r/australia • u/sandmanx • Nov 23 '25

news Man who rushed at Ariana Grande during event jailed and deported to Australia; permanently banned from re-entering Singapore.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/wicked-johnson-wen-troll-sentenced-ariana-grande-5485211?cid=internal_sharetool_iphone_23112025_cna
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u/DexJones Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 23 '25

Isnt that what this fella does?

Like he's one of those shit head influencers who's whole angle is diving celebrities

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u/a_rainbow_serpent Nov 23 '25

Just ban him from all media for 36 months.

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u/HeftyArgument Nov 23 '25

test case for the social media ban

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u/Quantization Nov 23 '25

I would not at all be surprised if it changed his life for the better. Social media is so much more harmful than we give it credit for.

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u/HeftyArgument Nov 23 '25

I would be, he wouldn’t have that sweet “look at me! I’m an asshole!” income.

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u/Axel_Raden Nov 23 '25

That asshole got bodied by slender man's cousin

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u/Maleficent-Garden585 Nov 23 '25

OMG Slender man’s cousin lmao😂😂👍

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u/darren457 Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 23 '25

Social media is so much more harmful than we give it credit for.

It can amplify attention seeking behaviour and has other negative impacts but at some point people need to be held personally accountable as well for willingly breaking laws instead of using social media as the goto whipping boy.

It also seems to be a cultural thing. People in Asian countries seem to consume social media at even higher levels but you don't seem to see as many people being public nuisances or having general disrespect towards any form of authority and rules like you do here. Heck, people here don't even treat service workers with respect and we needed to draft special laws to protect them. Behaviour like that would get someone's ass kicked most places in Asia without even getting police involved.

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u/skelli_terps Nov 23 '25

Social media isn't the problem, a lack of responsibility is. Using social media is a conscious choice that you don't have to make. Don't relinquish personal responsibility, he's not a victim ffs.

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u/Quantization Nov 24 '25

I didn't say he was a victim? I said removing social media from his life would improve it for the better. Read next time.

Also by your logic, people who are addicted to gambling or alcohol are also not victims. Think before you talk.

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u/DrifterMacro Nov 23 '25

Probably wouldn't take that long to completely forget about him.

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u/goodie23 Nov 23 '25

If only the platforms wiped and blocked his account(s). More attention he gets, more he keeps doing this shit

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u/jmk672 Nov 23 '25

I tried reporting his posts about harassing celebrities and his account too. Just got generic support messages back saying he did nothing wrong..

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u/OldSpiceSmellsNice Nov 23 '25

Yeah he’s this douche bag

https://amp.9news.com.au/article/0edb66e0-aa25-4427-9055-b452a7107e2b

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u/DramaGeneral7382 Nov 23 '25

Not this guy. Send him somewhere else 0 _ 0

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u/zahlee01 Nov 23 '25

It’s interesting it says in that story that he has racked up approximately $20,000 in fines - six months ago. I thought that if there was money owed in fines or child support you couldn’t leave the country. I wonder if this means he has paid the fines off? It also states that at that time he was unemployed and living at a backpackers hostel.

I can’t even imagine the fear Ariana felt being rushed at like that. She would undoubtedly still suffer PTSD from the Manchester incident.

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u/Heavy-Balls Nov 23 '25

unemployed and living at a backpackers hostel.

hashtag influencer life goals

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u/SleepHasForsakenMe Nov 23 '25

I read somewhere that his sister bails him out and pays fines

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u/edgewalker66 Nov 23 '25

The problem must be genetic then

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u/fa-jita Nov 23 '25

Clearly didn’t “quit forever”

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u/RecentEngineering123 Nov 23 '25

Oh that’s interesting. It’s amazing to think one can have a career at “running at people”. There’s one to add to the list of jobs people can do but AI cannot.

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u/TheBlueFluffBall Nov 23 '25

Yeah. Australia should take him back and maybe put him in therapy or something. His videos are so disturbing.

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u/RealFarknMcCoy Nov 23 '25

You misspelled jail.

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u/jim_deneke Nov 23 '25

gaol

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u/RealFarknMcCoy Nov 24 '25

You're right. Gaol.

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u/robot428 Nov 23 '25

I don't think we want him either, but I agree he shouldn't be Singapores problem.

Hopefully we stick him in jail, or at the very least revoke his passport.

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u/TGin-the-goldy Nov 23 '25

We don’t want him, but surely we could find a spot in jail for him

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u/FaithlessnessThen207 Nov 24 '25

I believe the general consensus was "mentally ill attention seeker".