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A man from Australia who jumped across a fence and touched actress Ariana Grande has been deported and prohibited from Singapore.

The individual, aged 26, was given a sentence to nine days in detention for disrupting public order and has now been "prohibited from returning to Singapore," the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority informed local media.

Wen pushed past photographers and rushed toward the actress and singer, who was present at the Asian debut for Wicked: For Good on the thirteenth of November. Co-star Cynthia Erivo intervened to remove him from Grande.

He has a background of causing disturbances at events and star-studded occasions, including leaping onto the platform at Katy Perry's Sydney concert in the past June.

The event sparked outrage in Singapore, with many accusing him of causing further distress to the star.

The pop star has discussed dealing with trauma-related anxiety after a explosive incident at her show in the English city in spring of 2017 took the lives of 22 people and affected hundreds.

During Wen's trial, the authorities learned he had made efforts to breach on the red carpet event twice, according to Singaporean media.

He then made a follow-up try to breach security. Event security intercepted him and pinned him down.

Wen later posted video clips expressing gratitude to the star for allowing his presence and said he was "released."

Police arrested him the next day and brought charges against him with causing a disturbance, to which he confessed.

The Court Judge Christopher Goh was cited by media reports as saying that he was looking for publicity, commenting that he was wrong to think he would not face any penalties.

Grande has not commented on the case.

The co-star discussed the situation to NBC, saying that she "just wanted to verify my colleague was secure."

"I think he had no intention to us danger, but you can't predict with these incidents, and I sought to ensure that she was OK. That was my initial reaction," she stated.