Mom of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims Tony Hughes slams Ariana Grande after she revealed serial killer who murdered and dismembered 17 men was her dream dinner party guest

The mother of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims has criticized Ariana Grande after the singer shockingly revealed the serial killer, who brutally murdered more than a dozen men, was her dream dinner party guest.

The ‘Thank u, next’ singer was criticized after appearing on an episode of the audio show Podcrushed – hosted by ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘You’ actor Penn Badgley.

During the interview, she recalled the moment she told a “young fan” that she fantasized about having dinner with the killer – who had raped, dismembered and murdered at least 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991.

Her macabre confession came after she revealed she had been “in love with serial killers” from a young age.

“I mean Jeffrey Dahmer is quite fascinating,” she told the fan – a comment that didn’t sit well with Shirley Hughes, whose son Tony was slaughtered by the serial killer in 1991.

Pictured: Jeffrey L. Dahmer enters the courtroom of Judge Jeffrey A. Wagner on August 6, 1991. Also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, the American serial killer and sex offender murdered and mutilated 17 men between 1978 and 1991.

In response to last week’s episode, Shirley said TMZ she hopes Ariana understands how hurtful the comments are.

She also said she was disturbed when the pop star laughed about her fascination with Dahmer during the podcast.

‘To me it seems like she is sick in the head. It’s not fancy or funny to say you wanted to go out to dinner with him. It is also not something you should say to young people, which she says she has done,” says Shirley.

According to Tony’s sister Barbara, Dahmer’s remarks are a glorification of himself. He was beaten to death in prison by a fellow inmate in 1994.

Tony, a deaf and non-verbal gay model, was lured to his apartment by Dahmer on May 24, 1991, before being murdered and dismembered. His skull was found in Dahmer’s apartment after the killer’s arrest later that year.

Tony Hughes, a deaf 31-year-old victim of Jeffrey Dahmer. His mother Shirley recently criticized Ariana Grande for comments expressing her fascination with the serial killer

Shirley Hughes – mother of Jeffrey Dahmer victim Tony Hughes – makes a victim statement in court in 1992. She has sued singer Ariana Grande after she said on a podcast that her dream dinner party guest would be serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. This isn’t the first time Hughes has spoken out about the way Dahmer has been glorified

The Hughes family weren’t the only ones who disapproved of Ariana’s comments. Fans also condemned the singer’s comments as ‘despicable’ and ‘offensive’, labeling her as ‘tone deaf’.

In a thread titled ‘Ariana Grande would like to have dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer’, the artist was said to have been ‘terribly offensive’.

One person wrote: ‘I didn’t even see the clip because this is exactly what I thought when I read the headline. Unless the question is “Which serial killer would you have dinner with” and you have a gun to your head, there’s no reason to say this.

Someone else added: ‘That was heartbreaking to see. Can you imagine having your loved ones murdered in such gruesome ways and then glorifying the killer in the media? I wish people would think about the impact of shows like Dahmer on surviving family members.”

Another user said: ‘Joking about wanting to have dinner with him is sick and terribly insulting to the families of the victims, who are still alive and affected by the tragedy. Let’s stop glorifying these psychopaths and pretending that they delight people deeply. That’s not the case, and if you met them in real life you would quickly realize why.’

Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey raped, murdered and dismembered seventeen boys and men.

In 2022, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan released their dismally reviewed Netflix crime thriller, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, starring Evan Peters.

Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey raped, murdered and dismembered 17 boys and men: Steven Hicks (18), Steven Tuomi (28), James Doxtator (14), Richard Guerrero (25), Anthony Sears (24), Ricky Beeks (33), Eddie Smith (28), Ernest Miller (24), David Thomas (23), Curtis Straughter (18), Errol Lindsey (19), Anthony Hughes (31), Konerak Sinthasomphone (14), Matt Turner (20) ), Jeremiah Weinberger (23), Oliver Lacy (23) and Joseph Bradehoft (25).

Dahmer – also known as the Milwaukee Monster or the Milwaukee Cannibal – was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and a psychotic disorder before he was beaten to death by a fellow inmate at Columbia Correctional Institution in 1994.

In 2022, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan released their Netflix crime thriller Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which was poorly received. The film highlights his unimaginable crimes and the victims who are desperate for justice.

Actor Evan Peters went on to win the Golden Globe Award for his performance as Jeffrey and thanked everyone who watched the show in his acceptance speech: “It was hard to make, hard to watch, but I sincerely hope that something good comes out of it has come. of it.’

And while the showrunners claimed to have contacted 20 family members and friends of the victims, Rita Isbell – Erroll Lindsey’s sister – told Business Insider that she was never contacted about the “harsh and careless” show, which left her ‘retraumatized’. .