Ariana Grande will no longer appear in American Horror Story season 13 due to conflicting schedules with her Eternal Sunshine tour, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
As previously announced in a Halloween social media post from Ryan Murphy Productions, Grande was set to join a slew of American Horror Story veterans, including Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman and Jessica Lange. The cast has been filming in New York City this week, reprising their Coven characters from season three.
Grande is currently on her Eternal Sunshine tour, which is scheduled to conclude Aug. 23 in London. While she was a newcomer announced for season 13, Grande previously worked with Ryan Murphy on Fox’s Scream Queens in 2015.
The Grammy winner has increasingly focused on acting over the past few years, starring in Wicked and Wicked: For Good. She’ll next appear in Focker In-Law, the fourth installment in the Meet the Parents franchise, as well as Jon M. Chu’s animated adaptation of Oh, the Places You’ll Go!.
Here’s the official logline for season 13: “An unrivaled 13th installment that will do justice to everyone’s most feared number. Bringing together an all-star cast, many of whom are reprising fan favorite roles, American Horror Story: 13 continues to build on the anthology’s decades-long legacy that has been streamed more than 700 million hours across the globe and spawned a legion of dedicated fans. American Horror Story has redefined the genre with various installments featuring a creepy murder house, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel and the apocalypse itself. Which iconic horrors will return to haunt the hallowed halls of 13 and what new terrors await? Light your candles, draw your pentagrams and prepare for a supreme surprise.”
American Horror Story returns Thursday, Sept. 24, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FX and will stream the next day on Hulu in the U.S. It will also be available to stream internationally on Disney+.