The friendship of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande reigned on social networks throughout the press tour of Wickedand possibly generated more noise than the film itself.
In interviews, the 39-year-old actress and singer was often seen protecting Grande, 32, or the co-stars expressing their affection for each other.
While many people found it healthy, some scrutinized the nature of their friendship, calling it fake or something more than a friendship.
Referring to the whole Internet debate, the Broadway star recently said in an interview: “It’s very interesting to look at what people’s perception is versus what reality actually is. A lot of psychologists sitting at home deciding who we were, what we were going through, what we were doing and why.”
Erivo continued, “I think people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends. But that’s also because people don’t know me very well. If I’m a friend, then I’m a friend. If I’m not, then I’m not.”
This was not the first time harriet The star has spoken out about out-of-context comments about her friendship with from side to side hitmaker.
She previously shut down the comments by accusing them of pulling a PR stunt and claimed that the reason people don’t consider their bond normal is because they aren’t used to seeing close, healthy platonic friendships between women.
