Before she hit the stage at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, Ariana Grande had to make her way down the pink carpet.

But she tripped when she stopped to speak to an E! News reporter.

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It wasn't a complete Meghan Trainor-style fall, but the ponytailed singer recovered well regardless.

"I almost broke my (expletive)," Grande told reporter Sibley Scoles, but she got credit for keeping her hair intact.

See a gif of the moment from Mashable below:

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