"Due to flight delays, Grande was unable to make the premiere in Brazil, triggering fan backlash she also addressed on her Instagram. During the tour's stop in Singapore, a man jumped the barricades and attempted to grab Grande. Erivo immediately intervened, and the man was restrained by security. Johnson Wen, a 26-year-old Australian national with a history of disrupting public events and rushing stages, was summarily convicted of being a public nuisance and sentenced to nine days in jail."
"An earlier this week, both Grande and Erivo skipped red carpet interviews at the film's New York premiere after the latter lost her voice. (Grande decided to abstain from interviews in solidarity.) Wicked: For Good is expected to break the first movie's box office record for the opening weekend for a movie based on a Broadway musical; it made over $112.5m over US Thanksgiving weekend in November 2024."
Ariana Grande tested positive for Covid amid the Wicked: For Good press tour and will miss several upcoming promotional appearances in New York, including The Kelly Clarkson Show. Grande posted an Instagram story captioned 'moments before Covid' with a photo from The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. Both Grande and Cynthia Erivo tested positive during filming of the first movie, temporarily delaying production: Erivo contracted the virus days before shooting Defying Gravity while Grande tested positive before filming Popular. Flight delays caused Grande to miss the Brazil premiere, and a security incident in Singapore led to Johnson Wen's conviction and a nine-day jail sentence. The second installment is tracking for a $150m–$180m opening weekend and could exceed the first film's $112.5m Thanksgiving opening.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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