Singer
Ariana Grande has posted on social media about her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller's
death.
In the first
public statement since he died of a suspected overdose last week, Grande
described him as her "dearest friend" and the "kindest, sweetest
soul with demons he never deserved".
In the
caption of a video, she said she was "so sorry" she hadn't been able
to fix or take his pain away.
Miller, real
name Malcolm McCormick, was open about his drug abuse.
He was found
dead at his home in California. The official cause of death has not yet been
announced.
The video
Grande posted on Friday shows the couple laughing together as he asks her to
stop filming him when he is telling a story.
The pair met
in 2012 and confirmed they were in a relationship in 2016.
They
collaborated on a number of songs together, and performed at One Love
Manchester after a concert Grande was performing at was targeted by a deadly
terror attack in 2017.
When they
broke up earlier this year, Grande described him "one of my best friends
in the whole world" and said she would continue to respect and adore him
following their separation.
When the
rapper was arrested shortly after for driving offences, some fans appeared to
blame Grande.
She then
released a note describing their relationship as "toxic" and
suggested his substance abuse was to blame for the break-up.
"I have
cared for him and tried to support his sobriety and prayed for his balance for
years (and always will of course) but shaming/blaming women for a man's
inability to keep it together is a very major problem," part of her
statement had said.
Grande and
her new partner comedian Pete Davidson suspended comments on their Instagram
accounts shortly after Miller's death after a barrage of replies from fans
again blamed them.
The rapper's
friend Shane Powers came out in support of Grande earlier this week, describing
her as an "unbelievably stabilising force" for the late rapper.
She had
previously posted a black-and-white photograph in tribute to Miller, but
Friday's post is the first time she has commented on his death.
No details
about the 26-year-old's funeral plans have yet been released but US media
report his body was flown back from Los Angeles to his native Pittsburgh
earlier this week.
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