In response to fan-made edits of the poster that added the lipstick and covered the eyes, Erivo hit out on Instagram describing the amateur poster designs as "the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen equal to that awful AI." She went on to say: "None of this is funny, none of this is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us" and that "To edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me, and that is just deeply hurtful."
Erivo eventually reflected on the furore, seeming a little embarrassed by her initial reaction. "Having that passion for what this piece is and loving it so much and knowing how much I want to communicate through Elphaba, that's probably where that came from," She told LA Times. "And so in my little human moment I had ... I fell out on the i..."
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