Alesha Dixon backs Ariana Grande ‘100%’ as she cancels tour following Manchester attack
BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT star Alesha Dixon has voiced her support for Ariana Grande after the popstar cancelled her tour following the horrific terror attack at her concert in Manchester earlier this week.
Alesha, 38, spoke out in favour of Ariana, 23, saying that, as a performer, she would have "absolutely 100 per cent" taken the same actions herself.
On Thursday, Ariana confirmed that she was cancelling the remainder of her Dangerous Women tour dates after the bombing which killed 22 people at Manchester Arena on Monday.
Opening up about the tragedy, the Britain's Got Talent judge told Express.co.uk: "I'm absolutely gutted and devastated and it just completely knocked me sideways."
She also admitted that the terror attack affected the way she felt about a show she was doing today, saying: "It completely puts that fear into you. It's an unfair way to have to live our lives, it's so scary.
"But I tend to take comfort from the fact that we are such a resilient country and I have hope in my heart, which is quite heavy at the moment," she continued. "All we can do is put our best foot forward and keep living our life.
"We have to find the light in the dark and that's how we move forward because otherwise we'd all just curl up in a ball and hide. We can't do that. As scary as it is, we're all in this together."
Yesterday, Ariana announced that she would return to Manchester to play a benefit concert for the victims of the attack.
Ariana Grande performs One Last Time at Manchester Arena
"I'll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester to spend some time with my fans and to have a benefit concert in honour of and to raise money for the victims and their families," she said in a statement posted on Twitter.
The news comes after Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan, 52, hit out at the star for not visiting victims who were injured in the bombing.
After the Queen paid a visit to Manchester Children's hospital to speak to those wounded in the attack, Piers tweeted: "If the Queen can visit the victims in hospital, so can the star they paid to see.
"I expected her to stay," he added. "Visit and comfort her wounded fans and relatives of those who died."