Cassandra Peterson graced this year’s Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween event at Knott’s Berry Farm theme park as Elvira Queen of Halloween. She made a shocking revelation during the Q&A session when a fan asked about her encounter with another celebrity.
Fans booed Cassandra for her response, which caused a ruckus online as it made headlines. Elvira fed into the publicity, reposting the news to her Instagram and encouraging her Instagram followers to attend the next event lineup at the same venue.
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Cassandra shared the story of her encounter with mega-pop star Ariana Grande, who attended one of her events with her family and friends. While the rest of her troop took pictures with Cassandra and asked for autographs, Ariana refused to pose with the host.
The 73-year-old added that Ariana left even before the show started while those she brought stayed back. In response to the moment making it online, Cassandra said most people were taking things out of context as she simply answered a fan’s question.
Ariana Grande addresses Elvira’s accusations
The news got to Ariana, and she took to Cassandra’s comments to address the situation and apologize. She claimed to have no memory of actually meeting Cassandra at her party, adding that she had an anxiety attack, hence her early exit.
She thanked Cassandra for being nice to her mother Joan Grande, and promised to speak to her about the incident. Fans debated in the comments, taking sides with either Cassandra or Ariana, however, some remained neutral as it did not seem like a big deal. “She was simply just Telling the story,” a user said.