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Wicked's original Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth, responds to Ariana Grande saying character is 'in the closet'

Kristin Chenoweth - who played Glinda in the original Broadway production of Wicked - has responded to Ariana Grande saying the character is 'in the closet.'

Grande took on the role of Glinda in the film - which officially opened in theaters on Friday - while Cynthia Erivo portrayed Elphaba, a character that was originally played by Idina Menzel. Kristin Chenoweth, 56 - who played Glinda in the original Broadway production of Wicked - has responded to Ariana Grande, 31, saying the character is 'in the closet'; seen earlier this month in NYC One fan added: 'ariana reposting gelphie memes onto her story, liking a post abt the flower fields being lesbian colored, saying the boy is mine is about elphaba, and then saying glinda is in the closet…'

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