Remember when Cynthia Erivo slammed a fan for editing her image in the movie poster for Wicked? Well, Ariana Grande is finally sharing her thoughts.
This week, Grande showed her support for Erivo, who recently clapped back on social media after a fan edited the Wicked movie poster to resemble the original musical photo (where Elphaba’s face is shadowed). The 31-year-old singer not only weighed in on the Wicked controversy, but she also warned about artificial intelligence as a whole.
“I think it’s very complicated because I find AI so conflicting and troublesome sometimes, but I think it’s just kind of such a massive adjustment period,” Grande told Variety. “This is something that is so much bigger than us, and the fans are gonna have fun and make their edits.”
Grande also supported her Wicked co-star, adding, “I have so much respect for my sister, Cynthia, and I love her so much. It’s just a big adjustment period.”
The “7 Rings” singer added, “It’s so much stimulation about something that’s so much bigger than us.”
Grande was referring to Erivo’s now-viral response to a fan-altered movie poster. When Erivo saw the edited picture, she immediately took to social media to share her thoughts. “This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen,” Erivo wrote. “None of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us.”
She added, “The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION. I am a real life human being, who chose to look right down the barrel of the camera to you, the viewer …because, without words we communicate with our eyes.”
Wicked will hit theaters on November 22.
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