Some on social media have been saying Ariana Grande got paid more for “Wicked” than her costar Cynthia Erivo, but the movie’s studio is setting the record straight. There have been rumors that Grande was paid as much as $15 million for her role as ...

Rumors that Cynthia Erivo made 15 times less than Ariana Grande for “Wicked” have been debunked, but pay disparities for […]

Wicked' stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were paid the same salary. There were false reports of difference of pay.

It feels like things happened really fast, but the truth is it has taken a long time to get to this point in life,” she says of starring in the movie musical.

The rumor about Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s “Wicked” paychecks has been cleared up. It was reported online that Grande, 31, was paid $15 million to star as Glinda the Good Witch in the two-part movie musical, while Erivo, 37, only got $1 million to play Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were paid the same amount for starring in the movie musical “Wicked,” Universal Pictures said in a statement Tuesday to Variety. “Reports of pay disparity between Cynthia and Ariana are completely false and based on internet fodder,

Universal has disputed a rumor that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were paid substantially differently for their work on the hit musical adaptation Wicked. What did Universal say about the pay disparity rumor?

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo "received equal pay for their work on 'Wicked,'" a spokesperson for the studio said