Did Ariana Grande Use Justin Bieber to Hurt Big Sean?

Maybe she shouldn't have brought Bieber on stage earlier this month.

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Earlier this week, Big Sean and Ariana Grande confirmed that they are no longer dating, and their reps claim the break up was largely due to their upcoming tour schedules conflicting. But let's be real, is Bieber to blame here? During an on-stage performance earlier this month, Ariana brought out the Biebs who made an aggressive, come-from-behind embrace against his duet partner.

At the time, those of us in the media just chalked it up to Bieber life and moved on, but today TMZ reports that Ariana orchestrated the stunt to get back at Big Sean. TMZ claims that Big Sean broke things off with Ariana because she was immature, and that she blew off his February House of Blues appearance in West Hollywood to get ready for the Grammys, which Sean thinks was "selfish." Sources say the window on their relationship was kaput when Bieber embraced Ariana from behind, which Sean thinks was meant to hurt him. But that stunt bricked, and the two are officially over. 

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