Fans furious after huge Wicked spoiler revealed by Andy Cohen live on air before release

Wicked fans were furious aft a large spoiler (BELOW) was dropped unrecorded connected aerial conscionable 1 time earlier the highly anticipated merchandise of the philharmonic adaptation.

On Thursday's Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen casually revealed that his impermanent Kristen Chenoweth made a cameo successful the movie—a astonishment that galore fans were wholly unaware of.

Kristen, who originated the relation of Glinda connected Broadway, intelligibly wanted to support the cameo a secret, visibly avoiding the taxable and making the infinitesimal awkward.

The archetypal portion of the epic phantasy movie is acceptable to deed theaters connected November 22, with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo taking connected the pb roles of Glinda and Elphaba, respectively. 

Now that the cat’s retired of the bag, fans took to societal media to explicit their frustration. 

One instrumentality tweeted, '#WWHL: not @andy spoiling @KChenoweth being successful Wicked. She looked similar she wanted that to stay a surprise.'

Another wrote, 'Yeah... however oblivious is he? Let the opening play assemblage get the astonishment first.'

A 3rd chimed in, 'Yeah, due to the fact that I didn’t cognize she was successful it and they’ve promoted the hellhole retired of it." Yet different professional roasted Cohen, posting, “He’s truthful stupid. I cognize she was pissed.'

During the speech connected WWHL, Andy Cohen asked, 'Kristen, everyone is talking astir what they saw successful the movie. How hard was it keeping it a secret?'

Kristen, intelligibly caught disconnected guard, replied, 'I'm going to plead the fifth.'

However, it seemed the astonishment had already been spoiled by a societal media post.

A instrumentality shared a database of songs from the film, including 1 titled One Short Day.

Beneath the song, the names of those progressive were listed, inadvertently revealing that archetypal Broadway stars Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth would look successful the movie.

Along with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, Michael McCorry Rose was besides credited. One instrumentality wrote beneath the post, 'When I watched it successful the instrumentality screening we were each shook!! Everyone kept the secret! pls delete.'

Another idiosyncratic argued, 'It's already written present and it's not a movie spoiler since we don't cognize however the country is expected to be.'

Fans were besides recently near furious aft cinemas issued a prohibition connected moviegoers singing along to the euphony during movie screenings successful the U.S. 

Ahead of the film's merchandise tomorrow, cinemas successful the US person warned that singing on to the musical's deed numbers is strictly prohibited - pursuing reports of disruptions during aboriginal screenings crossed the country. 

According to The New York Times, immoderate fans struggled to incorporate themselves during Grande and Erivo's renditions of hits specified arsenic Popular and Defying Gravity - triggering the ire of chap cinemagoers. 

Subsequently, American cinema concatenation AMC has reminded movie-goers that 'silence is golden' and singing during the screenings volition not beryllium tolerated. 

'At AMC Theaters, soundlessness is golden. No talking. No texting. No singing. No wailing. No Flirting. And perfectly nary name-calling. Enjoy the magic of movies,' a pre-show advisory issued by AMC read, arsenic reported by The Independent. 

A spokesperson for AMC besides told American paper IndyStar that portion this has ever been the theatre's 'long-standing policy', they wanted to reiterate the rules due to the fact that of the wide popularity of songs specified arsenic Defying Gravity and What is this Feeling. 

'The WICKED preshow spot incorporates the themes of the movie arsenic a fun, engaging reminder to moviegoers to not disrupt the acquisition for those astir them arsenic they bask the show,' AMC's authoritative connection to the work read. 

Fans person besides been sharing images of signs banning singing during screenings of Wicked connected X, with one specified message reading: 'We inquire that you let everyone to bask the cinema experience. 

'Please refrain from singing during the show.'

The prohibition sparked a furious enactment astir theatre etiquette connected TikTok and Reddit, arsenic fans debated whether it is due to sing on during movie screenings. 

Comedy set Lewberger Music also weighed successful connected the statement successful a minute-long opus that begins with the radical asking: 'Did you perceive there's going to beryllium strict rules astir the Wicked movie?

'Several radical person made waves astir what they'll bash if radical sing during the movie which raises immoderate questions astir modern movie theatre etiquette due to the fact that they didn't bargain tickets to perceive immoderate rando, they privation to perceive Ariana Grande,' the set continued. 

'You amended not sing during the gosh darn movie.'

They suggested cinemas should organise 'singalong' screenings that are 'explicitly rowdy' truthful that nary 1 feels similar they are missing retired connected the amusive of Wicked. 

Fans took to the comments conception to explicit their ain views, with respective radical suggesting the prohibition would not halt them from singing. 

One remark read: 'I paid for my ticket...If I privation to sing, I volition sing.' 

Another idiosyncratic said: 'I'm singing softly to myself and nary 1 tin halt me...It's not similar they could perceive maine implicit the movie.' 

A 3rd added: 'Oh, the f***ing FUN POLICE.' 

Another idiosyncratic confessed they would astir apt get 'the shakes portion trying to enactment quiescent during Defying Gravity'. 

Some radical were confused by fans who sing on implicit artists specified arsenic aggregate Grammy-winner Grande, with 1 idiosyncratic writing: 'I don’t get radical who privation to perceive themselves implicit the performances. 

'This goes for concerts too. I’ve ne'er understood it! And I’m a singer! If I privation to sing I bash it connected signifier oregon successful my car.'

Another argued the aforesaid etiquette rules enforced astatine Broadway shows and the theatre should beryllium upheld astatine the cinema, explaining: 'When I spell to broadway shows, I rima the words. I would ne'er sing retired loud. I don’t adjacent similar radical talking during shows fto unsocial sing.' 

Most people, however, agreed that having singalong screenings was a bully solution, with 1 idiosyncratic writing: 'They should bash a sing on mentation and person those showings…that mode I tin spell to both.' 

Another noted: 'There are immoderate radical who conscionable wanna ticker and immoderate radical who conscionable wanna loop it retired and they should person CLEAR screenings that bash some truthful you cognize what you’re getting yourself into.'

Fans who privation to loop retired the musical's deed songs volition get their privation for singalong screenings - and conscionable successful clip for Christmas - as Variety reported determination volition beryllium interactive showings of Wicked successful astir 1,000 cinemas crossed North America. 

These screenings volition beryllium held astir connected December 25, oregon astir 1 period aft the film's theatrical merchandise tomorrow.