Cynthia Erivo claps back after Dax Shepard asks 'annoying' question about how she 'wipes' with long nails

Cynthia Erivo said she's 'annoyed' by questions astir her agelong nails, after Dax Shepard inquired if her acrylics get successful the mode erstwhile utilizing the bathroom. 

The Wicked star, 37, was a impermanent on Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast connected Monday, erstwhile helium decided to inquire a 'really crazy' and 'inappropriate' question. 

'When you're wiping your butt…,' Shepard, 49, began, earlier Cynthia interjected, 'I knew you would inquire that question.'

'My reply is that cipher uses conscionable their fingers to hitch their backside,' the actress, said. 'You usage tissue, correct? And you wipe!'

Shepard continued to probe the prima connected however she holds the toilet insubstantial successful her hand, and whether she uses the 'tips of the fingernails.' 

Cynthia — who dazzled astatine the UK premiere of Wicked on Monday nighttime — clarified, saying she uses 'pads of the fingers' earlier adding, 'I'm a functioning adult.' 

Shepard went connected with the enactment of questioning, asking if astatine times she feels a 'little tickle of the nails connected the crack.'

'No, due to the fact that the insubstantial is there!' Cynthia responded.

After Shepard asked if she was 'offended' by the question, Cynthia said: 'I'm annoyed by it. I'm, like, "Come on, guys." But I get it, but it's also, like, "I'm a functioning adult, and I've ne'er walked astir smelling like, you know…"' 

She added, 'Here’s the thing, determination are radical who bash not person nails who request to cheque however they’re wiping.'

Cynthia besides joked that different radical person asked her however she gets thing done with her nails.

'And I'm like, "I mean, I'm here! I’m dressed."'

The star's eye-catching nails person been beforehand and halfway during her circuit to beforehand Wicked alongside co-star Ariana Grande. 

Both person been channeling their onscreen characters, Elphaba and Grande, with their nail designs. 

While successful the midst of promo mode, the 2 stars of the film issued apologizes for each the tears they've been shedding arsenic they talked astir their relationship and the movie.

'We've cried 500 times today. And honestly, this is simply a PSA. So atrocious guys,' Grande, 31, could beryllium heard saying successful a video shared by E! News.

'It is what it is,' her British-born co-star added. 'There's conscionable thing we tin bash astir it.'

Grande jumped backmost in: 'I can't imagine, and you cognize what? If you're going to remark saying however annoying it is, I'll accidental it first,' she said sitting adjacent to Erivo for an interview. 'I said it first. I'm annoyed. I'm tired. My teardrop ducts… I'm tired, emotionally tired.'

'We've travel done a massive, monolithic happening and we've truly stuck together,' Erivo explained.

Wicked: Part One hits theaters successful the U.S. connected November 22, and past the sequel, Wicked Part Two, volition travel the adjacent year, premiering successful cinemas connected November 21, 2025.