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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

OP posts:
Christmasbird · 18/11/2025 19:50

Couple of muppets.

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.

lifeonmars100 · 18/11/2025 20:03

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

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 🥺

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.

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.

whynotwhatknot · 18/11/2025 20:18

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

RocknRollBand · 18/11/2025 22:42

Hannah Montana, was smoking blunts of weed between scenes.

Hannah Montana is a fictional character. I wonder what Bagpuss got up to between scenes! 🤯

User5306921 · 18/11/2025 22:47

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!

I don't have a clue who she is - well obviously I now know from this thread she was in Wicked (one of the worst films I've had to endure with my DC).
I am aware of Ariana from Hannah Montana as my kid watched it daily a few years ago, although I couldn't tell you which character she played, and sadly from the Manchester bombings.

Pollyanna87 · 18/11/2025 22:58

“This woman”, and she has a Tony, a Grammy and an Emmy, as well as a couple of Oscar nominations.

I do think she looks very thin, and Ariana looks extremely unhealthy.

AnnunciataM · 18/11/2025 23:21

User5306921 · 18/11/2025 22:47

I don't have a clue who she is - well obviously I now know from this thread she was in Wicked (one of the worst films I've had to endure with my DC).
I am aware of Ariana from Hannah Montana as my kid watched it daily a few years ago, although I couldn't tell you which character she played, and sadly from the Manchester bombings.

That might be because it was Miley Cyrus and not Ariana in Hannah Montana.

MasterOfOne · 19/11/2025 01:27

NewYearSameMe16 · 18/11/2025 20:02

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.

Lol. Sure "out of concern"

And i am perfectly calm, thanks for checking in

Merida46 · 19/11/2025 01:36

They are both crackpots!

realsavagelike · 19/11/2025 01:44

AnnunciataM · 18/11/2025 23:21

That might be because it was Miley Cyrus and not Ariana in Hannah Montana.

Yeah, had to stop for a second there. Although I have never seen Hannah Montana, I thoroughly enjoy an episode or several of Victorious or Sam and Cat, thanks to my eldest.

Wildthingsinthecarpet · 19/11/2025 02:45

Ariana Grande comes across in interviews as being much more grounded and bright than Cynthia Eviro, which is amazing considering her Nickelodeon past.

That, coupled with Grandes huge fame, might grate with Eviro, who is over compensating in her treatment of Grande.

tuvamoodyson · 19/11/2025 03:00

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?

Read it every morning, I certainly don’t feel the need to apologise or hand wring about it! I read several news sources on my phone when I have my breakfast in the morning…all this stupid ‘Daily fail’ nonsense is so stupid…

berightorbehappy · 19/11/2025 05:49

It’s showbiz baby ! Not much normality anywhere , but this does feel like one verrryyy long performance art project .

Otterdrunk · 19/11/2025 06:35

Ariana lost an ex to drugs some time ago & got a lot of grief about having left him & blame (even though it wasn’t connected). Then Manchester & as a result openly struggles with PTSD, PA’s & cites OCD in her youth/past. Apart from how frail physically she looks & as a pp pointed out her eyebrows are dyed blonde so she looks other worldly. I watched a plastic surgeon analyse what surgeries she (& other stars, I know!) has had done & her permanently startled & almost frightened look w helped by the brow lift & upper bleph she’s had done that have completely changed the angle & position of her prior brows - not for the better. She doesn’t fill them in however so must like the look she has now but they I think add this unnatural expression along with chin filler making her look even more pointy & elfin like. I think it just all adds to the weirdness.

ThatSourGobstopper · 19/11/2025 06:44

Ariana looks like she is suffering from anorexia. She is painfully thin.

Cynthia appeared on strictly this year. I don’t know if she is naturally slim or what. Motsi has lost weight and looks the picture of health. Tess and Claudia looked a lot thinner, almost scrawny. Is it a coincidence or are they all taking fat loss jabs?