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‘Wicked: For Good’ Star Falls Ill After Hefty Press Tour

Ariana Grande has tested positive for COVID-19.

Pop superstar and star of Wicked Ariana Grande has tested positive for COVID-19 after weeks of events promoting the second part of the musical extravaganza. With the film now out in theaters, Grande posted an Instagram story on Thursday featuring an image taken from her appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Underneath, she added the caption, “moments before Covid”. Grande had skipped giving interviews at the New York premiere of Wicked: For Good days earlier in solidarity with co-star Cynthia Erivo, who was sick and had lost her voice. Variety reports that as a result of Grande’s illness, she has had to cancel her appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show and several Q&As for Wicked that were scheduled over the coming days. Both Grande and Erivo contracted COVID-19 while filming Wicked; Grande just before filming her scenes for “Popular,” and Erivo just days before filming her show-stopping “Defying Gravity” scenes. Wicked: For Good, the second of two Wicked films directed by Jon M. Chu, follows Act 2 of the musical, and is in theaters everywhere now.