Bette Midler has slammed Ariana Grande’s raunchy stage antics and ‘silly high voice’.

The 68-year-old actress hit out at the 21-year-old star’s 𝑠e𝑥y music videos for being ‘silly beyond belief’, and insists the Bang Bang hitmaker’s provocative videos and stage performances are ‘ridiculous’.

She told The Telegraph newspaper: ‘It’s terrible! It’s always surprising to see someone like Ariana Grande with that silly high voice, slithering around on a couch, looking so ridiculous. I mean, it’s silly beyond belief and I don’t know who’s telling her to do it. I wish they’d stop.

‘It’s terrible!’ Bette Midler (seen last month) has slammed Ariana Grande (seen earlier this month), telling The Telegraph it’s surprising to see her with ‘a silly high voice, slithering around on a couch, looking so ridiculous’

‘But it’s not my business, I’m not her mother. Or her manager. Maybe they tell them that’s what you’ve got to do. Sex sells. Sex has always sold.’

The Wind Beneath My Wings singer – who has won three Grammy Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards – insisted young female pop stars should be told they don’t need to be so scantily-clad in their music videos because they can sell songs without taking their clothes off.

When asked what advice she would give young girls who are hoping to become a pop star, the Beaches star said: ‘Trust your talent. You don’t have to make a w***e out of yourself to get ahead. You really don’t.

‘Sex has always sold’: Midler admitted it wasn’t any of her ‘business’ on how an artist performed on stage; here Ariana is pictured at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday

‘I mean, don’t ask me. It’s beyond me. I’m too old.

‘I don’t know what the end game is going to be. I don’t know where you go from all that 𝑠e𝑥 in your twenties. I don’t know how you sustain it.’

Meanwhile, the actress and singer recently announced she is set to return with a new album and live tour – her first one since over a decade.

‘Trust your talent’: When asked by The Telegraph what kind of advice she would give to young girls seeking a career as a singer, Bette encouraged aspiring musicians to have faith in their work; here the singer is pictured in New York City in October

Bette will kick off her mega-tour in May 8 in Hollywood, before jetting off to the UK in July.

On the film front, Bette will make an appearance in the upcoming TV movie The Third Coast.

Now in pre-production, The Third Coast will examine the times of a New Mexico based casting agent.

Back for more: The singer, pictured at the 2014 Academy Awards in Los Angeles in March, will soon be embarking on her first tour in over a decade

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