Mariana

Mariana is the real life Pairing of Matt Bennett and Ariana Grande (Ma/tt and A/riana). They, like most of the Victorious cast, are very close in real life and hang out a lot on and off set. Mariana has nothing to do with Cabbie, although some fans might think so.

Mariana Moments

 * In the 7 Secrets with Victoria Justice video, Matt has his hand on Ariana's back looking at something on her phone and then wraps both his arms around Ariana. Later, Matt is seen swinging Ariana around side to side, while she's still in his arms and she is laughing.
 * In the fun facts Dan posted for the episode Stage Fighting Dan jokingly said that Matt was very happy all week because he got to kiss Daniella Monet and Ariana multiple times.
 * In Matt and Ariana's Pet Peeves Matt wanted to list Ariana's pet peeves and she let him, despite she already having a "good list."
 * In this video teen.com Ariana said that Matt is the funniest person she has ever met in her life and that Matt came over last night and fooled Tumblr_lpp2ldJD301qbh6euo1_500.jpgd with her on her looping machine.
 * They are usually seen hanging out together behind the scenes of Victorious.
 * In one of Dan's videos (made while shooting Tori Gets Stuck) Ariana is poking Matt and hitting him with a blue worm toy while he has a blanket pulled over his head, giggling as she does so. She runs her finger over his mouth and he bites it through the blanket and refuses to let go, making her laugh.
 * In the Freak the Freak Out music video, Ariana and Matt do a silly dance together.
 * In the Beggin' On Your Knees music video, they are seen feeding each other with cotton candy.
 * In one of Ariana's Youtube videos (osnapitzari's ' a fun little video we made ') she and Matt are goofing around by singing, dancing and rapping. (Leon is included in this.)
 * Matt Bennett: (about Ariana's singing) " She sang in her beautiful voice...they never said I couldn't sing."
 * Matt Bennett: (about Ariana) "She is a very hilarious young woman, she has a bright future, as both, as actress and as a singer, and I'm very proud of her...And she's also short. She's very short".
 * On TwitPic, Ariana posts a picture of her with Matt (and Avan) and says "I love these boys :)".
 * Ariana did a segment for Popstar on "How To Dress Like Matt Bennett" and posted it on her Twitter.
 * On Twitter, Ariana posted "Photo of me & my friend, Matt at the Walmart signing the other day. So much fun @MattBennett! ♥ twitpic.com/66ugrc."Marianaparty.jpg
 * Matt tweeted a video of him and Ariana doing an interview with oceanup and added "Oh my god it's Ariana Grande!"
 * In this video, Matt and Ariana kept looking at each other during the interview. Notice the fact that there’s so much space on the left of Ari and she’s all up on Matt :)
 * Matt tweeted "That's right, I've narrowed my options down to three EP names: Mott, Warm Fuzzies, and Little Tiger." and Ari responded "@MattBennett congrats matty! I love your music. I know everyone else will too!"
 * In this video, Matt and Ariana and Daniella Monet perform 'I Want You Back' with Keenan Cahill.
 * In this video, Matt and Ariana are standing very close together while playing the guitar.
 * 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 alot, also in that same video Matt said he was thankful for Ariana's sense of humor.
 * In this video the cast was racing in go-karts, and after Ariana said that Matt was the first person to bump into her and Matt shyly denied it.
 * In this video Matt is doing an interview with Liz Gillies and Ariana comes into the room and Matt asks her if she wants to join the interview, and she says that it's okay. Ariana is behind the camera and watches for the rest of the interview, and laughs when Matt says one of his alter egos is The Milk Man.
 * In another interview Ariana does with Avan the interviewer asks him what bugs him and Ariana says she thought of something that bugs Matt Bennett, so she was thinking about him.
 * Matt tweeted a picture that said, "Gizmo watches television". It's a picture of his Gizmo toy and a TV in the background playing the Pilot, and it's a still frame of Cat and Robbie.
 * Dan posted a picture of the cast on the cover of Daily Variety, and Matt and Ariana are sitting next to each other.
 * Someone tweeted a picture of Matt taking a picture of Ariana at the Halo Awards, and Matt retweeted it. You can view the picture here.
 * In this video uploaded by Matt, "ariana grande" is in the tags section even though it is irrelevant to the video.
 * In this video Ariana did an interview and they asked her "What was the funniest moment from185px-Arimattdanwarp.jpg working with the iCarly and Victorious cast together?" and she replied "Matt Bennett trying to sing my one line at the end like a girl over and over again." and as she said that, She waved at him.
 * Matt says he loves "My Ari" in this video.
 * Matt and Ariana are holding hands in this |this video
 * Ariana gets jealous in this video when Dan tells Matt to grab Daniella. She comes and stands there and just keeps looking at them like, "What's happening?" until Dan distracts her.
 * Ariana tweeted,"Really fun writing session ever with @MattBennett & Michael Corcoran! we wrote some funny little songs for Victorious. ♥"
 * In this video Ariana and Matt are standing really close to each other and have a staring contest while Dan films them. They seem to be having a lot of fun because Ariana keeps laughing and losing the contest, it looks like Ariana wants to kiss Matt ,they are very close to each other and at the end Matt gets closer to her face.

Mariana Photo Gallery
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