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

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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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BatshitOutofHell · 17/11/2025 23:54

They are both incredibly talented but fame and fortune r have gone to their heads.

CareerChange24 · 17/11/2025 23:46

BelatrixLestrange · 17/11/2025 20:49

Of course I read it. Otherwise where would I have got the link from? I still feel the need to apologise for its existence because it's a trash paper. And what?

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A trash paper. Definitely. The irony that this thread is trash talking other women who you don’t know. This thread is nasty and unnecessary

soundsys · 17/11/2025 23:41

They look coked up tbh. In that clip, I mean, although as others have said it is an old one. Just that fidgeting, having to get something just right (the necklace) that doesn't look like anything. Plus the thinness.

MarthaBeach · 17/11/2025 23:28

The necklace clip is OLD NEWS from a year ago. I thought Cynthia Erivo was awesome on the Singapore red carpet this week when she physically pushed a man (who had jumped the barrier) away from her friend, and was way ahead of the security guards! The man is a tiktok arsehole who makes a living out of disrupting events, I'm glad he was put in prison by the Singaporean authorities.

I too thought Ariane looked frail in the publicity last year, but part of that is her hair and eyebrows being dyed blonde for Wicked, which make her look weird and other-worldly.

Yes Cynthia is quite 'extra' as a personality it seems, but that's hardly unusual for an actor and singer. She is incredibly talented.

Terrytheweasel · 17/11/2025 23:25

I think it’s connected to the Manchester bombings personally. I can’t even watch the adverts for wicked - the weird vibe and thinness is giving me the ick big time. She’s been through so much but she shouldn’t have been allowed to feature in the film until she recovers from her eating disorder.

BatshitOutofHell · 17/11/2025 23:14

LemaxObsessive · 17/11/2025 22:46

I saw a video of Ariana on the red carpet saying she’d been to a clinic to have her memory erased….. 🤨

That is really sad.

BlazenWeights · 17/11/2025 23:10

Say her name!!! So rude OP

User5306921 · 17/11/2025 22:59

Cynthia is obviously trying to get the limelight.

I thought the Wicked film was one of the worst I've seen in a long time (and I have seen some baaaad children's films). DH can be dragged along by DC for the second one.

BatshitOutofHell · 17/11/2025 22:50

What did she do? I haven't read the article as I refuse to read the Daily Fail.

LemaxObsessive · 17/11/2025 22:46

I saw a video of Ariana on the red carpet saying she’d been to a clinic to have her memory erased….. 🤨

DollydaydreamTheThird · 17/11/2025 22:38

I don't give a shit how weird they are acting. I watched them once in an interview and found it cringeworthy as they were so fake. The thing that makes me immensely grateful I don't have any girls is the fact that film companies think it is ok to put anorexic/bullemic actresses on such a massive platform. It is disgusting. I have sympathy for the actresses because it is an illness but the ones that choose to normalise this extremely thin look want sacking. It's like 90s heroin chic is back and I'm no fan of Kate Moss either. It is just so fucking irresponsible, it makes me so so angry. I say I'm grateful I don't have girls but this stuff affects boys too. You can literally see Ariana's ribs in the advert I saw.

Bunnycat101 · 17/11/2025 22:32

It isn’t surprising that Ariana struggles with her mental health post Manchester and I can see there being a bit of a protector thing going on with Cynthia but the two of them plus Michelle now scream peer pressured eating disorder. They all look so fragile and thin and it does seem like the filming or something behind the scenes is fuelling some really disordered eating.

AliceMaforethought · 17/11/2025 22:31

They are both very weird. I have no time for Ariana at all, she is a serial homewrecker and I can't stand the stupid baby voice and the constant pouting. Cynthia looked better before she started Wicked, she used to be very strong and muscular, instead of frail and sickly looking.

Shelly421 · 17/11/2025 22:14

Ariana is fave to win Best Supporting Oscar for her role. I think she is starving herself because she is trying to get the Audrey Hepburn biopic role. She looks totally different to her younger days

catlover123456789 · 17/11/2025 22:03

Arianna looks very unwell, its such a shame to see her like this.

Thortour · 17/11/2025 22:03

My nan would have said they both need a good meat pudding.
Malnutrition in a ballgown.

shhblackbag · 17/11/2025 22:01

JLou08 · 17/11/2025 21:44

It's probably all part of the PR. There was lots of strangeness on the build up to the first film being released. It seems to be working well, I can't remember seeing another film spoken about as much as the Wicked ones have been.

Tend to agree with this. I still find it weird.

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JLou08 · 17/11/2025 21:44

It's probably all part of the PR. There was lots of strangeness on the build up to the first film being released. It seems to be working well, I can't remember seeing another film spoken about as much as the Wicked ones have been.

ThatCyanCat · 17/11/2025 21:41

BelatrixLestrange · 17/11/2025 21:22

This wasn't about their weight. It was about Cynthias weird possessive attention seeking behaviour towards Ariana.

It comes across creepy and narcissistic.

Narcissistic?

Didn't she just plant herself between Ariana and that loon in Singapore who launched himself at her? I thought that was brave, he could have been planning or carrying anything.

Worralorra · 17/11/2025 21:37

I thought she was very strange when she was on SCD earlier in the season, too. She brought no added value to the show and I don’t think she was in any way qualified to be there. A gimmick I hope they don’t repeat, and yes, both her and Ariana Grande seem to be unwell, physically and emotionally…

Newsenmum · 17/11/2025 21:36

It’s really odd and they both look unwell and like they have lost a lot of weight. I hope
someone is looking out for them.

TheKeatingFive · 17/11/2025 21:35

BelatrixLestrange · 17/11/2025 21:22

This wasn't about their weight. It was about Cynthias weird possessive attention seeking behaviour towards Ariana.

It comes across creepy and narcissistic.

Their weight is hard to ignore though

TheKeatingFive · 17/11/2025 21:34

Thebigonesgetaway · 17/11/2025 21:26

Is Michelle a celeb though? I mean she’s famous, but celeb?

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I think you know what people mean

Thebigonesgetaway · 17/11/2025 21:26

TheKeatingFive · 17/11/2025 21:16

I expect she's being mentioned because she's lost weight and there was a bit of a segue into celebrities getting thinner

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Is Michelle a celeb though? I mean she’s famous, but celeb?

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