Cynthia Erivo is a multitalented performer who has excelled in acting, producing, and of course, singing.
The Broadway and silver screen icon has faced health struggles, heartbreaking family trauma, and major career challenges.
“It is always hard to get information when trauma is involved,” Erivo explained.
He told me that he was out of our lives," Erivo said.
“And I sort of had to relay the message to everyone.”
“I didn’t see it coming because, you know, what 16-year-old would?”
The song is full of raw emotion and honesty, which seems to serve Erivo in her artistic endeavors.
“Being vulnerable is how I function,” she explained.
“I didn’t have the vocabulary for it.”
But she noticed a significant lack of diversity in the theater at the time, which was troubling.
As a result, Erivo set her sights on parts she knew she wanted, persistently pursuing her dreams.
“I just fought and fought and fought for it,” Erivo shared withThe Cut.
“I remember I was in L.A. on my own… “I was sort of like in the middle of what felt like a storm …
I just didn’t know how to really handle it completely.”
In 2020 it was reported that Waithe and Erivo were an item.
“I was very ill by the end of it,” she revealed.
“I was in bed for the next week for like four days with 104 fever.”
Thankfully, her illness was short-lived and Erivo went on to play the role of Elphaba to perfection.
“But because we love each other very dearly, it’s okay.”
“Just the worst kind of flu you could possibly have,” Erivo revealed.
“I mean, my skin was hurting … it was horrible.”
The actor took issue with the poster, making it clear she was deeply upset by the image.
Erivo took to Instagram to post a story depicting the image and airing her grievances to her followers.
“This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen,” Erivo wrote.
“None of this is funny.
None of it is cute.
It degrades us.”
“And that is just deeply hurtful.”
Some wondered if it was linked to a health issue.
Others wondered if Erivo and Grande had been taking the popular weight-loss drug Ozempic.
