Cynthia Erivo, the star of Disney’sWickedand recentOscar nomineeforBest Actress, has added yet another controversy to her list after accusing her instructors at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) ofdismissing her as “lazy.”
The 38-year-old actress said in an interview with The Guardian that her tutors would often misjudge her attitude in class as not being dedicated when, according to her, she was just tired from working.
HighlightsCynthia Erivo accused her drama school tutors of dismissing her as ‘lazy’ due to her tiredness from work.Erivo claimed she had to work much harder than her classmates.Some netizens labeled Erivo’s narrative as her being a ‘perpetual victim.’
A segment of netizens have seemingly grown tired of hearing about the actress, whose public appearances as part of the movie’s promotional tour have tarnished her image, a phenomenon that contrastsWicked’scommercial and critical success.
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Netizens reacted with annoyance at Cynthia Erivo’s interview in which she accused her drama school teachers of dismissing her as “lazy”
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Erivo graduated from the RADA in 2010, and her career has allowed her to climb up the ranks of the institution to become its current vice president.
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During the interview, she recounted how she struggled with the institution’s tuition fees in her first year and was forced to work as a shirtmaker. “I genuinely had to work much harder than other students, and I got penalised for it,” she stated.
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“It took me a long time to make people understand that I wasn’t lazy – I was just tired,” she recounted.
While Wicked has garnered the actress many fans, others have been less enthusiastic about her growing media presence
For instance, in November 2024, the actress expressed relief that Ariana Grande, her co-star, got the role of Glinda, seeminglydismissingthe other actresses who applied for the role. In a way, audiences felt it was “uncalled for.”
“Thank goodness, because it was not the two ladies that I was auditioning with,” the actress said.
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Just a month prior, in October 2024, Erivo got into anargumentwith fans over a fan-made edit of her and co-star Ariana Grande replicating a classic Broadway play poster ofWicked.
“This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen,” the actress said, eventuallybackpedalingon her reaction.
Erivo and Grande’sphysical appearanceshave also been heavily scrutinized, with the two being accused of looking “dangerously thin” andbehaving strangelyin interviews.
“God, those two have been simply insufferable on thatWickedpress tour,” one reader stated.
“She’s a perfect example of a narcissist,” one reader wrote, as others joined in to share their thoughts on the actress
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