Ariana Grande’s Instagram was flooded with comments from trolls accusing her of causing ex-boyfriend Mac Miller’s apparent overdose minutes after news of the 26-year-old rapper’s death broke.
Miller reportedly went into cardiac arrest in a bedroom at his home outside Los Angeles around noon Friday, and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene, according to a report by TMZ.
Within less than 10 minutes of the initial report surfacing, Grande had closed the comment section on her Instagram account, but not after dozens of users posted nasty messages such as ‘This is your fault’ and ‘You did this to him’.
The comments asserted that Grande was to blame for Miller’s suspected overdose because she had ended their two-year relationship in May and then got engaged to comedian Pete Davidson just a month later.
Friends of Miller’s say they still had to warn others not to bring up the relationship when talking to him because it was ‘too touchy’ in the following months.
While the heartbreak may have still been fresh, Miller’s battle with substance abuse and addiction goes back more than a decade – years before he even met the songstress.
Grande has stayed silent following the rapper’s sudden death, but insiders told ET that the 25-year-old is ‘heartbroken’ and ‘devastated’.
‘Although the two ended their relationship, Ariana always shared a deep connection with Mac and wanted nothing but the best for him. Ariana is very upset,’ one source said. 
Social media trolls have blamed Ariana Grande for the suspected overdose death of her ex Mac Miller. The 26-year-old rapper (above with Grande in March) had battled substance abuse and addiction long before dating the singer
Despite their split, Ariana had always been supportive of his sobriety,’ a second source added.
Shortly after Grande turned off the comments on her Instagram account, her fiance Davidson wiped every single photo off of his own.
Minutes after reports of Miller’s death surfaced, Grande’s Instagram account was inundated with comments such as ‘this is your fault and ‘you did this to him’. The comments section was quickly suspended
The comments asserted that Grande was to blame for Miller’s suspected overdose because she had ended their two-year relationship in May and then got engaged to comedian Pete Davidson just a month later
Grande and Miller, pictured left in April, split after two years together in May. She began dating comedian Pete Davidson, pictured at the VMAs last month, shortly after, and the pair announced their engagement in June
Miller and Grande met around six years ago when she was 19, and announced that they were dating in the fall of 2016.
The rapper famously helped Grande overcome her grief after a terrorist attack at her Manchester concert in May last year. That June he went back to England with her to put on a defiant performance at a tribute concert she arranged.
The pair remained firmly loved up until May this year when they suddenly parted ways.
Grande addressed the breakup in an Instagram story, writing of Miller: ‘I respect and adore [Malcolm] endlessly and am grateful to have him in my life in any form.’
The message was written around a picture of the Dangerous Woman singer and the musician locked in an embrace while lying on a couch.
The full text read: ‘Hi! This is one of my best friends in the whole world and favorite people on the planet Malcolm McCormick. I respect and adore him endlessly and am grateful to have him in my life in any form, at all times regardless of how our relationship changes or what the universe holds for each of us! Unconditional love is not selfish. It is wanting the best for that person even if at the moment it’s not you. I can’t wait to know and support you forever and I’m so proud of you!’ 
Incendiary comments flooded Grande’s Instagram account after Miller’s death was first reported Friday. While the comments are no longer visible on the account, many of them were captured in screengrabs and shared to Twitter
After noticing in the influx of comments several Twitter users came out in Grande’s defense, decrying the hateful trolls
One user tweeted at the commenters asking: ‘What’s wrong with you people?’ after seeing the brutal messages
Shortly after Grande turned off the comments on her Instagram, her fiance Davidson wiped every single photo from his own
Miller famously comforted Grande in May 2017 after a terrorist killed 22 people at a concert she was performing at in Manchester, England, by detonating a nail bomb. He welcomed her back to the US on a private jet afterwards (above)
Grande addressed her break up with Miller in an Instagram story in early May, writing: ‘I respect and adore [Malcolm] endlessly and am grateful to have him in my life in any form’
Less than a week after the split, Miller – who has long battled substance abuse and addiction – was arrested for driving while drunk after he crashed his SUV and fled the scene.
After the arrest Ariana tweeted: ‘Pls take care of yourself.’
Directly following the collision, many of Miller’s fans hit out at his ex, accusing her of having caused him to fall of the wagon.
On May 21 Twitter user Elijah Flint wrote: ‘Mac Miller totally his G wagon and getting a DUI after Ariana Grande dumped him for another dude after he poured his heart out on a ten song album to her called the divine feminine is just the most heartbreaking thing happening in Hollywood.’
Grande responded with a statement saying: ‘How absurd that you minimize female self-respect and self-worth by saying someone should stay in a toxic relationship because he wrote an album about them, which btw isn’t the case (only Cinderella is ab me).
‘I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be. I have cared for him and tried to support his sobriety & prayed for his balance for years (and always will of course) but shaming/blaming women for a man’s inability to keep his sh** together is a very major problem.
‘Let’s please stop doing that. of course i didn’t share about how hard or scary it was while it was happening but it was. i will continue to pray from the bottom of my heart that he figures it all out and that any other woman in this position does as well.’
In May this year, not long after his break up from Grande, Miller was arrested after a hit-and-run in Los Angeles. He was later slapped with DUI
Directly following the collision, many of Miller’s fans hit out at Grande, accusing her of having caused him to fall of the wagon. She responded with the statement above on Twitter
Miller’s struggle with substance abuse dates back to when he was just 15 years old, and has been documented extensively in the media as well as in his own music.
In multiple interviews Miller spoke about how he’d started using drugs including cocaine and opiates very early in his career.
During his 2012 Macadelic Tour, the artist became addicted to ‘purple drank’ or ‘lean’ – a drug concoction of promethazine and codeine – but managed to quit after noticing how it had taken over his life.
