""I couldn't hear her. She was walking away," she explained. "And I was like, 'Oh, she's kind of a comedy queen. She's just being funny.' Like, 'I love you. Wah, wah, wah.' Like, I thought that would be something she would do. And so I was like, 'Oh, my God, that's cute and funny.' Turns out she didn't say that.""
""I saw her, like, the next week, and I was like, 'I have to tell you, like, I thought [you said that],''' she said. "And she's like, 'You thought I said wah, wah, wah? That's so funny.' And I was like, 'No, it's an old person not being able to hear.' Like, that is so embarrassing.""
""I was with Kate [my publicist], and [Ariana] said something to me," she recalled. "And then Kate turns around, and we both heard that [Ariana said], 'Hi, I love you. Wah, wah, wah.'""
Leighton Meester and Ariana Grande crossed paths on the red carpet at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards, during which Grande expressed enthusiasm. Meester and her publicist misinterpreted Grande's words as a playful imitation of a prior emotional moment and assumed Grande was joking. After seeing the clip, Meester sought Grande out the following week to explain the misunderstanding. The interaction ended with laughter and embarrassment over the mishearing. The two have expressed mutual admiration since the encounter, though they have not yet worked together.
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