Drew Barrymore’s couch has seen tears, laughter, and the occasional full-blown therapy session disguised as daytime TV. It is where Hollywood meets healing, and sometimes, surprise history lessons. Last year, Ariana Grande stopped by, not with an album drop, but with wide eyes and a heart open to magic. What unfolded was part concert lore, part movie-worthy memory, and part wand-waving wonder. Because when Grande and Barrymore meet, the unexpected is practically guaranteed.

While most celebrity meet-cutes happen backstage, Grande and Barrymore’s began mid-Katy Perry chorus, with heart hands, spotlights, and a memory sealed in glitter.

Ariana Grande described the surreal moment she first met Drew Barrymore like a scene lifted straight from a dreamy pop music video. “We finally locked eyes during Katy Perry’s Roar,” Grande said on The Drew Barrymore Show, her voice still tinged with awe. “This beautiful presence,” Grande recalled. That woman? Drew Barrymore. Perfect timing, punctuated by a power chorus.

“We held hands like this across the row,” Ariana Grande continued, fingers interlaced in demonstration. , a gesture so gentle yet unforgettable, it may as well have come with glitter confetti and slow motion. It was not just a celebrity run-in; it was a In a sea of concertgoers, two icons found each other, framed by stage lights and a power ballad.

While one moment at a concert sparked a heart gesture, another on a talk show summoned tears, with a vintage wand and full-circle magic worthy of Oz itself.

On The Drew Barrymore Show, Barrymore pulled off a plot twist worthy of Oz itself, unveiling the original 1939 Wizard of Oz wand, loaned from a private collector. Ariana Grande, now playing Glinda in Wicked, was visibly emotional. “Are you serious right now?” she asked, eyes wide and watery. Barrymore beamed. “You look so perfect with it.” And just like that, a vintage prop turned into a generational bridge between Billie Burke and Grande's past and present, wand and all.

In true musical-theater fashion, Ariana Grande broke the teary tension with humor. “Thank you guys, it’s been fun. Bye!” she quipped, mock-strutting off with the wand like a sparkly sorceress. It was playful but poignant, the kind of full-circle moment that makes a segment soar. With one vintage relic, Drew Barrymore connected decades of pop culture Glindas, and Grande sealed her own place in that lineage. From stage to screen to studio couch, the magic remained intact.

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