Interesting · · By Barbara Kadas-Csernai
Ariana Grande & Bowen Yang Take Lie Detector Tests
Pop meets parody — and honesty gets weird when the machine starts beeping.
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Vanity Fair’s iconic interview series gets its pop-culture upgrade with Ariana Grande and Bowen Yang submitting to the lie detector. What follows is pure chaos — equal parts confession and comedy. Grande’s blend of playfulness and precision meets Yang’s dry wit in a duel of charm and nerves.
The test goes off the rails in the best way possible: from career truths to absurd hypotheticals (“Would you survive a SNL sketch with no cue cards?”). Beneath the jokes, there’s something disarmingly real — two performers dropping the persona for a few fleeting minutes of honesty. It’s awkward, hilarious, and strangely human.
