Ariana Grande does not appear American Horror Story season 13 after all.
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the news.
Grande had been announced as part of the cast in a Halloween social media post from Ryan Murphy Productions, which revealed that she would be joining a reunion of franchise veterans, including Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman and Jessica Lange, many of whom appear in the third season.
Filming took place in New York City this week.
A reason for Grande’s departure was not given, though the timing is notable.
Her Eternal sunshine the tour is currently underway and is not scheduled to end until August 23 in London, which may have presented a scheduling conflict with the production.
This isn’t Grande’s first brush with the Ryan Murphy universe.
She previously appeared on his Fox series Scream Queens in 2015, and AHS the announcement had felt like a natural continuation of her growing focus on acting.
In recent years, she has participated in Evil and its successor Wicked: Too Goodand she is set to appear in Focker Brother-in-law, the fourth installment i Meet the parents franchise, as well as Jon M. Chu’s animated adaptation of Oh, the places you’ll go!
American Horror Story season 13 returns Thursday, September 24 at 9:00 PM ET/PT on FX, and will stream the following day on Hulu in the US and internationally on Disney+.
The official logline teases the season as “an unparalleled 13th installment that will do justice to everyone’s most feared number”, promising the return of iconic horrors from the show’s history alongside new horrors.
