Several videos and posts surfaced online ahead of the theatrical release of Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey and others on Friday, November 22. These information particularly attracted the attention of British media publications’ coverage of the upcoming epic premiere. Criticism against the UK media increased as Erivo’s elimination took the front seat with the sole focus being on Ariana Grande. Despite their contributions to the new musical iteration being equal, given their leading roles as Elphaba and Glinda (the Broadway stars are actually British), the British media appeared to be perpetuating their pattern of ignoring black performers.

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Cynthia Erivo stayed away from the front pages of Britain’s major newspapers despite her British roots

A day earlier, The Shade Borough, a fellow originally Instagram-based source of celebrity gossip in the UK, posted a video detailing how printed publications in the UK removed Cynthia Erivo, the lead character in “Wicked,” from coverage. Gave it.” The clip featured a host of major newspapers – The Daily Telegraph, The Times and The Daily Mail. Ariana Grande’s London Wicked premiere red carpet look was featured on the front page of every newspaper. However, similar visual evidence of Cynthia’s appearance at the Royal Festival Hall earlier this week was nowhere to be seen on the cover, even though several sensational photos from the night showed the two posing with each other.

Netizens react to Cynthia Erivo’s ouster

Some fans ultimately argued that the film’s marketing so far has led many to believe that the “7 Rings” pop princess character is a better fit than the Broadway actress role. Conversely, others defended the move as intentionally planned to present Grande in a favorable light by associating it with her portrayal of the character who would later become the famous Glinda the Good Witch of the North.

The social media platform was taken to Twitter to start a heated debate over the wicked controversy. “There is not a single glimpse of Cynthia Aveiro on the covers of these newspapers,” one user expressed anger on X/Twitter. She literally plays the main character Elphaba and it’s very easy to find a photo of the two of them. I hate what the white media does in Britain.

The person continued in a follow-up post, “The white media in the UK repeatedly uses its resources to systematically diminish black excellence in order to exalt white talent.

It’s not even subtle.

It’s really cruel,

Cynthia Erivo looked sensational and absolutely tore into her role. Her voice defying gravity made me cry.”

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Meghan Markle’s “racist” behavior by British media revisited

This particular post sparked a parallel conversation, taking netizens back in time to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. The couple, who stepped down as senior royals in January 2020, revealed how the royal family had remained silent in the face of the Suits alumnus’ racist behavior by the British press.

“Nobody from my family said anything in those three years,” the Duke of Sussex told Winfrey. Meghan added to the conversation, saying the coverage was “exposing a portion of people that was racist.” Over the past few years, critics have accused the British press of contrasting Markle’s character and personality with positive coverage of Kate Middleton.

On the same grounds, according to CNN, a 2016 report by the European Commission against racism and intolerance showed that such visual display “remains a serious problem” among tabloids and forms of traditional media.

At the time, the UK Society of Editors sharply criticized Meghan and Harry’s claims of bigoted representation and allegations of racism in the UK media. Still, the removal of Cynthia Erivo’s name from UK newspaper covers has brought viewers back to Markle’s example.

Harry addressed this “unconscious bias” again in the 2022 Netflix documentary. There is a huge level of unconscious bias, he said. The unconscious bias thing, it’s really no one’s fault. But once it has been pointed out, or recognized within then you need to correct it. This is education. It’s a constant work in progress for everyone, including me.”

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Responding to the original

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At the time of writing, the post has already been viewed nearly 3 million times and has over 123K likes. While someone questioned Erivo’s gaffe in the comments, “Isn’t she really British?” Why isn’t she on the cover of one,” someone else replied, adding, “People should have believed Meghan.”

A third X user responded, “Absolutely. He actually put it forward, but some people dismissed it as an exaggeration. Now, the receipts are coming in and it looks like he always had an issue.”

“She wasn’t dramatic, she was honest. Some people just weren’t ready to hear it,” another person commented.

Someone turned a few pages back to look at these “receipts” and re-shared years-old exhibits demonstrating the British media’s “inconsistent treatment of Meghan for the same treatment of Kate.”