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‘Wicked’ Stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Finally Explain Their Side of the ‘Holding Space’ Interview (EXCLUSIVE)


While being interviewed with “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo explained being part of the awards season meme.

While being interviewed alongside their “ Wicked ” director Jon M. Chu for a forthcoming Variety feature, the actors reflected on their experience of being part of the funniest and most inscrutable meme to come out of awards season so far. That goes without saying.” And the clip’s virality provided both fun and a sense of completion for the stars: “I feel really relieved that the world had the same experience with this moment that I did, because I felt like, ‘Oh, I’m not broken,’” Grande said. “I want a T-shirt with ‘holding space’ on it,” Erivo said, to which Grande, via one of social media’s most ubiquitous content creators and commentators, had a prompt reply.

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