Cynthia Erivo didn’t hesitate to leap into action when her girl Ariana Grande got a huge scare on the carpet!
The Singapore premiere of Wicked: For Good was held on Thursday, but a cute yellow (brick road) carpet moment quickly descended into chaos when some creep suddenly rushed Ariana! In an array of angles captured from the event, you can see the whole thing go down. The Eternal Sunshine singer is walking hand-in-hand with co-stars Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and of course Cynthia… when a fan leaps over a barrier, charges the pop star, and forcefully wraps his arm around her.
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Without hesitation, Cynthia springs into the middle of the altercation and places herself between Ari and the rogue fan and pries his arms off of her before pushing him backward. She and Michelle then cradle the Yes, And? singer, who is visibly shaken. It’s only AFTER all of the madness that security finally reacts and fully removes the fan. Watch the scary footage (below):
@bellephai13 Someone freaking attacked Ariana on the yellow carpet!!!! ???????? #wickedforgood #wicked #singapore #fyp #foryou
Cynthia screaming “Get off her, get off her. Don’t touch her” This should never have happened. Absolutely incomprehensible pic.twitter.com/yH4ZIcOfnf
— C ✧˖° ♡ (@CynBabyErivo) November 13, 2025
Holy s**t!
How frightening for Ari to have her space invaded so forcefully — as if the fan believed he had a right to physically touch her. And after what she went through in Manchester, she had to be worried this was another terror attack.
So scary! She’s lucky Cynthia was there to act so quickly.
The “fan” has since been identified on Instagram as Johnson Wen AKA “Pyjama Man,” and get this — he’s actually known for charging celebrities. He later posted the footage to his own feed, THANKING Ariana “for letting me Jump on the Yellow Carpet with You.”
Icky!!!
This is apparently his whole thing. He’s done it to Katy Perry and The Weeknd. Just a really slimy way to get attention. But even worse to do this to someone who has been part of an actual attack in a public venue. So thoughtless.
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[Images via Phil Lewis/MEGA/WENN]
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