‘Wicked’ stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo admit they were lost during goofy ‘holding space’ interview that still has internet puzzled

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bizarre statement by Out magazine reporter Tracy Gilchrist last month, who told the duo she had seen posts online that people were “holding space” with one of the blockbuster’s big musical numbers.Erivo and Grande appeared to have a strong emotional reaction to the scribe’s puzzling turn of phrase, and a clip of the encounter garnered tens of millions of views, prompting some viewers to ask if they were having a “fever dream.”In a new interview in Variety, the actresses took different approaches to explaining their responses.Erivo she said reacted so strongly because she didn’t know people were “holding space” with her character’s breakout song and “really feeling power in that,” but chalked it up to the fact that she “hasn’t been looking” for documented instances.“I mean, it’s been happening on some platforms.

I mean, I guess. I had no idea that this thing was going on,” she said..Grande, for her part, readily admitted she was baffled by Gilchrist’s comment.“So I didn’t know what any part of it meant,” the Grammy winner said bluntly, drawing laughs from the Variety interviewer before explaining how she was responding in kind to her co-star’s emotional response.“I didn’t understand the first sentence.