‘I love lean; it’s great. I was not happy and I was on lean very heavy. I was so fucked up all the time it was bad. My friends couldn’t even look at me the same. I was lost,’ he told Complex in 2013.
It wasn’t until earlier this summer that his addiction problems made headlines again, when Miller was arrested for driving drunk and crashing his SUV in Los Angeles just one week after his break up with Grande.
He was convicted in that incident last month.
Miller is pictured outside his home on August 22 after his DUI conviction stemming from a crash the week after he and Grande broke up in May
The day before his death, Vulture published an interview in which Miller described feeling ‘pressure’ from his fame and his struggle with depression.
‘I really wouldn’t want just happiness. And I don’t want just sadness either. I don’t want to be depressed. I want to be able to have good days and bad days.
‘I can’t imagine not waking up sometimes and being like, ‘I don’t feel like doing s**t.’ And then having days where you wake up and you feel on top of the world,’ he said.
Elsewhere, he said: ‘There’s pressure. A lot of times in my life I’ve put this pressure to hold myself to the standard of whatever I thought I was supposed to be, or how I was supposed to be perceived.
‘It’s the job. This is what I signed up for. So, you just have to not. You have to have your own reality and that has to be the driving force of your life.
‘Do I wish that every single thing I did when I was 19 wasn’t a discussion? Sure,’ he said.
Miller tweeted a link to the Vulture article along with a plug for his upcoming fall tour.
‘Go get tickets for tour. Thundercat J.I.D. I’m bringing a band. The show is going to be special every night. I wish it started tomorrow. It starts October 27th,’ he wrote.
Twelve hours before his body was found, Miller also shared videos on his Instagram account from inside his home.
They showed a turntable which played his new song So It Goes.
The Pittsburgh-born artist tweeted his excitement about his upcoming fall tour on Thursday, writing: ‘Go get tickets for tour. Thundercat J.I.D. I’m bringing a band. The show is going to be special every night. I wish it started tomorrow. It starts October 27th’
Twelve hours before his body was found, Miller shared an Instagram story of a turntable in his home playing his new song, So It Goes , for a minute
The scene outside Miller’s home has been chaotic yet somber following the discovery of his body midday Friday.
Soon after the 911 call came in, LAPD and Fire officials swarmed the scene. Initial reports have said there doesn’t appear to be anything criminal.
Just after 2pm local time Friday a coroner arrived at Miller’s Studio City home, and the body was seen being carted out just before 4pm.
Miller’s death has widely been reported to be the result of an overdose, although that has not been confirmed.
A statement from Miller’s family said: ‘Malcolm McCormick, known and adored by fans as Mac Miller, has tragically passed away at the age of 26. He was a bright light in this world for his family, friends and fans. Thank you for your prayers. Please respect our privacy. There are no further details as to the cause of his death at this time.’
Friends and family were photographed at the home outside of Los Angeles, including one unidentified woman who was seen collapsing in a fit of tears in the driveway as police tried to comfort her.
NBA star Karl Anthony Towns, a close friend of Miller’s, arrived on the scene soon after reports of the 26-year-old’s death surfaced.
Towns tweeted: ‘Not only were you my favorite artist, you was one of my closest friends. The love we had was genuine and the moments we shared were filled with nothing but positivity and laughter. I love you man and I’m sure as hell gonna miss you @MacMiller. Rest easy my brotha (sic).’
Miller was rolled out of his home in a body bag just before 4pm local time on Friday
A heartbroken woman breaks down crying while the Los Angeles county coroner removes the body of Mac Miller from his million dollar Hollywood Hills home in Studio City
Miller’s body is loaded into the coroner’s van as his girlfriend breaks down in front of cops
The scene outside Miller’s home has been chaotic yet somber following the discovery of his body midday Friday
Miller’s close friend NBA star Karl Anthony Towns, right, arrived on the scene soon after reports of his death surfaced
There has been an outpouring of tributes from other members of the entertainment industry expressing shock and sadness at news of the Pittsburgh-born artist’s death, including Chance the Rapper, Kehlani, Shawn Mendes and J Cole.
In one tweet Chance the Rapper wrote: ‘I don’t know what to say Mac Miller took me on my second tour ever. But beyond helping me launch my career he was one of the sweetest guys I ever knew. Great man. I loved him for real. I’m completely broken. God bless him.’
A subsequent tweet read: ‘Its so crazy cause earl (sic) literally hit me up this morning him and vince were real friebds (sic) I met at a pivotal time in my life through mac. This sh** hurts so bad. If you love someone male sure u tell em (sic).’
Fellow rapper J Cole tweeted: ‘This is a message for anybody in this game that’s going through something. If you don’t feel right, if you feel you have a substance problem, if you need a ear to vent to. If you uncomfortable talking to people around you. Please reach out to me.’
Overcome with emotion, artist Kehlani tweeted: ‘WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO OHANAS THIS WEEK I WAS SUPPOSED TO COME THIS WEEKEND WE WERE SHOOTING YOUR VIDEO NEET (sic) WEEK WE HAD TO FINISH YOUR NEW FAVORITE SHOW NO NO NO NO U GOT THE SATURN TATOO (sic) AFTER I DID UR CHART THIS IS TOO MUCH.
‘I WILL MISS YOU SO MUCH I F**KING LOVE YOU DUDE THE GREATEST.’
If you are struggling with substance abuse, please call the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 for free and confidential information.
Fellow artists have expressed shock and heartbreak on Twitter at news of Miller’s passing
Singer Lorde posted a photo of her with Miller accompanied by the caption: ‘This was a fun day. Rest easy crazy kid’
Artist Halsey also paid tribute to Miller on Instagram with a lengthy, heartfelt message
Source:https://www.dailymail.co.uk
