Too late for second-guessing!
Cynthia ErivoandAriana Grandehave broken their silence on theviral interviewclip that has become the defining meme of theWickedpress tour.
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Now, in a new video fromVariety,the actresses break down that supremely cringey moment.
‘Wicked’ stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo holding space.Advocate Channel
“I haven’t been looking,” she said.
“I mean, it’s been happening on some platforms.
I mean, I guess.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
I had no idea that this thing was going on.”
Grande was more forthcoming about her total confusion during theOutinterview.
“So I didn’t know what any part of it meant,” she toldVariety.
“I didn’t understand the first sentence.
And then I definitely didn’t understand what was happening how you [Erivo] responded.
I was like, ‘Oh, what did she say?
What did you hear?’
Erivo then admitted that she, too, was at a loss.
“After a while,Ididn’t know how to be there,” the Tony winner said.
Grande then tried to summarize what went awry in the interview.
“And the craziest thing was, I remember in the moment asking myself, ‘Am I okay?
Did I not hear something?'”
“I was like, ‘Cause she looks like she’s about to cry again.
And I’m gonna grab this ‘cause I think you might need something,'” she recalled.
“And I don’t know what the tapping was about, but that happened.”
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Gilchrist’s explanation that she was “in queer media” also confused Erivo.
“And am I also in queer media maybe?
Let’s both be there.”
Grande took comfort in knowing viewers shared her befuddlement.
“I just am glad,” she said.
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Erivo added that she’s happy the moment has become a cultural touchstone.
“I do love how the world has, like, gone with it,” she said.
I want a T-shirt with ‘Holding space with that.'”
Concluded Grande, “The best thing to do is, really, to hold space with that.”
Wickedis in theaters now.
Watch its witches hold space for “holding space” in the full video above.
Updated: This article has been updated with a definition from Psychology Today.
