Frankie Grande was full of praise for night one of his sister Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine tour, detailing to E! News at the 2026 Tony Awards how proud he is of her.
Frankie Grande Reacts to Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine Tour
Frankie Grande is eternally proud of Ariana Grande—true story.
Though Frankie missed the first night of his younger sister’s Eternal Sunshine tour to attend the 2026 Tony Awards, he already knows the tour is a can’t-miss event—though he’s been trying to avoid spoilers of the many tricks and surprises Ariana unveils throughout the concert.
“I’ve been really trying hard not to watch every clip that I see online today,” Frankie told E! News on the Tonys carpet June 7. “But I’m just so proud of her. I was literally texting her like, ‘I was like the looping machine!’ And then I would like swipe away, and then I’d be like, ‘You’re flying!'”
As he put it, “She is the greatest live vocalist of our generation, absolutely no question. She’s an unbelievable artist. The fact that she gets to show all of that on stage—I’m so proud of her.”
But the 44-year-old—who is currently performing in Titanique on Broadway—wants to save some of the show to see live.
“I want to experience it in person,” Frankie—who donned a sailor-inspired look to the Tonys—continued. “I’m gonna go see it in like two weeks, so it’s like, I can wait, but at the same time I’m desperate to watch it. I wish I could be in two places at once. If it wasn’t the Tonys today, I would have been there last night.”
But the Big Brother alum wouldn’t have it any other way.
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“I’m very grateful to be here,” he said from the Tony carpet. “This is the dream—the Tonys. I’ve had this dream since I was a little child.”
In fact, Frankie—who plays Victor Garber in the Céline Dion, Titanic-inspired musical—is reveling in the face he and Ariana are both showing the world what they’re made of at the same time.
“Victor Garber came to see me, and he was like, ‘You get to show everything that you can do in this one show,'” he recalled. “And it’s so such a compliment coming from him, and he was so lovely about my performance. So, I guess it’s time for the Grandes to show all of our tricks.”
For more from the 2026 Tonys red carpet, read on.
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Pink
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Pink, Jameson Hart, Judith Moore, Willow Hart and Carey Hart
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Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott
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Sarah Paulson
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Queen Latifah
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Whitney Leavitt
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Luke Evans
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Billy Crystal
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Dylan Mulvaney
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Alex Newell
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Lea Michele
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Mark Ballas and BC Jean
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Bess Wohl
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June Squibb
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Melissa Barrera
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Bronwyn Newport and Christian Siriano
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Darren Criss
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Jeremy Pope
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Tituss Burgess
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Jim Parsons
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Justin Mikita and Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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Frankie Grande
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Jordan Fisher
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Scott Hoying and Mark Hoying
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Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea Raymond
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Rosie O’Donnell
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Stacy London and Clinton Kelly
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Sam Pinkleton
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Zhailon Levingston
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