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Celebrity Obsession: Ariana Grande Can’t Escape the Spell of ‘Harry Potter’

Raechal Shewfelt
·Editor, Yahoo Entertainment

In her transition from cutesy Nickelodeon sidekick to scantily clad “Dangerous Woman” singer, Ariana Grande’s love for all things Harry Potter has never wavered. It’s as if she’s always kept one of the popular books on her nightstand — right next to her hairbrush.

The latest evidence of her love came this week, when the 23-year-old revealed that she’s now the owner of a “ridiculously amazing custom jacket” featuring Potter professor Dumbledore.

muggle in the streets wizard in da sheets ~ thank you @riowarner & @dirtyneedleembroidery for this ridiculously amazing custom jacket ✨⚡️???? I love you

A video posted by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on Jul 26, 2016 at 8:39pm PDT

The artist gave a closer look at the fashion statement.

Thanks again @arianagrande for the serious challenge, this was one of the hardest embroideries I’ve tackled to date! #handmade #freemotionembroidery 100% and @riowarner Thanks for setting up good gigs ????

A photo posted by Worlds Okayest Embroiderer (@dirtyneedleembroidery) on Jul 18, 2016 at 12:10pm PDT

Even before she was rocking this jacket, Grande was easily among the boy wizard’s most hard-core celebrity fans.

Behold a few of the ways she’s gained some serious Harry Potter cred.

She has been a Harry Potter fan forever

This is not a new passion for Grande. The singer has been starry-eyed about Potter & Co. since her days as a schoolgirl in Florida. We know this is true because she wrote about her childhood crush on Harry’s nemesis in a tweet. Her message was actually in response to a Twitter post that the actor who played Draco, Tom Felton, sent to Grande.

And then there was this:

She’s still going strong. In fact, Grande noted last month that she’s going to reread the entire series.

She’s not shy about showing her love for Harry Potter

When you love Harry Potter as much as Grande, you tell the world about it. The “Bang Bang” songstress has definitely done that, whether by chronicling a trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios on Snapchat or by gushing about her obsession on the red carpet.

After she walked the red carpet for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2011, Grande professed that it was “one of the most exciting events that I have even been to in my entire life.”

Maybe that’s changed now that she’s won an MTV Moonman and a Grammy nomination, but it’s probably still up there!

Some of the people who know the Scream Queens actress best collaborated to make her a fun Harry Potter-themed video for her birthday last month.

wow my friends know me so damn well. thank you for the most ridiculous / most amazing / campiest birthday gift……⚡️???????????? I’m absolutely dead @tbhits @mr_franks @victoriamonet @mykallife @cjtonic @bigaprado I love y'all so so so so much ⚡️ I CANT WITH “DOBBY pull up w that ratchet"…………. ????

A video posted by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on Jun 29, 2016 at 1:30pm PDT

She turns to Harry Potter for style inspiration

If imitation is, in fact, the sincerest form of flattery, then J.K. Rowling should be ecstatic. The style-conscious Grande not only owns that Dumbledore jacket, but she has also even looked to the Potter franchise for beauty inspiration, like that time last fall when she tried out a new hair color.

“It’s white,” Grande said of her look in a radio interview. “It’s very Lucius Malfoy. … He was sort of my go-to reference!”


If another Potter movie is ever made, we know who will want to play Ron Weasley’s long-lost cousin.