Australian’s ‘Wicked’ stunt with Ariana Grande in Singapore ends in deportation

Johnson Wen (right) was charged for public nusiance after he jumped over a barricade at a movie premiere in Singapore and rushed actress Ariana Grande. Photo: TikTok/pyjamamann, UR Dinie

“Johnson Wen was deported to Australia on November 23, 2025 and has been barred from re-entering Singapore,” the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said on Sunday.

The 26-year-old was on November 17 sentenced to nine days’ jail for public nuisance.

In sentencing, District Judge Christopher Goh told Wen that he was “attention-seeking” and that he was wrong to think that he would have suffered no consequences for his acts in Singapore.

Wen, who has been remanded from November 14, pleaded guilty to one charge of causing annoyance to the public by causing a commotion during the Singapore premiere of the film Wicked: For Good .

Ariana Grande (left) and Cynthia Erivo give an interview during the “Wicked: For Good” Asia-Pacific premiere in Singapore earlier this month. Photo: TNS
Ariana Grande (left) and Cynthia Erivo give an interview during the “Wicked: For Good” Asia-Pacific premiere in Singapore earlier this month. Photo: TNS

On the evening of November 13, Universal Studios Singapore hosted a yellow carpet event for the Wicked: For Good movie.

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