Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s friendship ruled social media throughout the press tour for Eviland arguably created more noise than the film itself.
In interviews, the 39-year-old actress and singer was often seen being protective of Grande, 32, or costars expressing their love for each other.
While it seemed healthy to many people, some dissected the nature of their friendship, either calling it fake or something more than a friendship.
Regarding the whole Internet debate, the Broadway star recently said in an interview, “It’s very interesting to see what people’s perception is versus what reality actually is. Lots of psychologists sitting at home deciding who we were, what we went through, what we did and why.”
Erivo continued, “I think people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends. But that’s also because people don’t know me very well. If I’m a friend, I’m a friend. If I’m not, I’m not.”
It wasn’t the first time Harriet star has spoken about out-of-context comments over her friendship with Side to Side hit maker
She previously shut down the comments accusing them of pulling a PR stunt, claiming that the reason people don’t consider their bond normal is because they’re not used to seeing healthy, close platonic friendships among women.
