Ariana Grande Details Memory Loss From Early Years of Pop Career

Ariana Grande is sharing why she has a wickedly bad memory.

The 31-year-old recently explained that the early years of her music career are a little hazy because of stretching herself too thin.

“When I was younger and during my first few years as a pop star,” Ariana said on the Feb. 3 episode of the Smartless podcast, “I really struggled with boundaries and not being able to say ‘No’ when I needed to if I was running on empty.”

In fact, the 31-year-old had trouble recalling appearing on a 2016 episode of British talk show Chatty Man with Smartless cohost Will Arnett.

“Wait, no. What weird talk show did we do?” Ariana asked when he brought up their joint appearance, before eventually recalling the experience. “Oh my god, that’s right. It’s back.” 

And the Nickelodeon alum assured Will that her forgetfulness had nothing to do with him.

“It’s not you, it was the boundaries, remember?” she continued. “It was me. I’m missing a couple of years—I’m super serious—from that time. I’m literally missing a few years.”