Ariana Grande and Kristin Chenoweth agree that Glinda seems a little gay

In huge news too the most annoying people you know former theater kid Ariana Grande thinks Glinda the Good Witch “might be a bit in the closet”.

The Evil the star admitted during a stop for her and co-star Cynthia Erivo ongoing public theater kid terror regime press tour on Thursday. Under one interview with the LGBTQ+ publication Gay Times, the host initially called Glinda an “ally”. Grande let that description slide initially, but when the interviewer asked a separate question about the ship known as the “Gelphie” (Glinda and Elphaba, obvs), Grande chimed in with her belief that the Good Witch might be more than just an enthusiastic follower.

Grande said the two provide “such a safe space for each other, which is what all relationships should be.”

“So you know if it’s romantic or platonic — Glinda might be a little in the closet — but if there was a time, you never know. Give it a little more time,” she continued.

If you are not familiar, Evil is basically an enemies-to-lovers musical adapted from a book of the same name, and the show’s version of Glinda is presented as a tall femme icon. There is an entire number at the beginning of the musical where the two main characters sing with an entire ensemble about how much they hate each other with incredibly homoerotic overtones. (It sums up the classic dynamic where you’re closeted and you develop some kind of unexpected feeling towards someone of the same sex and you conclude it must be hate and not lust. Like, it’s literally called “What is this feeling.”) And… they were roommates.

Erivo told meanwhile Gay Times that Glinda and Elphaba “have a real relationship, it’s real love, which is probably why people ship it, because what they build with each other is an unbreakable bond.”

What’s more, Kristin Chenoweth, the actress who originated the role of Glinda in the original Broadway production of Evilcommented one post about Grande’s comment that the witch might be in the closet and wrote: “I thought that too way back when….” I mean, the material is right there! A film adaptation of Evil where the actors openly acknowledge the musical’s homoerotic subtext? What a time to be alive.

Evil is now in theaters across the US

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