Something wicked this way comes.<\/p>\n
Kristin Chenoweth has addressed the longstanding rumors that she and former co-star Idina Menzel didn\u2019t get along during their original run of \u201cWicked\u201d on Broadway roughly 20 years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so different in the way we do our process that of course rumors are going to fly, right?\u201d Chenoweth, 57, told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> in an interview published Monday.<\/p>\n Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda and Idina Menzel as Elphaba in the original Broadway production of \u201cWicked\u201d in 2003. FilmMagic<\/p>\n Menzel and Chenoweth at the premiere of \u201cWicked\u201d at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 9, 2024. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cShe and I, only\u00a0we\u00a0know what we went through to get to where we were,\u201d the \u201cQueen of Versailles\u201d star<\/a>, who originated the role of Glinda opposite Menzel\u2019s Elphaba in 2003, added.<\/p>\n Chenoweth went on to say that she and her former \u201cWicked\u201d co-star are like siblings<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe would die for each other,\u201d she shared. \u201cSo it\u2019s like sisters. Are sisters always perfect? So it\u2019s family. That\u2019s the best way I can describe it.\u201d<\/p>\n Menzel and Chenoweth in the original Broadway run of \u201cWicked.\u201d AP<\/p>\n Chenoweth and Menzel during the \u201cWicked on Broadway 20th Anniversary Celebration\u201d at the Gershwin Theatre in New York City on Oct. 30, 2023. Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Reports of a feud between Chenoweth and Menzel, 54, began during the original production of \u201cWicked\u201d 22 years ago.<\/p>\n The rumors picked up steam one year later when the pair were both nominated for a Tony Award for their respective roles in the hit Broadway musical, although Menzel would ultimately be the one to win for Best Lead Actress in a Musical.<\/p>\n Chenoweth and Menzel previously addressed their rumored feud during a joint interview with Vulture<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n Menzel and Chenoweth previously addressed their rumored feud in 2023. FilmMagic<\/p>\n Chenoweth, Menzel and their \u201cWicked\u201d co-stars during the opening night of the hit Broadway musical in 2003. FilmMagic<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure, as a sister, I got on her nerves sometimes,\u201d the \u201cDeck the Halls\u201d star admitted at the time. \u201cI\u2019m positive I did. I get on my own nerves most of the time. But you also know what the other one\u2019s going through. Nobody else can know that but us.\u201d<\/p>\n Menzel shrugged off feud rumors as well.<\/p>\n \u201cWhatever was going on in our own lives, it was nice to always be able to come to that at the end of a show,\u201d she told the outlet two years ago. \u201cWe would always look at each other and say, \u2018I got you. You got me. We\u2019re making this thing together. We love each other.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Menzel and Chenoweth at the afterparty for the Broadway premiere of \u201cWicked\u201d at Tavern on the Green in New York City on Oct. 30, 2003. Getty Images<\/p>\n Menzel and Chenoweth during \u201cA Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway\u201d in October 2018. NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cPeople were saying stuff out there, and we were good at trying to bring it back to the two of us,\u201d Menzel added, \u201cbecause that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere during her chat with THR, Chenoweth discussed last year\u2019s \u201cWicked\u201d film adaptation starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.<\/p>\n The movie, which was released last November, featured short cameos of both Chenoweth and Menzel<\/a> in a scene that was reportedly created just for them.<\/p>\n Menzel, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Chenoweth at the premiere of \u201cWicked\u201d at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 9, 2024. FilmMagic<\/p>\n Grande, Chenoweth, Menzel and Erivo in the 2024 \u201cWicked\u201d film adaptation. Universal<\/p>\n