{"id":139868,"date":"2025-11-17T18:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/139868\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:18:17","slug":"ariana-grande-and-cynthia-erivo-spark-chatter-with-another-unusual-red-carpet-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/139868\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo spark chatter with another unusual red-carpet moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ariana Grande<\/a> and Cynthia Erivo<\/a> are sparking fresh chatter after a moment from the original Wicked<\/a> press tour resurfaced, showing the pair in yet another unusually intimate red-carpet exchange.<\/p>\n

In the video, filmed during promotion for the first film<\/a>, Erivo pauses an interview to meticulously adjust Grande\u2019s diamond necklace \u2014 and keeps at it long enough that viewers weren\u2019t convinced anything actually needed fixing. Grande, laughing, tells the reporter: \u201cSomething is bothering her, she\u2019s going to fix something. I know her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erivo explains that \u201csomething\u2019s not right\u201d as she rotates the necklace to its clasp and then back again. Even as the interviewer moves on to the next question, she continues fiddling while Grande smiles through the moment.<\/p>\n

The clip has since gone viral, becoming the latest entry in the duo\u2019s growing catalogue of affectionate, and occasionally eccentric, press-tour interactions.<\/p>\n

Only days earlier, the pair made headlines in Paris after describing each other\u2019s \u201cauras\u201d on the red carpet<\/a> in vivid technicolour: Grande choosing \u201cyellow\u2026 sunshine\u201d and \u201cpurple,\u201d while Erivo saw \u201cciel blue, aqua, and sunset-orange.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erivo has also recently addressed last year\u2019s widely-shared \u201cholding space\u201d interview with Out Magazine, telling GQ it was simply \u201can innocent moment of confusion and human reaction.\u201d She added that some fans now approach her asking to reenact the viral clip by holding her finger \u2014 a trend she admitted she \u201chates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both actors appeared at the 16th Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Grande wore a pale-pink vintage Dior gown by John Galliano, styled with a sleek up-do, while Erivo opted for a striking Givenchy coat dress with dramatic fringe.<\/p>\n

Their renewed visibility follows a far more serious moment last week in Singapore, when Grande was grabbed by a man who jumped a barrier on the yellow carpet<\/a>. Erivo was the first to intervene, diving towards her co-star before bodyguards reached the singer.<\/p>\n

The assailant \u2014 identified as Johnson Wen, who has previously rushed Katy Perry on stage \u2014 was arrested at the scene and has since been jailed. Grande\u2019s security is now understood to be increasing ahead of the sequel\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

Wicked: For Good arrives in UK cinemas on 21 November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are sparking fresh chatter after a moment from the original Wicked press tour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[12342,430,54884,156,95044,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-139868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ariana-grande","tag-celebrities","tag-cynthia-erivo","tag-entertainment","tag-innocent-moment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}