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To think there's something really off about this woman?

213 replies

BelatrixLestrange · 17/11/2025 18:22

Sorry for the Daily Fail link, but this is the third video I've seen over as many weeks with this woman acting oddly possessive over Arianna.

AIBU to think her behaviour is off?

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo cause a stir with ANOTHER 'ridiculous' red carpet moment | Daily Mail Online https://share.google/sqbD37a6vMwwNNn8m

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo cause stir with red carpet stunt

The Wicked: For Good co-stars have had multiple 'bizarre' red carpet exchanges when promoting the first Wicked film, with yet another clip now resurfacing.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15297173/Ariana-Grande-Cynthia-Erivo-red-carpet-necklace.html

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ThatCyanCat · 18/11/2025 22:14

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 18/11/2025 21:40

How unprofessional. Can we all take days off when a colleague is sick?

If your employer lets you.

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 18/11/2025 21:40

whynotwhatknot · 18/11/2025 20:18

the latest is apprently cynthia has larangitis and ariana is not doing any intervoews in support of her

How unprofessional. Can we all take days off when a colleague is sick?

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 18/11/2025 21:14

AnnunciataM · 18/11/2025 20:25

Cynthia is incredibly talented and one award away from the full EGOT (She's won the Emmy, Grammy and Tony and has 2 Oscar nominations) but some Mumsnetters claim they've never heard of her. Fingers on the pulse of the zeitgeist, as usual!

Yes, Zeitgeist isn’t my thing. I couldn’t actually tell you anything Ariane Grand sang, and I’ve never heard of the EGOT.

Loads of people don’t follow stuff like that but still see odd videos in passing that catch their attention. It doesn’t make them racist, or unable to be concerned about them.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 18/11/2025 20:40

Manchester really impacted on an already fragile Ariana Grande, she is very talented, I'm not a fan but her voice is amazing, unique.
She had bouts of depression, dealing with the stresses of a childhood actress before the tragedy in Manchester, who knows what she went through as a child star, the trauma of Manchester would never leave you.
Hannah Montana, was smoking blunts of weed between scenes.
I hope she gets a lot of rest and tlc to recover.

rachelhere · 18/11/2025 20:25

Icebergs ahead for these two. But all publicity is good, right? There is something awful going on with them, clearly. I wonder what happened to them on the set of that movie. So emaciated, crying all the time. Those nails. Their promos are like watching a horror film, they both seem really unstable.

AnnunciataM · 18/11/2025 20:25

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 18/11/2025 18:34

I didn’t know who Cynthia was until she was on Strictly. I haven’t seen Wicked. I knew who Ariana Grande was from the awful bombing and older scandals. I was shocked when I saw her after Wicked as she so clearly looks like a shell of her former self.
I can’t comment on Cynthia as I don’t know how she used to look/usually looks. I would say I would struggle to remember her name as it’s only through one appearance on Strictly that I know her. She’s clearly well known to others, given her reception on Strictly. I would only probably only recognise her on Strictly or with Ariana Grande. Though if Ariana changed her hair and put on weight I wouldn’t recognise her either.

Cynthia is incredibly talented and one award away from the full EGOT (She's won the Emmy, Grammy and Tony and has 2 Oscar nominations) but some Mumsnetters claim they've never heard of her. Fingers on the pulse of the zeitgeist, as usual!

whynotwhatknot · 18/11/2025 20:18

the latest is apprently cynthia has larangitis and ariana is not doing any intervoews in support of her

LucyMonth · 18/11/2025 20:12

Jesus what a fuss over a woman fixing another woman’s necklace. The whole press tour was staged to be those two main characters having an amazing bond and isn’t the film just so special and magical and a dream come true for us both etc. It’s pure publicity. Potential EDs aside…this is clearly part of the whole schtick and really doesn’t need psychoanalysis.

