Early on in her career, Grande starred in Nickelodeon's 'Victorious'
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- Josh Peck shared memories of attending Ariana Grande’s house parties before her rise to fame
- Peck recalled his wife finding Grande harmonizing with herself in the bathroom during one party
- Peck and his wife, Paige O’Brien, have been together for years and share three children
Josh Peck is opening up about what it was like being friends with Ariana Grande before she became a mega-star.
The Drake and Josh alum shared that, before she became a pop star, he and his wife, Paige O'Brien, would sometimes go to parties at her house.
In a recent episode of the Good Guys podcast, Peck recounted: "I remember early on before she was like super famous, and she and her family was always so lovely and would invite me and and my wife, who was my girlfriend at the time, to like a party at the house."
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"And we go to their house and I just remember Paige, my wife, comes up to me and she goes, 'I was just trying to find the bathroom and I did, but then Ariana was in there harmonizing with herself," Peck added.
Peck married O'Brien, in 2017, after dating for several years. They welcomed their first child, a son named Max, in 2018 and their second son, Shai, in 2022. They announced the arrival of their third baby, Meyer Lane, in July 2025.
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Early on in her career, Grande starred in Nickelodeon's Victorious as well as spinoff Sam & Cat, while Peck starred on Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh for four seasons, from 2004 to 2007.
Peck has in recent years appeared on the TV series How I Met Your Father, iCarly and The Last of Us. On the big screen, he appeared in 2023’s Oppenheimer and will appear in 2027’s Ice Age: Boiling Point.
Grande, meanwhile, has in recent years had a hugely successful career as a singer and starred in 2024's Wicked and 2025's Wicked: For Good.
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