Ariana Grande, who is always one for jokes, stepped up her Internet trolling game with an affectionate Instagram photo involving her cousin Courtney Chipolone and a certain reference from Mean Girls.

In a photo posted to her Instagram on November 19, Ari appears to be kissing her close friend and cousin Courtney while another friend, Alexa Luria, looks on with an uncomfortable expression. The caption reads, "'Yeah but she’s my FIRST cousin', alluding to the scene in Mean Girls when Karen attempts to justify her romantic feelings for her cousin Seth Mosakowski. "Yeah, but he's my first cousin," Karen says in the movie, adding, "So, you have your cousins, and then you have your first cousins, and then you have your second cousins..." She's then corrected by Gretchen, who says, "No, honey, uh-uh... That is so not right."

Ariana followed up that Mean Girls reference with another, this time with a pic of the three friends huddled close. That caption reads, in the words of that skeeze Jason, "'Wuld u like us to assign someone to butter your muffin?'" She then posted a third pic with just Alexa, which included the iconic Regina George line, "'I’m on an all carb diet GOD KAREN U ARE SO STooPID.'" She shared the three photos on Twitter, writing, "Meet the plastics." Apparently, Ari loves her some Mean Girls.

Ariana later added to her three posts on her Instagram Story, in which she reposted the photos and wrote, "All of this is tea. Only a tiny sip tho...tbc. And by a tiny sip I literally mean tiny...like 25% of the cup." What could it all mean? Is it a hint about the forthcoming "Thank u, next" music video? Or simply a peek into Ari's life and friendships?

In the comments on the first photo, fans were all about the joke. Some also tied in the recent misheard lyric in "Thank U, Next," where Ariana sings "Her name is Ari," which fans initially thought was "Her name is Aubrey," implying a love interest with that name. "woah aubrey is crying rn," one wrote. Another added, "Aubrey left the chat."

Jokes aside, obviously Ari is taking a moment to appreciate her friends, who she's praised recently for being there for her in the aftermath of her breakup with Pete Davidson. Other friends including Victoria Monet and Tayla Parx even recently threw a surprise party for the singer, hiring a Mariachi band to perform. Ariana called the moment "the nicest thing anyone’s ever done for me."

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