Advertisement
Streaming

The internet is shook over Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson meeting the Clintons

‘Aretha in heaven wondering how Pete Davidson got an invitation to her funeral.’

Photo of Kris Seavers

Kris Seavers

Ariana Grande and her beau Pete Davidson ran into the Clintons at Aretha Franklin's funeral.

It’s well established by now that in 2018, weird shit happens. The rules of convention as we know them have been upended, Azealia Banks went to Elon Musk’s house, anything is possible.

Featured Video

In the latest surprising-but-not-that-surprising-when-you-really-think-about-it encounter, Ariana Grande and her fiance Pete Davidson ran into Hillary and Bill Clinton at Aretha Franklin’s funeral in Detroit on Friday.

Advertisement

BuzzFeed News reports that one of the things to come from this celeb run-in was a moment of intense eye contact and a brief exchange between Hillary Clinton and Grande, who was set to perform at Franklin’s funeral.

Advertisement

People on Twitter tried to guess what Clinton said to Grande by reading her lips (some guesses were more serious than others).

https://twitter.com/onelovesbutera/status/1035535237575581698

Advertisement

Grande and Davidson also snagged a photo op with the Clintons. The kicker here is that Davidson, who rose to fame as an actor on Saturday Night Live, may have never lived this moment were it not for being Grande’s beau.

Advertisement

Seriously, there’s no way Davidson could have predicted meeting HRC herself when he got his face tattooed on his arm. He was already shook when, in December, Clinton commented on his Instagram post to say she was “honored” by the ink (and joke that she had a tattoo of him).

Advertisement

The people of Twitter were just as blown away (and amused) by Davidson’s appearance at the funeral.

https://twitter.com/_scottjohnson/status/1035534138013573120

Advertisement

What would Franklin think?

Advertisement

https://twitter.com/FolukeFiasco/status/1035547536038215680

All in all, it’s another moment that would be hard to believe any other year, but in 2018, it’s just par for the course. It’s all fine—so long as Bill Clinton doesn’t start talking about big dick energy.

https://twitter.com/GMPaiella/status/1035570426863345664

H/T BuzzFeed News

Advertisement
 
The Daily Dot