Auli'i Cravalho Defends Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo From 'Wicked' Press Tour Critics

Auli’i Cravalho is team Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo!

The Wicked costars have been very emotional while promoting their movie. Their behavior has been turned into memes and has some critics.

However, in a new interview, the 24-year-old Moana actor came to their defense.

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“Being a theater kid is emotional,” Auli’i told Vanity Fair.

She continued, saying, “I need people to understand what it’s like to be a theater kid.”

“Get off my girls Ariana and Cynthia’s backs. Do you understand me? You don’t know what it’s like to be working on a film for this long. The film is two hours and 40 minutes long. If you’re not crying after working with someone for that long, and you’re both theater kids and you’re singing live…I am very passionate about this,” she added.

If you missed it, there was recently some clarification about how much Ariana and Cynthia were paid for the movie.

We also got some context about a very viral interview on the press tour.