Ariana Grande Credits Cynthia Erivo Wicked For Helping ‘Heal’ Her

Ariana Grande her credit evil costar Cynthia Erivo by helping her to “heal certain parts” of herself.

Grande, 31, and Erivo, 37, talked about their friendship in an interview with The New York Times which was published on Wednesday, November 6.

“I feel very inspired by her strong ability to be honest​​​​​​and to protect herself,” Grande, who plays Glinda to Erivo’s Elphaba, told the outlet. “Enough with him, I’ve been an ally to myself when I’ve neglected myself, and I really consider that friendship.”

With tears, the “Thank U, Next” singer continued, “Well, I promised myself in the car that I would not do this. Through this time with him and also with the character who believes in himself, I feel that I have been able to heal a certain part from my body that really needs to have friends like Cynthia and friends like Glinda.

Grande says she is a fun-loving person.

“Someone would punch me and I’d say, ‘I’m sorry.’ I was a fool, I did some things, but yes, I had trouble listening to the voice that I knew was right because I was afraid of being judged,” he said. “And I think that’s a really good thing to deal with.”

Grande has had many ups and downs during her successful pop career, including the bombing of a concert in Manchester in 2017, which killed her ex-boyfriend. Mac Miller a year later and she 2023 divorce from her ex-husband Dalton Gomez after two years of marriage. (News broke last summer that Grande and evil costar Ethan Slater dating after he split from Gomez, 29, and Slater split from his ex-husband. Lilly Jay. Both actors denied that they had cheated on their partners while speculation was rife.)

Grande also supports Erivo.

Erivo, talk to multiplesaid Grande, “I don’t know if he knows, but he definitely changed my life. I was one of the first people to look at me and just like what was there. I would tell him about what I wanted for myself as a musician and he just believed it’s, I’m more than me. I didn’t think until I met him, I was like, ‘Oh, I think I can have what I want in this life, and I can have it my way.'”

Erivo said that Grande “taught me to handle this crazy animal that was successful, because I had the size but this was new. She really held my hand for a long time and wanted for me as much as I wanted for myself.

evil arrives in cinemas on Friday, November 22, and will be released in two parts, the second of which premieres in November 2025. Based on the beloved Broadway show, the musical film follows the background of the wizards of Oz as they move from rival roommates to college. an unlikely friend.

The film also stars Slater as Boq, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as a wizard, Marissa Bode as Nessarose and Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond.

Grande called auditioning for the role of Glinda a “challenge” when she appeared on Friday’s November 1 episode. The “Sentimental Man” Podcast.. “It has to be earned. Anything on this scale, being a part of something, is not just given because they know one thing,” he said. “So, it’s fun to have the challenge of changing people’s perceptions and doing the work to return to another place.”