{"id":145974,"date":"2025-11-21T21:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/145974\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:10:08","slug":"their-relationship-is-toxic-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/145974\/","title":{"rendered":"Their Relationship Is \u2018Toxic\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have made headlines about their close bond \u2014 which has been expressed with constant touching during their press tours for the Wicked<\/a> movies \u2014 but a source tells Star they\u2019re faking it.<\/p>\n

The costars\u2019 \u201con-camera friendship is a total act,\u201d says a source, noting that they actually don\u2019t get along at all.<\/p>\n

The relationship between the pair on the set of their hit musical \u201cbecame so toxic they hired a mediator to manage them,\u201d reports the source. \u201cThat\u2019s how hostile it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Their PDA first went viral<\/a> in November 2024 after the \u201cthank u, next\u201d singer, 32, held the Harriet star\u2019s finger during an emotional moment in an interview.<\/p>\n

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As Star previously reported<\/a>, Grande addressed her actions to Amy Poehler on her Good Hang podcast<\/a> on Tuesday, November 18. \u201cI channel a lot of energy through my hands,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

But a \u201ccringing\u201d Erivo, 38, had a different reaction, calling the moment \u201cvery strange,\u201d in a British GQ<\/a> story published on November 13. Fans now want to mimic Grande\u2019s action, the Tony winner added:\u00a0 \u201cI hate it. I don\u2019t want anyone holding my finger.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo\u2019s Bond Is a \u2018Total Act\u2019: Their Relationship Is \u2018Toxic\u2019 (Exclusive)<\/a> first appeared on Star<\/a>. Add Star as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have made headlines about their close bond \u2014 which has been expressed with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3050,26874,146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-145974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ariana-grande","tag-cynthia-erivo","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}