Actor Ariana Grande, who can be currently seen in the fantasy musical Wicked's second part Wicked: For Good in theatres and is actively promoting the same, has revealed that she has tested positive for COVID. Taking to her Instagram story, Ariana shared a picture of herself from her appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon along with a message confirming her positive COVID diagnosis. "Moments before Covid," she wrote.

The update comes days after the singer-actor skipped press interviews during the New York premiere of her film. Her co-star Cynthia Erivo also did not attend interviews citing ill health and also revealed that she had lost her voice. With her diagnosis, Ariana will not be attending shows and interviews scheduled in the upcoming days including The Kelly Clarkson Show.

It is to be noted that both Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo tested positive for COVID at separate times during the shooting of the first 'Wicked' film. While Erivo was confirmed positive days before filming 'Defying Gravity', Grande was diagnosed shortly before 'Popular'.

The actors just completed their global press tour for John M Chu's latest film which will track Glinda and Elphaba’s friendship, as it faces a test while they navigate their new identities as Glinda the Good Witch of the North and Wicked Witch of the West, respectively. It will explore how their actions affect Oz in its entirety.

The sequel to the 2024 film, it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a reimagining of L Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.

Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum return from the first film, with Colman Domingo voicing the Cowardly Lion character.