Ariana Grande shuts down ‘graphic’ Wicked conspiracy about her friendship with Cynthia Erivo

Ariana Grande yet addressed the ongoing speculation that she and Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo are successful love.

It’s harmless to accidental everyone looks backmost astatine past year’s Wicked property circuit with uhh fond memories arsenic the One Last Time hitmaker, 31, and the Harriet Tubman actress, 38, were often seen holding each other’s hands, reflecting connected their adjacent bond, and crying. There was a batch of crying.

As we hole to spell done it each again this twelvemonth with the upcoming merchandise of the sequel Wicked: For Good, a definite radical of fans person noted down the times Ariana (Glinda) and Cynthia (Elphaba) person locked eyes, and judge they are ‘down bad’ for each other.

Addressing the chaotic conspiracy, the erstwhile Nickelodeon prima told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘People deliberation we’re secretly married.’

Referencing the viral yet explicit instrumentality edits, she continued: ‘I privation I could unsee immoderate things. I mean, wow, I had a feeling, but I didn’t cognize it would beryllium connected this standard oregon this graphic.’

Nothing romanticist going on, conscionable a axenic genuine friendship!

When promotion for the movie archetypal began, the duo was criticised for being overly sentimental arsenic they discussed the movie and 1 another’s talent.

The philharmonic duo besides admitted to having a concealed tattoo dedicated to their diary connected the multi-nominated movie.

In what was described arsenic 1 of the astir bizarre popular civilization moments, Cynthia had a precise affectional absorption to learning however fans were responding to Defying Gravity.

In an interrogation with Out Magazine, writer Tracey Gilcrest told the pb actors that a cardinal opus from the philharmonic was empowering fans successful a unsocial way.

‘This week radical are taking the lyrics of Defying Gravity and truly holding abstraction with that, and feeling powerfulness successful that,’ she said.

Cynthia clutched her thorax and looked affectional arsenic she replied: ‘I didn’t cognize that was happening.’

Viral moments aside, Ariana and Cynthia pb Wicked to 10 Oscar Nominations, Including Best Picture.

Cynthia is besides an Oscar distant from achieving the coveted EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) status.

On manus to usher america done the sum volition be Jonathan Ross, who volition big a peculiar amusement bringing each of Hollywood’s enactment to UK viewers.

This volition see unrecorded sum of the Oscars reddish carpet with Ross King broadcasting straight from the lawsuit astatine the Dolby Theatre, followed by the coveted awards ceremony, which begins astatine midnight.

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