Ariana Grande said in November that Glinda’s sexual orientation is hers. evil The character “may be a little bit hidden”.
in a type In a cover story published on Thursday (January 2), the singer and actress was asked to elaborate on her thoughts on a possible queer identity between Glinda and Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba There is a strong love-hate relationship between the “Good Witch” and Elphaba. In the original Broadway musical, the two women’s dynamic was simply referred to as friendship, but in Grande’s eyes, it may be more than just friendship.
“I think she’s a very loving person, and I do think that transcends gender,” the REM Beauty founder told Glynda Magazine. “I also think she loves Elphaba so much, and the forgiveness and unconditional love they share – I think they love each other.”
“I know, yes, it’s platonic…” she amended before interrupting herself, not wanting to reveal too much before Jon M. Chu’s second speech. evil Movie. “But we’ll talk about it in more depth in the second movie.”
Gregory Maguire, author of the best-selling novel on which the Broadway show is based, also shared his thoughts on the sexual tension between the book’s two characters in a December interview. “It was intentional and done so with modesty, restraint and refinement, allowing one to imagine that one of the two young women felt more than the other but didn’t want to say it,” he told them. “Or maybe it’s because a novelist can’t write every scene, maybe when the lights go out and the novelist goes out to smoke in the back alley, the girls are having sex in bed on the way to the Emerald City. I wanted to raise that possibility, But I don’t want to make a declarative statement.
Grande’s new interview comes a month after her first evil The show was released on November 22, 2024, and quickly became the highest-grossing film adaptation of a Broadway musical of all time. its sequel, evil: doing goodwill arrive almost exactly a year later in the fall of 2025.
Grande previously addressed her character’s sexuality in a November interview gay erafrankly told the media, “Maybe Glinda might be a little afraid to go public.”
“You never know! Just give it some time! I mean, it’s just true love. I think it goes beyond sex, it’s just feeling safe inside each other.”
The “We Can’t Be Friends” musician’s co-star agreed at the time. “I think Elfie…she goes wherever the wind goes,” Erivo told the publication. “I think she loved Glinda, I think she loved love. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with celebrating the deep connection between the two of them… It’s a relationship, it’s true love.
See the covers of Grande, Erivo and Chu type the following.
