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While the hit musical avoids making any explicit references to either Glinda or Elphaba being queer, the pair do kiss in the musical’s source material: the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which is based on L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.

Since Wicked: Part One hit theatres in November, stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have said that they think Glinda and Elphaba are both queer.

However, nothing had ever been confirmed about just how close the pair truly were.

Speaking with Them, Maguire confirmed that, when he first wrote the Wicked novel in 1995, the lesbian subtext between Glinda and Elphaba was intentional. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with celebrating the deep connection that the both have them have.

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It happens just before they arrive in the Emerald City so there’s plenty of space for this imagined sex scene to happen.

As for what Grande and Erivo have said about the Gelphie theories, Grande said: “Glinda might be a little in the closet, but if there were time you never know. I think she loves love.

However, there have been interpretations of the pair having an LGBTQ+ relationship, with both Grande-Butera and Erivo supporting the possibility of looking at their connection through a romantic lens. He said that, while he purposefully laced subtext within his book, he never wanted to be forthright so readers could interpret it for themselves.

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Since Wicked has already been filmed, whatever lesbian subtext managed to make its way into the film adaptation already is likely all that will be present across both parts. I wanted to propose this possibility, but I did not want to make a declarative statement.”

As mentioned above, Glinda and Elphaba actually do kiss in the original book.

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As for what Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have said about the Gelphie theories, Cynthia told Gay Times: "I think Elphie is [queer]. Securing the future of queer representation

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Ariana suggested that Glinda might be "a little in the closet". Check out what Maguire had to say below:

That was intentional, and it was modest and restrained and refined in such a way that one could imagine that one of those two young women had felt more than the other and had not wanted to say it.

Grefory replied: "That was intentional, and it was modest and restrained and refined in such a way that one could imagine that one of those two young women had felt more than the other and had not wanted to say it."

He continued to say: "Or perhaps because a novelist can't write every scene, perhaps when the lights were out and the novelist was out having a smoke in the back alley, the girls had sex in the bed on the way to the Emerald City.

It happens just before they arrive in the Emerald City so there's plenty of space for this imagined sex scene to happen.

An Elphaba and Glinda sex scene before 'One Short Day' happens in the musical? I wanted to propose this possibility, but I did not want to make a declarative statement about.

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Maguire's confirmation about Glinda and Elphaba's relationship offers a new reading of the story, one that emphasizes romance as another connection between the main characters.

The Wicked movie adaptation's positive reviews have often highlighted the closeness in the relationship between Glinda (Ariana Grande-Butera) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), especially as their friendship starts to dwindle throughout the story. Or perhaps because a novelist can't write every scene, perhaps when the lights were out and the novelist was out having a smoke in the back alley, the girls had sex in the bed on the way to the Emerald City.

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Meanwhile, Erivo recently told Gay Times: “I think Elphie is [queer]. She goes wherever the wind goes, I think she loves Glinda.

But it is just a true love and that transcends sexuality."

Original Glinda actress Kristin Chenoweth also echoed Ariana's remarks about Glinda on Instagram.