Cynthia Erivo returns with ‘angry’ outrage: ‘I should have called my friends’

Wicked Star Cynthia Erivo appears to have admitted that she may have gone too far with her plans. reaction to fan poster earlier this month.

“I probably should have called my friends” before taking to Instagram and calling the poster “the wildest, most offensive thing I’ve ever seen,” she said. Entertainment tonight“but it’s okay.”

Erivo expressed her disapproval of the fan art on Instagram, where she wrote that she was “deeply hurt” by the fact that her eyes were closed. However, if you look at the original image from Wicked In the poster, Erivo’s character Elphaba covers her eyes with a hat, a detail that the fan art sought to replicate.

“The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION,” Erivo said in response to the photoshopped image. “Our poster is a tribute, not an imitation: to edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me.” Then she added: “I am a real person who decided to look directly into the camera at you, the viewer, because without words we communicate with our eyes.” She further wrote that the poster “humiliates me.”

The Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actress now appears to be rethinking her approach to the situation, she said. Entertainment tonight that she should wait a moment before reacting. This would likely have saved her from the glare of fans, many of whom posted some version of “It’s not that deep“on social networks.

“It wasn’t necessarily retaliation,” Erivo said. Entertainment tonightdownplaying the significance of the post. “I think I’m really protective of the role. I’m passionate about it and I know the fans are passionate about it.”

Erivo Wicked Co-star Ariana Grande weighed herself last week and revealed Diversity“I think it’s very difficult because I find AI so inconsistent and frustrating sometimes, but I think it’s just such a huge adjustment period.”

“This is something bigger than us,” Grande added, “and the fans will enjoy it and contribute their edits. But she also declared her unwavering support for Erivo: “So much respect for my sister Cynthia and I love her so much.”