After testing positive, the actress is skipping her scheduled appearance on the “Kelly Clarkson Show” with costar Cynthia Erivo.

Ariana Grande reveals she has COVID right before Wicked: For Good opens in theaters

After testing positive, the actress is skipping her scheduled appearance on the "Kelly Clarkson Show" with costar Cynthia Erivo.

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November 20, 2025 2:32 p.m. ET

Ariana Grande in 'Wicked: For Good'. Credit:

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Ariana Grande will be defying gravity at home for the time being.

On the very day that *Wicked: For Good* is finally flying into theaters, Grande announced that she has tested positive for COVID. The Grammy-winner, who's been making the rounds to celebrate the impending release of the musical sequel, shared the news via Instagram Stories on Thursday morning.

Posting an image of her Tuesday appearance on *The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon *earlier this week, Grade wrote that the photo was snapped "moments before Covid." * *has learned that, as a result of her diagnosis, Grande had to miss her scheduled appearance on the* Kelly Clarkson Show* with costar Cynthia Erivo, as well as post-screening Q&As on Wednesday and Thursday.

Ariana Grande on 'The Tonight Show'.

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The news continues a bumpy press tour for the *Wicked* stars, coming days after Erivo pulled out of interviews because she wasn't feeling well and had lost her voice. Grande skipped press engagements alongside Erivo, in solidarity with her friend and costar. Prior to that, the duo were at the center of a scary moment when a man rushed Grande on the red carpet of the *Wicked* sequel's Singapore premiere.

This is also not the first time Grande has contracted COVID in the midst of making *Wicked*. Last year, the two stars revealed that they both tested positive in the middle of production, days prior to filming pivotal scenes in the movie musical.

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"We only got sick once each, but both were before some of the most important works of the whole movie," Grande told *The New York Times*. "Mine was the week before 'Popular.'"

She continued, "I came to set with a mask on my final days of recovery to learn the hallway finale, and no one liked this joke but I loved it so I’ll tell it: We were in the dorm room together and I sang in her ear, 'Positive, you’re going to be positive!' But I wasn’t positive anymore, don’t worry! I took the test."

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Erivo added, "I got Covid the week before I shot 'Defying Gravity.' It was literally like, 'Sit down, Cynthia, not yet.'"**

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