Ariana Grande has spoken out about claims that she has acted like a ‘diva’ in the past and said that these accusations wouldn’t have been said if she was a man.

Ariana Grande has slammed claims that she is a diva and has said that if she was a man she would have been treated differently in the music industry.

The 26-year-old singer claimed that she had been ‘manipulated’ in the past and said she stopped doing interviews because she felt her comments were being taken out of context for “clickbait”.

During an appearance on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music show, Ariana said: “And then, people would be like, ‘Oh, she’s a diva.’ And I was like, ‘This doesn’t make any sense.”‘

Ariana is now one of the world’s biggest pop stars and has claimed that she is treated differently to her male counterparts, saying they are described as “brilliant” or “geniuses” if they express an opinion or defend themselves.

She continued: “If I have an opinion artistically or if I am directing something, or if I have something to say regarding a choice that’s being made with my career or something, blah, blah, blah, it always was in the past kind of manipulated and turned into this negative thing, whereas I don’t see that with men.”

Ariana added: “It’s like when men express their opinions or defend themselves or are directing something and making notes on something, they’re ‘brilliant’ and they’re ‘geniuses’.

“And yet, it’s just so not the same thing with women, which I hope we can work on fixing.”