margaret Qualley, and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini—gave a heartfelt shoutout to the trio who made her red carpet ready. 

“I have an amazing glam team,”  she exclusively told Live From E!: Golden Globes' Zuri Hall on the red carpet outside the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. “I have to shout out [makeup artist] Michael Anthony and Gabor [Kerekes], who did my hair in the movie as well, and Mimi Cuttrell, my stylist.”

"I have to shout out my team, because without them, I'm a potato,” she continued. “It really doesn't happen without them. So, I'm very grateful for my team. We had a lot of laughter this morning, and we had a lot of fun.”

After all, Cynthia is up for an award of her own—earning a Best Actress in a Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy nomination alongside Anora’s Mikey Madison, Nightb---h’s Amy Adams, The Challengers’ Zendaya, as well as The Substance’s Demi Moore and Emilia Perez’s Karla Sofía Gascón. 

Meanwhile, Wicked itself earned two additional nominations for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy and Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. As for how the stars feel about the film defying gravity? Ariana, for her part, can’t keep her excitement down. 

“I am floored and honored to be recognized by members of the Golden Globes,” she gushed in an Instagram Story shortly after Golden Globes nominations were released last month. “It's impossible to find my words, but I am simply, so deeply grateful for this acknowledgement.”