Cynthia Erivo rushed to the rescue of her “Ariana Grande was charged by a fan at the film’s Singapore premiere.
Grande was walking the yellow brick carpet on Thursday night alongside her fellow “Wicked” actors Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum and director Jon M. Chu, when a man wearing a white shirt jumped the barricade and rushed toward her. He put his arm around Grande and jumped up and down before Erivo intervened to shove the away the red carpet crasher, according to videos that captured the incident. As security removed the intruder, Erivo and Yeoh were seen comforting Grande while fans shouted to ask the pop star, “Are you OK?”
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The man has been identified as Johnson Wen, whose Instagram handle is “Pyjama Man.” He posted his own video of the stunt on social media with the caption, “Dear Ariana Grande Thank You for letting me Jump on the Yellow Carpet with You.” A self-described “troll,” Wen is known for trying to disrupt concerts and events, including a Katy Perry concert in June, the Weeknd’s show in August and the Paris Olympics in summer 2024.
