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The Australian man charged with ambushing Ariana Grande this week claimed in June that he was planning on giving up his antics forever.
Johnson Wen pushed past photographers and charged at the actress while the cast made its way down a yellow carpet at the Wicked: For Good premiere.
Grande’s co-star Cynthia Erivo separated Wen from Grande before security pulled him away.
Wen had posted on Instagram late on Thursday that he was “free after being arrested”.
However, on Friday afternoon, the 26-year-old was charged with being a public nuisance by a Singapore court.
The incident caused massive outrage in the city state and from fans online.
Back in June, the serial stage and pitch invader interrupted Katy Perry’s Sydney concert at Qudos Bank Arena.
Wen danced on stage and put his arm around Perry during her performance of Hot N Cold.
He was then forcibly rushed off the stage as the pop star quipped “well, there’s never going to be another show like this, so just enjoy it Sydney”.
The 26-year-old told 9News in June he planned to quit his stage-crashing ways.
“I was about to do like extra Fortnite moves but security got there too quick.
“I’m planning to quit forever because you get in way too much trouble for it, especially me, because I’ve done it so many times.”
His hobby has taken him around the world, with stage invasions at the Olympics in Paris, the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and the men’s Cricket World Cup final in India.
“I just got on there, and as soon as I got tackled I got in a lot of trouble,” he said of the invasion in India, saying “there was way too many security”.
Wen claimed in June he’s not a threat, but his actions exposed serious security flaws.
He was already banned from Olympic Park for storming The Weeknd’s stage in October last year when he attended Qudos Bank Arena for Perry’s concert.
