Man who attacked Ariana Grande kicked out of Lady Gaga concert in Australia

Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga

ELMONT, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 07: (L-R) Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga attend the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for MTV)

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(NewsNation) — The man who attacked Ariana Grande at the “Wicked: For Good” premiere last month was kicked out of Lady Gaga’s Australian concert hours before she hit the stage.

In a video on X, employees can be seen escorting Johnson Wen out of the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, who was then booed by concertgoers.

Wen, who goes by the name “Pyjama Man” on Instagram, confirmed on his Instagram Stories that he was kicked out of the show, according to Page Six.

“Got kicked out of Lady Gaga concert! The show doesn’t start till 8 p.m.! The early fans were booing me,” he wrote.

Pyjama Man grabbed Ariana Grande

In November, during the “Wicked: For Good” premiere in Singapore, Grande and her co-star Cynthia Erivo were walking the yellow carpet arm-in-arm with Michelle Yeoh when Wen jumped the barricade, ran up to the “7 Rings” singer, wrapped his arm around her while jumping up and down.

Erivo quickly removed the man from Grande as bodyguards surrounded them.

Ariana Grande
Christian Breslauer, left, and Ariana Grande accept the award for video of the year for “Brighter Days Ahead” during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

He confirmed on Instagram that he was the person who attacked the “Into You” singer, posting on his Instagram story, “I am free after being arrested.”

He also posted the video of the incident on Instagram, captioning it, “Dear Ariana Grande, Thank You for letting me Jump on the Yellow Carpet with You.”

He was charged with public nuisance for the Grande incident and was sentenced to nine days in jail.

Johnson Wen interrupts other stars

Wen has videos of himself jumping up on stage while music artists are performing at their shows.

In October 2024, he jumped on the stage while The Weeknd was performing at his concert, wrapping his arm around the singer before security removed him from the stage.

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