Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Defend ‘Crying’ in ‘Wicked’ Press Tour Interviews

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are feeling “Popular” forward of the discharge of “Wicked” … admitting they’ve cried via numerous press interviews for the musical film.

The actresses, who play Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, within the new flick, stopped by “Today” to debate their particular bond … revealing it is a part of the rationale they’ve shed a tear or two whereas selling the film.

Cynthia stated a couple of journalists have wept with them whereas discussing the extremely anticipated film, sharing they’ve damaged out in tears over all of the love. The web has actually had a discipline day over the pair’s tearful reactions, too … roasting each Cynthia and Ari in numerous posts on X.

Ariana was fast to apologize for his or her emotional response to the press tour, quipping … “We’re sorry. Much to the annoyance of many.”

But, per Cynthia, they “can’t help it,” as she and Ariana have been on “such a long journey” to convey “Wicked” to the large display.

She added … “For both of us, it’s just a huge dream come true.”

Ariana expressed the same sentiment, saying she’s been profoundly moved by individuals’s first reactions to seeing the movie.

Ariana and Cynthia even made it clear their friendship is not only for present … detailing the variety of shared tattoos they’ve gotten all through making “Wicked” — together with one secret one, which they would not elaborate on.