The actress called the poster the “wildest, most offensive thing I have seen,” because the fan covered her eyes in the photo.
“‘I probably should’ve called my friends” before taking to Instagram to call the poster “the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen,” she told
Erivo expressed her disapproval for the fan art to Instagram, where she posted that she was “deeply hurt” that her eyes were covered. However, if you look at the original image from theplaybill, Erivo’s character Elphaba has her eyes covered with her hat—a detail the fan art was aiming to replicate.“The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION,” Erivo said in response to the photoshopped image. “Our poster is an homage, not an imitation, to edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me.
“This is something that is so much bigger than us,” Grande added, “and the fans are gonna have fun and make their edits. But she also stated her unwavering support for Erivo: “So much respect for my sister, Cynthia, and I love her so much.”
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