Ariana Grande turns down damehhood

[Greg!]

"Ariana was flattered but said it was too soon. She explained she was still grieving. So were scores of families.

"She feared some affected might see it as insensitive. The committee wrote to her but she politely said no."

According to the paper, another source added: "She was deeply moved and honoured. She didn't decline it as such but explained it was not the right time to accept."

https://news.sky.com/story/ariana-grande-politely-turns-down-damehood-11594819

Queen!

[Denver]

You have to be a British Citizen to get a damehood though

[Greg!]

'Notable non-Brits are only eligible for honorary knighthood, meaning they aren't allowed to add “Sir” or "Dame" to their names. They do, however get to append the suffix “KBE” to their monikers if they so desire. Bono, Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, and Michael Bloomberg are all technically “KBEs.”'

so

[Denver]

The article mentions nothing about an honorary Dame

[bots]

Yeah Bob Geldof got a knighthood too, but its symbolic rather than meaning anything ... which is different from a real knighthood which is symbolic and doesnt mean anything :laugh:

[Greg!]

The article mentions nothing about an honorary Dame

Anyone with half a braincell knows that's what they mean

[Denver]

No its a misleading article and knowing the source it is made up bull****

[Marsh.]

I've bloody well heard it all now.

[RileyH]

:love:

[Ross.]

She deserves it for this song alone

1ekZEVeXwek

[Cal.]

I’m crying she’s amazing

[Cal.]

Literally perfect

[chuff me dizzy]

For what exactly ?

[Matthew.]

For what exactly ?

“The US pop star, 25, is said to have been offered the award after she visited terror victims in hospital and set up a charity gig” (from the first sentence of the article linked in the OP)

[joeysteele]

No, she doesn't warrant one.
Then again neither do most of the people who get them.

I do however admire strongly her turning it down.
Full credit to her for that.

[Crimson Dynamo]

tragic

the honours system is a joke now

the queen should be ashamed that its a piss take

[chuff me dizzy]

tragic

the honours system is a joke now

the queen should be ashamed that its a piss take

Got to agree LT

[Amy Jade]

She is perfect.

[user104658]

tragic

the honours system is a joke now

the queen should be ashamed that its a piss take

Well it's been a joke for a long time to be fair, with it going to people for the great achievement of "Being a British celebrity and not being dead by 60". Which minor British celeb is pension age this year? Knight them immediately!

[Tom4784]

You have to be a British Citizen to get a damehood though

Angelina Jolie was given an honorary damehood tbh.

I definitely think she is deserving of some sort of honour, the reasons for giving her one sounds slight on paper but when you cast your minds back to those initial days and the gig a week later, she did a lot to unify people in grief and generally raise spirits in the face of a tragedy and plus, it would take more strength than people realise to return and perform at a place where such an attack happened only a week after it happened.

I gotta respect her for turning it down though and the thoughtfulness of why she did it.

[bots]

I don't like her music at all but I have to respect and admire how she handled the Manchester tragedy. She won a place in many peoples hearts and raised a **** ton of cash to help victims and their families. If that doesn't deserve some sort of honour, I don't know what does :shrug:

[Marsh.]

She already has an honour for that. Didn't she get something from the city of Manchester? Or did I dream it?

[Shaun]

A damehood is definitely a bit much but she's quite deserving of something like an MBE/OBE (or the 'honorary' equivalent) after the MEN attack and her efforts following it.

[Denver]

I don't like her music at all but I have to respect and admire how she handled the Manchester tragedy. She won a place in many peoples hearts and raised a **** ton of cash to help victims and their families. If that doesn't deserve some sort of honour, I don't know what does :shrug:

I respect her a lot for what she has done but if they gave her won they would have to give people like Adele and Stormzy top honours for helping everyone at Grenfell and anyone else who has helped out with other tragic events

[Tom4784]

Or people could just not try to compare tragedies for the sake of their faves....

[Crimson Dynamo]

they gave camerons hairdresser an MBE

the whole thing is a disgusting mess

utterly vile

[Morgan.]

I respect her a lot for what she has done but if they gave her won they would have to give people like Adele and Stormzy top honours for helping everyone at Grenfell and anyone else who has helped out with other tragic events

I agree with Dezzy about comparison, but I'd say that the efforts of Ariana are on a different league to those of Adele and Stormzy. The latter helped humongously but Ariana managed to help unify a city and a nation, and performed an the city of the attack on her concert just a week later which took extreme amounts of bravery.

The work of Stormzy and Adele is still appreciated, but not on the same scale. With that mindset, do we hand out dame hoods and knight hoods to the organisers of One Love Manchester, the main charitable benefactors of both causes etc? There has to be a line, and what Ariana did was remarkable.

Instead of shying away, blaming herself and letting her career slip - she just fought on.

[Amy Jade]

Honestly turf Liz out and get Ariana on the throan. It's what the people want!

[Beso]

Honestly turf Liz out and get Ariana on the throan. It's what the people want!

The streets would be dancing to the tune of the sex pistols.

[Denver]

It's also disgusting how Annie Lennox is paid dust again

[Jordan.]

they gave camerons hairdresser an MBE

the whole thing is a disgusting mess

utterly vile

Brooke Berry :flutter:

[GoldHeart]

Bit random if Ariana gets a dame hood :huh: ,when there's other singers & musicians who have done a lot more than she has . Annie Lennox has an OBE and rightly so ! .

[AnnieK]

Manchester pulled together after the terror attack...Ariana did a good thing with the concert but normal Mancs were the ones who actually dragged us through the ****, the taxi drivers who took people home, the people who opened their homes, the people who went to help risking their own lives not to mention the police, fire fighters, ambulance crews. She deserves a notable mention, but not a damehood although kudos for turning it down.

[Shaun]

Brooke Berry :flutter:

:joker: