Singer Ariana Grande paid a poignant tribute on Friday to rapper Mac Miller, a week after her former boyfriend died at age 26.
“I adored you from the day I met you when I was nineteen and I always will,” Grande wrote on Instagram in her first public reaction to Miller’s death from a reported overdose.
The two split up in May, and Grande has faced attacks on social media by people claiming she was the cause of Miller’s death.
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“You were my dearest friend. for so long. above anything else. i’m so sorry i couldn’t fix or take your pain away. I really wanted to,” Grande further wrote.
Miller, who released his fifth album in August, spoke openly about his struggle with addiction.
“the kindest, sweetest soul with demons he never deserved. i hope you’re okay now. rest,” Grande wrote.
