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Cynthia Erivo addressed the long-running rumor that she and her Wicked co-star Ariana Grande are secretly in love.
The Harriet actress called the speculation "strange."
She also explained that platonic intimacy "sometimes just makes people uncomfortable."
Cynthia Erivois finally setting the record straight when it comes to the long-running rumor that she and herWickedco-starAriana Grandewere (slash are?) secretly in a relationship. Long story short: theHarrietactress finds all the speculation "strange."
"At first, I think people didn't understand how it was possible for two women to be friends—close—and not lovers," Erivo recently toldStylist. "...There was this strange fascination with the two of us, where people either thought we were putting it on for the cameras or that we were lovers."
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"I think it's because there's such little conversation around platonic female friendship that is deep and real, even though it exists everywhere," she added. "We're not used to seeing it on camera, in front of people."
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Erivo and Grande co-star as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, in theWickedfilm franchise. Setting aside the romance rumors, the pairdohave a famously intimate relationship, and their closeness has been well documented since the firstWickedpress tour back in 2024. This time last year, Grande revealed that fans even thought they had gone so far as tosecretly get married.
The "7 Rings" singer also made light about some of the romantic fan fiction between their two characters that she'd seen online. "I wish I could unsee some things," she said at the time. "I mean, wow, I had a feeling, but I didn't know it would be on this scale or this graphic."
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Elsewhere in Erivo's interview, meanwhile, the actress chalked up the speculation to the fact that their platonic intimacy might just be making some fans "uncomfortable," adding, "we aren't taught that those relationships are good for us."
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