Ariana Grande has let fans know she’s tested positive for COVID.
On Thursday (November 20), the singer and Wicked: For Good star posted a photo on her Instagram Stories from her recent visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
“Moments before COVID,” Grande captioned the picture.
Grande’s diagnosis comes just days after she attended the New York premiere of Wicked: For Good, where she skipped press interviews in solidarity with co-star Cynthia Erivo, who was under the weather and had lost her voice.
Variety reports that Grande also pulled out of a Kelly Clarkson Show taping where she was set to appear with Erivo, as well as several upcoming Q&A sessions.
Both actresses reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 while filming the first Wicked movie. Erivo, who plays Elphaba, caught the virus just before filming “Defying Gravity,” while Grande, who plays Glinda, tested positive before shooting “Popular.”
The Wicked: For Good press tour has hit a few bumps since kicking off earlier this month. Grande missed the first premiere in Brazil due to a “plane safety” issue, and later asked fans not to “wish danger” on her or her team over the situation.
At the Singapore premiere, a 26-year-old man named Johnson Wen jumped the red carpet barricades and rushed toward Grande, prompting Erivo to step in and push him away. Wen was later sentenced to nine days in prison.
Variety’s Rebecca Rubin reports that the film is expected to pull in between $150 million and $180 million from 4,000 North American theaters during opening weekend.
If those numbers hold, its debut could become the biggest of the year, topping April’s A Minecraft Movie at $162 million and May’s Lilo & Stitch remake, which opened with $146 million.
Wicked: For Good arrives in theaters on November 21.
