Cynthia Erivo thought your edit was wicked inappropriate

No one let Cynthia Erivo into our own archives. He stumbles upon a story with the logline: “Elphaba doesn't like to be interrupted when she's hard at work, but Glinda has other plans,” tagged “Dom/Sub.” The actress took issue with a fan-made version D wicked poster which more closely aligns with the original Broadway version on Oct. 16 in her Instagram story. “This is the wildest, most offensive thing I've ever seen,” he posted in response to the edit, originally made by X user @meodosommar. Erivo explained his intention behind the changes in the film's poster, including the newfound eye contact, saying “I am a real-life person, who chose [sic] Look down the barrel of the camera, the viewer… because, without words, we communicate with our eyes.” He also claimed that “editing my face and hiding my eyes is erasing me. And that's just deeply damaging.”

@meadowsomer, creator of the edit, responded to Erivo's post in a tweet. “My original intent with the poster was in no way malicious – it was an edit I made in 10 minutes to pay homage to the original poster and had no intention of blowing up like it did,” he wrote. “I deleted the original post out of respect for Cynthia.”

In her Instagram story, Erivo also defied the long-standing trend where people post pictures of Elphaba and Galinda asking “Is your pussy green?” and an AI-generated video of the two fighting. “None of this is funny,” he wrote. “None of it is pretty.” We wonder what he thinks about color-shifting evil-Themed macaroni and cheese now.