The bishop who officiated Aretha Franklin’s funeral, Charles H. Ellis III, apologized Friday to Ariana Grande for how he touched her onstage and a joke he made about her name.

Accompanied by her fiance Pete Davidson, Grande traveled to Detroit to attend the ceremony and perform one of Franklin’s signature hits, “(You Make Me Feel Like) “A Natural Woman,” which she previously sang on the “Tonight Show” on Aug. 16 shortly after Franklin’s death.

After Grande’s performance, Ellis , the officiant l

A man listens to Rev. Jesse Jackson speak at New Bethel Baptist Church, the church where Aretha Franklin’s late father Rev. C.L. Franklin was a minister and where she began her singing career. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Since Aretha Franklin’s death on Aug. 16, the world has memorialized the soul icon in fitting fashion — as a Queen. Her voice “captured the experience of living through profound change and showed how to preserve integrity in its wake,” as Ann Powers wrote, an example that can