Cynthia Erivo Defends Costar Ariana Grande Against Cyberbullying

Cynthia Erivo will always support him They are not bad the costar Ariana Grande – no matter what.

While appearing at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, Erivo, 37, was asked about Grande’s recent comments about cyberbullying.

“I think that cyberbullying is really dangerous, to be honest, because it’s easy to be behind the computer and type words about someone you don’t know anything about,” said Erivo, according to Deadline. “I think the more we can defend against that the better.”

He added, “The best way to support someone who is going through this is to resist whatever comes to that person. Be a good person. How is someone who has never met you [thinks] it’s never more important than what you think about yourself.”

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“I’ve been doing this in public and I’ve been a model in a petri dish since I was 16 or 17,” Grande said on the Thursday, December 5, episode of the web series “Oui Oui Baguette”. “So, I’ve heard it all. I have heard every version of what is wrong with me. And then you fix it, and then, it’s not right for different reasons.”

He added, “It’s uncomfortable no matter what scale you’re on. Even if you go to Thanksgiving dinner and somebody’s grandmother says, ‘Oh, my God, you look like you’re wearing leather, what happened?’ or ‘You look fine, what happened?’ That is uncomfortable and scary no matter where it happens. There’s a complacency that people comment on that I think is really dangerous.”

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Elphaba has green skin, which for Erivo, represents “everyone who feels like one” in society.

“Elphaba is a challenging character because she wants to make sure that people see her vulnerability and her personality,” added Erivo at the Red Sea Film Festival. “Don’t be distracted by the greenery. You have to go through there so that people can see him as a person, the pain in his eyes and the pain in his heart. With Elphaba, I had this great challenge to make her human even with the greenness she lives with.”