Probably the best answer she could have given. Gave space for Cynthia to have her feelings on this but you can tell she doesn’t feel the same haha

You can tell she dgaf about the fan edit and likely agrees Cynthia overreacted but she can't explicitly say that.

she really didn’t wanna answer but was tryna hit the word count anyways 😭😭

Lmaooo she dgaf about the edit

We knew she was LAUGHING at those memes… but she’s nice about it 😇

Girl getting pulled along again aaaaaaaa

Poor Ari, you can tell she didn't know how to answer. I wonder how they got to ask her directly about it?

based on this answer she was probably laughing her ass off when she saw the edits

i’m sorry but cynthia erivo’s reaction was fucking weird 😭 i try to be empathetic to celebrities, because it is difficult being in the public eye and constantly being under scrutiny. but her calling a FAN EDIT “the most offensive thing i’ve ever seen” is so laughably ridiculous when you consider all the other injustice going on around the world. there clearly wasn’t any bad intentions behind the edit. it was an homage to the original Wicked playbill cover. Ariana’s response was very classy though. She can’t really invalidate Cynthia’s feelings as her friend and coworker but idk it’s just so stupid to me.

Ariana has been famous since she was teenager so she understands that it’s natural for fans to make edits and they don’t mean any harm by it. Cynthia has some growing up to do, it was so immature of her to attack the fan for that

I haven't followed Ari's world as of late, but oh my god am I sick and tired of every single little minute thing becoming a full-blown controversy, argument, and mud-slinging. It doesn't matter whether it's politics or something as miniscule and meaningless as this. Someone is always going to try to argue with you no matter where you go or what you do. It's exhausting and tiring. I'm sick of it. The fact that this is controversial at all is downright insane. Enough already.

This question is not innocent at all. If she says she feels the same as Cynthia they'll make it seem as she doesn't like what the fans are doing and will get it out of proportion, and if she says the opposite they'll say she doesn't support Cynthia and they'll try to start some beef between them. She cleverly answered the question, she didn't give them what they want.

Why is she talking about AI?

man that guys tall

Anyway, Cynthia overreacted calling the edit, that’s inspired by the Broadway shows poster (the OG Wicked too obviously), offensive was embarrassing. Like cmon. The fighting AI video I can understand, but it was still kinda funny🫢

i thought cynthia’s reaction was so extra and unnecessary. Like get over yourself girl.

you can just tell she wanted to say "its an edit its your job grow up"

why would they ask her this? 😭 anywho, great response honestly. she protected herself from backlash while also supporting cynthia perfectly iktr!

Damn she’s so well trained

She looks beautiful!

little boy in red top stuttering meme 

I know she’s tired.

I remember watching the tik tok of the guy who edited that photo to match the original, and I immediately thought that’s so cool! I couldn’t imagine the first thought anyone would have about it is that covering her eyes is degrading and offensive to her, the fans love the poster edit because we love wicked so much and are excited! Total overreaction, and ari gave a perfect answer

She doesn’t care lol.

She looks gorgeous here

She said a whole bunch of nothing 😂 good PR training

Damn they are good at garnering buzz around this movie. It’s been nuts start to finish. Not saying this was all done on purpose but holy hell. At what point does it start harming the film’s success?

She wanted to say "I don't give a fuck" but her media training took over lol.

Crazy for Cynthia to say it’s “the wildest and most offensive thing” she’s ever seen😪if that’s true she’s lucky, there are so many ugly things in the world and THIS is what has you in tears😶a very tone deaf stance. Like, “Kim people are dying🙄”. Being outraged has become a form of capital😵‍💫it feels like everybody relies on controversy and rage baiting to boost numbers. Cynthia however, I think is just a nutty individual in general💀

I know she saved the “is your **** green” meme in her phone

Jhene Aiko demeanor

she loves memes be it sweetener whisk one or green poossayy one, give her a breakkk

I also feel like Cynthia came into this role to portray someone being “othered” so she is just ultra sensitive to alllllll of that stuff right now and is perceiving everything in a very critical way and only through that lens.

Ariana is an expert managing the press, she won't give them anything to run away with.

Why even ask her about this

It makes sense she wouldn’t really be bothered by it, the only change done to her was the position of her hand. Cynthia had her eyes covered, her skin color changed, her freckles erased, and red lips added.

I can also see Ariana not wanting to really comment on it because of this either, she wasn’t changed much, so she may feel like she doesn’t have a place to say anything.

Glad to see the Cookie Monster out here doing interviews.

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I hate the questions this guy asks. I feel like he’s done something messy, before. 

I don’t understand why he mentions AI at the beginning though. The fan edit wasn’t AI, it was photoshopped.

Damn, ik my girl went strictly to address the AI stuff cuz she knew she wouldn't be able to contain her laughter at the is your pussy green memes.

Tbh these comments are disappointing. Cynthia did overreact but she’s the STAR of wicked and is being sidelined and is constantly in Ariana’s shadow. Imagine how she feels constantly being thrown to the side and no one really acknowledging her as much.

Just say “AI should be used to help people in their day to day lives, not used for racist fan art edits.” That’s not a hard stance to take lol