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 18/11/2025 20:10

There’s something really self-conscious and performative about the way they behave together! I’ve seen about a dozen different clips of them that are plain odd (throwing their hands to their hearts, fussing over each other, gripping each other’s hands in situations that really don’t warrant it, using very intense emotional words to gush about very humdrum things etc). It feels off because most of us can see through it and recognise how false and affected their behaviour is. That said, I find it fascinating to observe them! It’s like a masterclass in luvvie self-absorption.

Anna1mac · 18/11/2025 20:09

Justlostmybagel · 17/11/2025 18:24

I agree, it's strange behaviour from both of them. Ariana looks so ill too.

Agree, poor girl, I think she might have an eating disorder 🥺

lifeonmars100 · 18/11/2025 20:03

Their faces are skull like not a good look and very concerning

NewYearSameMe16 · 18/11/2025 20:02

MasterOfOne · 18/11/2025 19:30

I think its unreasonable (and fucking gross) to comment on women's bodies without any idea of what they are going through, regardless if they are in the public eye or not.

Maybe calm down and realise that the majority of comments are out of concern? Not just for Ariana and Cynthia but for any vulnerable young women who see them as role models and may try to achieve the same look.

Christmasbird · 18/11/2025 19:50

Couple of muppets.

TheBerry · 18/11/2025 19:45

I get a weird vibe. I think they’ve got super codependent or something, and are probably influencing unhealthy behaviours in each other.

SanctusInDistress · 18/11/2025 19:40

They have a movie to promote. It worked. You are all talking about it. Job done.

notallymcbeal · 18/11/2025 19:35

'Sorry for the Daily Fail link'

I don't find Daily Mail links any more or less annoying than any other newspaper links. I do, however, detest links that simply take you to a sign up page.

MasterOfOne · 18/11/2025 19:30

NewYearSameMe16 · 18/11/2025 19:27

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to mention how painfully thin they look when they star in and are promoting a film which has young girls as a target audience.

After the pic of Michelle Yeoh also looking ill came out, someone said it reminded them of the 90s show Ally McBeal where the women in the cast were ‘competitively anorexic’, i.e. battling to see who could be the thinnest. The cast came out years later to talk about it and I suspect we’ll hear the same about this movie in due course.

I think its unreasonable (and fucking gross) to comment on women's bodies without any idea of what they are going through, regardless if they are in the public eye or not.

NewYearSameMe16 · 18/11/2025 19:27

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to mention how painfully thin they look when they star in and are promoting a film which has young girls as a target audience.

After the pic of Michelle Yeoh also looking ill came out, someone said it reminded them of the 90s show Ally McBeal where the women in the cast were ‘competitively anorexic’, i.e. battling to see who could be the thinnest. The cast came out years later to talk about it and I suspect we’ll hear the same about this movie in due course.

Greysowhat · 18/11/2025 19:25

It's all affectation

Owl55 · 18/11/2025 19:04

I think Ariana is a very vulnerable young woman since her concert in Manchester and the bombing , the other actress does seem overprotective at times but who knows what is happening behind the scenes maybe Ariana is happy with it ?

scorpiogirly · 18/11/2025 19:03

I agree. She's creepy and just downright horrible. Arrogant to boot.

MasterOfOne · 18/11/2025 19:01

"This woman...." seriously can't even be bothered to humanise her and say her name in your title?

Eurgh

As for comments about their bodies - fucking gross.

MusicMakesItAllBetter · 18/11/2025 18:49

AG was subject to a terror attack at one of her concerts. She has PTSD.
She has partnered up with another woman for a huge film and the OW, Cynthia has seen how fragile AG is/was and she has been a huge support for her.

Yes they are very thin.
So fucking what??!!

Some commenters are just disgusting.

MusicMakesItAllBetter · 18/11/2025 18:46

I think they have a beautiful friendship and I love seeing how they are together, even if I don't get it all

Pricelessadvice · 18/11/2025 18:46

I’m sick to death of seeing these 2 women everywhere on the internet. They both look ill and behave like they’ve got something wrong with them.

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