Ariana Grande says she checks up on the Manchester bombing victims

Singer Ariana Grande has revealed that she still checks up on the Manchester bombing victims to see how they are doing.

The popstar, 24, opened up about how the Manchester Arena terrorist attack has affected her in the 12 months after it happened, and how she’s suffering from PTSD as a result.

But the No Tears Left To Cry singer revealed that she also checks in with the surviving victims of the attack: ‘I check in with Millie often on Twitter,’ she said in this month’s interview with British Vogue, referring to Millie Robson, one of the young fans affected.

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The youngster, having seen the quote, was overwhelmed by her words: ‘i can’t believe ariana mentioned me in her vogue interview. how is this real i love you so much @ArianaGrande’.

Millie, 15, who is from County Durham, was injured in the blast as she attended the gig with friend Laura Anderson, also 15. Millie spent time in hospital after requiring surgery, before taking (and passing) her GCSEs just day later.

The schoolgirl even got a visit from the Queen while she was in hospital, and attended the One Love Manchester concert Ariana organised; meeting her afterwards.

During an emotional and often tearful interview, Ariana said she was also suffering herself:

‘I hate ­admitting it but it very much is. That’s what everyone was telling me. It’s hard to talk about because so many people have suffered such severe, tremendous loss.

‘But, yeah, it’s a real thing. I know those families and my fans, and everyone there experienced a ­tremendous amount of it as well.

She also talks openly about how the horrific attack affects everyone over the course of the last year: ‘Time is the biggest thing. I feel like I shouldn’t even be talking about my own experience – like I shouldn’t even say anything. I don’t think I’ll ever know how to talk about it and not cry.’

During the singer’s Manchester Arena concert on 22 May last year, a terrorist detonated a bomb inside the venue of the 24-year-old’s world tour venue, leaving 22 fans dead and 139 injured – over half of them were children.

And touching upon her own, as well as other people’s, anxieties, she said: ‘I think a lot of people have anxiety, ­especially right now.’

But went on to reveal how it personally affected her, too: ‘My anxiety has anxiety… No. I’ve always had anxiety. I’ve never really spoken about it because I thought everyone had it but when I got home from tour it was the most severe I think it’s ever been.’

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