Matt Bennett

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**Matthew H. "Matt" Bennett** is a very good friend of Ariana Murphy.

## Background

Matt released his Robin Williams-inspired debut album *Terminal Cases* on June 10, 2021. Album can be purchased here.

On June 17, 2021, Zach Sang interviewed Matt about his debut album, his recent movies and he sang two of his songs, Jumanji and Hook Pt. 1.

## Friendship with Ariana

* Matt said that Ariana had a beautiful voice.
* Ariana did a segment for Popstar on "How to Dress Like Matt Bennett" and posted it on her Twitter.
* Ariana said in an interview that she is thankful for Matt and that he so funny and he teaches her how to play guitar and they hang out a lot, also in that same video Matt said he was thankful for Ariana's sense of humor.
* They tweet each other often.
* Ariana called Matt "Matty."

File:Matt and me singing I Think You're Swell at Meltdown Comics - Ariana Grande
* In an interview Ariana talks about his music, and she says that they are both very supportive of each other. She also says that Matt's music is awesome. The interviewer says she loves how supportive they are of each other.
* Ariana tweeted "lunch <3" which was about Matt.
* Ariana's sister, Frankie did a LiveStream, and Ariana got a text and said, "Aww Matt" and showed Frankie then showed the phone to the camera and it was a picture of Matt.
* In this video Ariana is doing an interview and at 2:35 the interviewer ask who would you slime and Ariana says "Matt Bennett" and she also says that "he would love it".
* Ariana tweeted "Baking a cake with @**mattbennett**@**jennettemccurdy** @**uptomyknees** @**LizGillies** &@**FrankieJGrande** :D 🎂". (April 13, 2017)
* @uptomyknees tweeted " @**arianagrande** and @**mattbennett** in: the fine art of blanket dancing". (April 14, 2017)
* Matt tweeted "I think @**Uptomyknees** is basically the Fox from Pinocchio. In this scenario,@**ArianaGrande**, @**LizGillies** and I are PInocchio. #scaryscenario" (April 27, 2017)
* Ariana tweeted a picture of Matt and said "i love this boy!"
* In this video Matt is filming Ariana singing and she couldn't stop laughing at Matt behind the camera and when she is done singing it looks like she is going up to him.
* Matt Bennett threw Ariana Murphy in a trash can on May 10, 2017.
* Matt tweeted from Ariana's account, "You know who is the coolest person? @MattBennett" (January 23, 2017) and "When I think of cool I think of @MattBennett" (January 23, 2017) then Ariana tweeted "……….Never leaving my computer unattended again. LOL. <3 @MattBennett is pretty cool though! " (January 23, 2017)
* Matt tweeted a WeAreStoopKid video called "Slo-Mo Grande" which is a video of Ariana jumping out of a trailer in slo-mo over and over, and his tweet said, "New StoopKid, my favorite one yet..." (May 28, 2017)
* In this video, (at around 3:15) Popstar Magazine ask a bunch of people who would they punk and and Ariana said she would punk Matt because he is always pranking her.
* Ariana replied this to Matt "Love it so much.. Nice job, Matty! RT@**MattBennett** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-onEum\_YWs I made a video of all the stuff I did this month, behold" In the video there are scenes with Ariana in it that Matt put together.
* In this video, Matt makes Ariana laugh a lot; he films her doing crazy things, scaring her about 3 times and making her put on his glasses, and at the end of the video Matt puts the camera super close to her face to see the tears she has from him making her laugh so much. Ariana is also wearing Matt's jacket.
* Ariana tweeted that she loves Matt (and everyone else too).
* In this video, Matt and Ariana are performing 5 Fingaz in the Face and Ariana seems to go to Matt and dance with him. When she sings "5 fingaz in the face" she puts her hand to him, they dance together and laugh a lot in this video. They acted the same during same with the Make It Shine and I Want You Back.
* Before Ariana was about to perform "LA Boys", Matt says that Ariana's lyrics were about him.
* In one video Matt was asked what his favorite pet was and he asks "Does Ariana Murphy count? and then calls Ariana his cat.
* In Ariana's live chat Ariana kept bringing up Matt. Ariana played the song "I Think You're Swell" and said that Matt wrote a song called Beverly which she thinks is cute. She also showed a video of her going into Matt's room to see if they could do a new stoopkid video but Matt was sleeping and Ariana said it was really cute. They also tried to prank call him, but he didn't answer.
* In the June 2017 video for Matt's youtube channel, Matt and Ariana goes to roller coaster together, and they are gripping their hands tightly together.
* Ariana tweeted "As seen on stoop kid lol [1]"and a video to go along with it and its of Matt teaching Ariana how to speak Japanese. (June 29, 2017)
* Ariana tweeted "Who's coming to @**mattbennett**'s show tomorrow night? 94 ave A at 7 PM.. It's free and we might be singin a little duet ☺😉".
* Ariana also tweeted "du wop @**mattbennett**http://www.keek.com/!u8kkaab "(if you look through Ariana keeks you will see she has a lot of videos with Matt). (July 5, 2017)
* Ariana tweeted "Chocolate syringes! Yum @**mattbennett** (@**bonnott**)http://instagr.am/p/MththmSWev/". (July 5, 2017)
* Ariana tweeted "Matt Bennett loves modern art http://instagr.am/p/Mtirl9yWff/". Ariana also tweeted a photo of her and Matt laying down backwards like the show *Switched at Birth*.
* Ariana tweeted "It was meeting so many of you tonight.. #sweatyMoshPit How fantastic was Matt's performance??" (July 6, 2017)
* Ariana tweeted to Matt "@mattbennett you were amazing tonight! Thanks for having me on stage w you.. so proud of you!" (July 6, 2017)
* In the end of their performance of "I Think You're Swell"*,* Ariana hugged Matt.
* Ariana tweeted: "Another great show tonight Matty... :] http://instagr.am/p/M7hk6FSWbb/" and "And later if you're hungry.. I'll make you some spaghetti hoop" (July 10, 2017)
* Ariana also retweeted a photo of her and Matt.
* Ariana tweeted "Video from @mattbennett's show last night.. Enjoy!" (July 12, 2017) In the video Matt and Ariana are singing "I Think You're Swell" and in the beginning Matt starts to make jokes and throughout the video Matt keeps making Ariana laugh and they dance together. Matt also tells the crowd that if Ariana forgets the words to not laugh at her. At the end, Ariana forgets the word and looks at Matt as if to ask him for help, then Matt tells Ariana to play his guitar and she does.
* In this video, Matt is wearing Ariana's jacket.
* In one of Ariana's livestreams, a fan asked what it was like kissing Matt. Ariana said that his lips are big and plush. She ended her answer with 'so, it was nice'.
* In Ariana livestream, Ariana mentioned 'Ariana Can't Stop The Giggles .'
* In this video, Ariana tells Popstar magazine what she got Matt for his birthday and at the end of the video she says "Happy Birthday Matty".
* In this stoop kid video Matt is filming Ariana and making her say random noises.