Ariana Grande responds to the ‘holding space’ meme

Ariana Grande tries to explain the 'holding space' memeBBC

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00:00Oh, no, where are you going? No, you know what I'm gonna ask you about because I've heard you talk about this so holding space

00:08So describe so describe what happened you and Cynthia you're in a press junket. Oh, no. Yeah

00:15What was the actual question or was it a question? It's hard to say. I

00:20Don't really know what it was. So oh my god. I've never been asked to describe what happened

00:26So this wonderful woman Tracy was interviewing us and she's amazing and we love her so much

00:31She's a queen and she's so kind and she's an icon

00:35but she said to

00:38Cynthia she said I saw online and forgive me if I don't quote it perfectly

00:43But um, she said I saw online a lot of people are taking the lyrics of defying gravity

00:50And

00:53Really holding space with that

00:56Okay, and so, you know for me I'm sitting next to Cynthia and I'm like holding space with that

01:04I

01:06Didn't know that was happening

01:09And I'm like, wait, what's wait?

01:12so I kind of missed what I'm like what's happening at that point and

01:17Tracy then responds and kind of

01:20Doesn't know what Cynthia took it as it seemed like it seems like Tracy was like, oh, no

01:25I I mean I saw it a few times

01:28I've seen it a few times. I mean I am in queer media

01:35Is any of this interaction, what does it mean?

01:37I didn't know what it means and I'm just trying to comfort Cynthia because she's very emotional and so I like

01:44because we're very like

01:46physical touch we're very like, you know that way and

01:49So I grab her finger because I because I see that she's getting like

01:54Choked up by what Tracy has shared and I am like and I'm like, oh

01:59And I grab her finger and I just go like this cuz I don't know what else to do with my