Did Gabi DeMartino just get a nose job to look more like Ariana Grande?
The YouTuber has gotten a lot of hate over the last few years after she was accused by the “Thank U, Next” songstress’ fans for trying too hard to be like the singer. Now, Gabi just revealed that she got a nose job — and while she insists this is something she did for herself, the comparisons to Ari are flooding her posts on social media once again.
“I felt myself become me in this moment,” Gabi wrote in an emotional Instagram post about the transformation. “Thank you @drjbloom for making something I’ve wanted for years real. #newnosenewlife.”
Some fans quickly accused her of getting the surgery to look more like the 25-year-old singer. “Copycat,” one fan wrote, while another added, “Yep, just like Ariana’s nose. Just as I expected.”
Gabi even used lyrics from Ariana’s new song “7 Rings” for her Instagram caption, so clearly being compared to Ari is something she totally embraces.
But she’s has insisted that her new nose has nothing to do with the brunette beauty. The 23-year-old explained in a YouTube video that she underwent the surgery because she truly didn’t like her original nose. “I have all this extra cartilage,” she explained. “I’m pretty sure you guys can see what I don’t like about my nose. It’s really fat, and it moves around, and I don’t like how it spreads out so far when I smile. I have to literally contour on nostrils.”
Some fans quickly jumped to the YouTube star’s defense. “Beautiful with old nose and new,” one fan wrote. “But what’s truly the most beautifying is your happiness!”
As J-14 readers know, this isn’t the first time she’s been accused of copying the singer. After fans noticed how similar the two ladies looked, Gabi went ahead and posted a video where she pretended to be Ariana for a day.
She quickly received a ton of backlash for it, and the video even caught Ariana’s attention. “Yeah this ain’t it,” Ari tweeted about it.
yea this ain’t it
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 22, 2018
“It was a parody, I’m sorry if I upset you. Wish I didn’t put it up,” Gabi responded. “Sincerely, a fan.”
it was a parody. im sorry if it upset you. wish i didn’t put it up 😞
sincerely,
a fan— gabi demartino (@gabcake) July 22, 2018
But after the former Nickelodeon star’s fans continued to send the YouTuber a ton of hate, Ariana took to Twitter again. “I was just being funny I knew they’d laugh at that my bad babe,” she wrote. “It’s all love here, you know that. But next time can you wear more neutral tones and not do the cat laugh. JK.”
i was just being funny i knew they’d laugh at that my bad babe. it’s all love here, u know that. ayo but next time can u wear more neutral tones and not do the cat laugh. jk.
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 22, 2018
And although things are all good between the ladies now (Gabi even appeared in Ariana’s “Thank U, Next” music video), the YouTuber later admitted that she had taken it too far. “I have parodied her in a light that isn’t likable,” Gabi admitted. “I have been overly inspired, therefore I unfollowed her on Instagram so that I can learn to be my own person.”
She also explained that although she does use Ari for inspiration, it’s all out of love. “I’m a huge fan of her. A lot of people misinterpret that,” Gabi said. “I’m obviously very influenced. My makeup is so influenced by her.”
“The extensions and all that stuff, yes, I am so inspired. Her hair is beautiful. She’s a very beautiful girl,” she continued. “I don’t want to be her, I’m very happy as me. I love my life, I love what I do, but at the end of the day when you want to see like, ‘Oh, what should I wear to this event?’ Or, ‘How should I do my hair and makeup?’ you obviously find someone that emulates how you look and has your style to get inspiration.”
Comparisons aside, both of these ladies are beyond beautiful!
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