ARIANA GRANDE HAS found herself in the middle of the strangest celebrity storm we’ve heard of in a while.

A video acquired by TMZ appears to show her in a doughnut shop with her new boyfriend, licking her way through the display, before declaring that she hates America.

Yeah.

TMZ / YouTube

Grande was due to perform at a Major League Baseball All-star event but after the video went viral, they announced they would be replacing her with Demi Lovato, citing ‘health issues’.

.@ddlovato will headline the Budweiser #ASG Concert, part of the Pepsi Music Series, replacing Ariana Grande as a result of health issues.
— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) July 8, 2015

MLB Communications / Twitter

Wisdom teeth removal? Or hating America?

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Ariana later issued a statement to Buzzfeed, apologising for her comments.

Statement just in from @ArianaGrande over "I Hate America" doughnut-licking controversy pic.twitter.com/z6Ge68Myjb
— David Mack (@davidmackau) July 8, 2015

David Mack / Twitter

Still no apology for the random doughnut licking though. Gross.

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Written by Nicola Byrne and originally posted on DailyEdge.ie

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