Fans got excited when they heard that Ariana Grande was reuniting with Ryan Murphy for a small role in the upcoming season 13 of American Horror Story, but then it was announced that she’d dropped out due to her tour. Now Murphy, who first worked with Grande in Scream Queens, says the singer’s exit from the show was “really, truly a scheduling conflict” and not part of any desire on her part to withdraw from the public eye.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Murphy says, “I had an idea and I came to her and she, very immediately, said, ‘I’m not sure because I think I’m going on tour.’ I don’t think the tour had been announced, and she had obviously just finished the Wicked movie.”
