Doughnutgate

From doughnut +‎ -gate.

Doughnutgate

1. Alternative spelling of Donutgate.
   • 2015 July 10, “Ariana Grande backpedals”, in The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa., →OCLC, People Watch, page B2, column 1:

     “As an advocate for healthy eating, food is very important to me and I sometimes get upset my^[sic] how freely we as Americans eat and consume things without giving any thought to the consequence that it has on our health and society as a whole,” she wrote in what appears to be an attempt to reframe the Doughnutgate conversation.

   • 2015 July 10, “People in the news”, in The Daily Journal, volume 141, number 191, Vineland, N.J., →OCLC, page 4B, column 2:

     Doughnutgate: Police investigating Grande incident / By now, Ariana Grande has probably learned there are two things you really shouldn’t with: America and doughnuts.

   • 2015 July 13, Brett Malec, “Joel McHale Takes on Ariana Grande's Doughnutgate in Epic Rant: ''I Hate Your Ponytail!''—Watch Now”, in E! News‎^[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: E! Entertainment Television, archived from the original on 14 July 2015:

     On Friday's episode of The Soup, Joel took on Grande following the Doughnutgate headlines that she was caught licking donuts in a donut shop before saying "I hate America." Cue Joel's epic rant!

   • 2015 August 9, Carly Maga, “The Top Ticket: Three shows to take in”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E3, column 4:

     Ariana Grande / Watch this if: You were captivated by #Doughnutgate. I know, I know, we’re over the whole “Ariana Grande licked a doughnut she hadn’t bought” fiasco. Hopefully Grande has put the public backlash toward her “anti-obesity protest” behind her and will continue to be the mini-Mariah her screaming fans know and love.

   • 2015 September 17, USA Today, “Spotlight”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E3, column 4:

     Doughnutgate haunts pop star / Pop star Ariana Grande knows her history with pastries is a troubled one. Months after she caused a stir for licking a doughnut and saying that she hates America, she’s still talking about the incident, telling Good Morning America that she’s definitely learned her lesson.

   • 2019 May 23, Jay Cridlin, “She wants it, she’s got it”, in Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12W:

     But she was also the kind of pop star it was fun to poke fun at, talented but artistically lightweight, adorable but not exactly lovable. Doughnutgate was the icing on the eclair.