Ariana Grande Look-Alike Paige Niemann Says She Felt ‘Misled’ by Star’s DM

Ariana Grande‘s viral look-alike Paige Niemann says she felt “misled” by the direct message the popstar despatched her amid her rise to on-line fame years in the past.

Here is the sitch — Paige’s new docuseries “Turning the Paige” debuted this week on Prime Video … and followers are buzzing in regards to the empowering message Ariana despatched a teenage Paige as she was gaining traction for the uncanny impersonation and look-alike movies she was posting.

The message, which TMZ verified got here from the Grammy winner, mentioned that Paige was lovely “without trying to make her face look more similar to someone else’s.” The DM wrapped up, “Always do what makes you happy of course but if I didn’t say that to you, I’d regret it.”

Now, Paige tells TMZ … she had blended emotions about the whole interplay.

She tells us it was an surprising second she shared in her doc to point out the love and kindness Ariana despatched her … although she felt “led on” because of the social media narratives forming across the similar time the DM discovered its method into her inbox.

ICYMI — critics tore Paige aside for allegedly constructing her model off of Ariana, whereas rumors swirled that Ariana herself was “liking” shady messages about Paige. In a single since-deleted tweet, Ariana reportedly referred to as the ordeal “bizarre.”

However, Paige maintains she by no means felt as if she was doing something unsuitable, since Ariana herself by no means mentioned her look-alike movies made her uncomfortable, and as an alternative instructed her to do what makes her comfortable.

Quick ahead a number of years later, Paige is now documenting her journey to “Break Free” from the Ariana lookalike narrative, telling TMZ she plans to push ahead with a profession in appearing and modeling.

It is all within the clip — Paige says she’s rather more than “the girl who looks like someone” and is able to share that with the world. First step? Her documentary.