4 hours Ago By Rebekah Manibog
The press tour for has been quite a doozy, with stars and with viral moments. Recently, the duo alongside a journalist have become the subjects of a new meme following a bizarre interaction they had . The reporter has since responded to her new-found fame.
With every brilliant press tour comes great meme moments and with an abundance of . Here’s why everyone is talking about “holding space”, Erivo, Grande holding fingers and “Defying Gravity”. from — an American LGBTQIA+ media outlet — went viral after she shared how ‘s “Defying Gravity” resonates with the queer community with Erivo and Grande.
“I’ve seen this week people are taking the lyrics of ‘Defying Gravity’ and really holding space with that and feeling power in that,” Gilchrist shared. Erivo was visibly emotional over the statement and responded by saying, “I didn’t know that was happening..
. That’s really powerful..
. That’s what I wanted.” As Erivo expressed her surprise, Grande rapped her hand over a single finger in an attempt to comfort her co-star.
Gilchrist then responded to Erivo’s surprised reaction saying, “I don’t know how widespread [it is] but you know, I’m in queer media.” Peep the full interaction below. In the following days, Gilchrist’s junket broke the internet, with some folks being left confused with the whole interaction to Grande’s finger hold.
I couldn’t help but wonder...
if Big could hold space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity, why couldn’t he hold space for me? Thanks for your email! I’m currently out of office to take the lyrics of Defying Gravity and really hold space with that. I’ll get back to you as soon as I am able. Best regards, Not now sweetie mommy is taking the lyrics of Defying Gravity and really holding space with that and feeling power in that After the junket broke the internet — from both the “holding space” statement to Grande’s finger hold — , clarifying those who were left confused by the interaction.
“When I posed the question to Cynthia about people holding space with the lyrics to ‘Defying Gravity,’ it was two days after the election, and everyone I knew in the LGBTQ+ community was trying to make sense of what we might be facing. I loved her response, and I love that people are having a laugh, because I know I could use one about now,” Gilchrist shared. “I never considered I’d become a meme.
“But as an unrepentant showqueen, I’m thrilled that it’s for something this campy, in response to a movie I love. Now go see !” And truly, the whole interaction was camp. With that pleasant reaction and clarification, I leave ya’ll with more memes about holding space! if i send you this after not reply for a few days it means i was holding a space for to your text I can’t tell what my favorite part of this video is: the solemnity in announcing people have been “holding space” for the lyrics of a 20 year old song, Cynthia acting like she personally wrote it, Ariana holding onto Cynthia’s index finger, or the reveal of “a couple of posts” When I see someone holding space for the Defying Gravity lyrics at my Wicked screening tonight hey a bunch of us are outside holding space for cigarettes if you wanna join barbie summer and brat summer walked so that wicked winter could hold space for queer media “You don’t need to take the lyrics of defying gravity and hold space with that because we actually don’t need gravity” is out now.
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