For officers in Singapore, one Australian man’s actions on the “Depraved: For Good” premiere earlier this month wrought sufficient chaos to maintain him overseas — for good.
Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has deported and barred 26-year-old Johnson Wen from reentering the nation after he crashed the yellow carpet and accosted star Ariana Grande, in line with a number of stories. A consultant for the authority didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Monday.
Singapore’s the Straits Occasions reported that Australian nationwide Wen arrived within the nation earlier this month on a 90-day social-visit cross to attend the film musical’s premiere and for a trip. The self-proclaimed “Troll Most Hated” was seen in video leaping over the fan barricade onto the opposite facet of the carpet. He ran towards Grammy winner Grande along with his legs and arms flailing earlier than grabbing her roughly across the neck and shoulders. He turned and smiled for the cameras earlier than Grande’s co-star Cynthia Erivo interfered and separated Wen from Grande. He was arrested, charged and later launched.
Wen, who has a historical past of crashing different movie star occasions together with live shows down beneath by Katy Perry and the Weeknd, was charged with being a public nuisance days after the incident. Shortly after that, he was convicted and sentenced to 9 days in jail.
Throughout his trial in Singapore, Wen stated he was “going to cease,” in line with the Straits Occasions. His courtroom assertion, nevertheless, doesn’t appear to match up along with his tone on social media.
Wen re-shared video of the incident Sunday on Instagram. “Expensive Ariana Grande thanks for letting me be part of the Purple Carpet 💛,” he captioned the video.
“Depraved: For Good” premiered Friday, a yr after after the primary “Depraved” movie. The sequel additionally stars Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode and Jonathan Bailey. Jon M. Chu directs each movies.
Occasions assistant editor Christie D’Zurilla contributed to this report.
