Ariana Grande says she’s sorry for saying “I hate America” in a recent video that leaked of her in a doughnut shop. In a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday, the 22-year-old singer says she’s a proud American. Grande said she chose to express herself as she did because she leads a healthy lifestyle and is upset with “how freely we as Americans eat and consume things without giving any thought to the consequences.” She said “The fact that the United States has one of the highest child obesity rates in the world frustrates me. We need to do more to educate ourselves and our children about the dangers of overeating and the poison that we put into our bodies.”
