Wicked Stars Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel FINALLY Speak Out On Rumored Feud!
25.10.2023 - 16:21
/ perezhilton.com
We’re calling all theater lovers! Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel finally addressed their rumored feud behind the scenes of Wicked!
For those who don’t recall, the two actresses starred in the original cast of the beloved musical long before the show opened on Broadway. Kristin, who portrayed the good witch Glinda, joined the workshops for Wicked in 2000, and then Idina, who played the Wicked Witch of the West Elphaba, signed on for the project the following year. Soon after the show began on October 30, 2003, at the Gershwin Theatre, it became a success. Wicked earned 10 nominations at the Tonys in 2004, with both Kristin and Idina battling out for the honor of Best Actress that year.
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But they weren’t just battling it out for the big award. Despite playing best friends on the show, that allegedly was not the case backstage! Rumors ran rampant at the time that the two co-stars were “at each other’s necks” and didn’t get along behind the scenes of the show. But if you ask Kristin and Idina about the feud, they would insist there never was one !
Speaking to Vulture for the 20th anniversary of Wicked, Kristin touched on the feud. Despite what some may think, she swears they were nothing but “extremely supportive of one another” when they began their “three years of workshops” together. Even when Idina won the Tony, she had only love for the 52-year-old singer. She recalled:
Idina chimed in to say:
At the time, the singers were well aware of what many people speculated about them and how much they “enjoyed the rumors” of their spats. Kristin even wanted to poke fun at the whole situation, explaining:
LOLz!!! What a great idea to mock the rumors.