Ariana Grande is sharing a peek at her reunion with her “Victorious” casemates, 13 years after the beloved series ended.
On June 23, the Grammy winner, 32, shared Instagram photos of herself alongside her former costars Elizabeth Gillies and Matt Bennett backstage at her Eternal Sunshine Tour, including one of Grande hugging Gilles and another of the trio embracing.
Gillies also posted several photos of the reunion on social media, praising the “Wicked” star’s talents. In message to Grande, she recalled looking up videos of her online after they were cast in the Nickelodeon series and immediately recognizing her talent.
“Ohhhh, Ari. When we first met, I looked you up on YouTube to see if you had any singing videos because we’d just been cast in a show together and I wanted to suss you out,” she said. “I found a video of you singing and using your looping machine to cover India Arie’s ‘There’s Hope’ and remember thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.”
Gillies shared she is equally impressed by Grande’s talents now, saying, “This week, almost 20 years later, on your sold out tour, I got to watch you do the same thing (after gently and successfully silencing a room full of tens of thousands of people so the loop would come out clean) and it was remarkable.”
Calling her former costar “a visionary who stayed true to herself and poured herself completely into her art,” she added, “This tour is no exception. It’s spectacular, visually stunning, deeply immersive and made me feel like I was watching a movie. It also made me feel like I was watching an artist at the top of her game.”
“I’ll never understand how that voice comes out of you so perfectly and effortlessly every night but it definitely does,” she continued. “You were born to do this and nobody does it like you. Nobody could. So proud of you, my ding. Love you. Btw the last 2 vids- same song, same @mattbennett, 11 years apart. What a journey and what a special night.”
Grande responded in the comment section, thanking Gillies for her kinds words, writing, “oh my [expletive] goodness liz i am sobbing at this …….. liz.”
“my sweet, my dearest, my dingus, my friend, i love you so much always,” she added.
Fans shared their excitement in the comments with one fan posting, “oh my victorious heart is so happy 🥹”
“love seeing the girls back together omggg,” another commented, while a third added, “this means everything to me.”
Grande, Gillies and Bennett starred alongside Victoria Justice in “Victorious” for four seasons from 2010 to 2013. The cast previously had a virtual reunion to celebrate the sitcom’s 10th anniversary during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.