Posted 1 hour agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret Down"We Are Deeply Apologetic": Cynthia Erivo's Publisher Issued A Statement After Fans Noticed A Strange Error In Her New MemoirMystery solved!by Ellen DurneyBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink As you may have heard, there's been a little bit of confusion surrounding Cynthia Erivo's new memoir, Simply

MORE: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much. Cynthia Erivo / Pan Macmillan / Flatiron Books / Via instagram.com A few weeks after the book hit shelves in November, a Wicked superfan named Cassie on Reddit highlighted that the opening passage to Chapter 42, all about body-shaming and public scrutiny, was strikingly similar to something Ariana Grande said in a joint interview with Cynthia while promoting the first Wicked movie a year ago. Rebecca Sapp / Getty Images Here's what it said in Cynthia's book. cepdance / Via reddit.com cepdance / Via reddit.com And here's the December 2024 interview in which Ariana basically says exactly the same thing after being asked about beauty standards. Skip to 4:40 for the right part! View this video on YouTube Sally / youtube.com There's simply no denying the similarities, and as you'd expect, the lack of attribution to Ariana sparked plenty of confusion online. "Did AI write this book? A ghost writer that didn't double check sources?" the original Reddit sleuth questioned. "Is this a PR statement they both memorized?" Sally / Via youtu.be Well, after much speculation, we finally have some answers. Last week, Flatiron Books - an imprint of Pan Macmillan, which published Cynthia's memoir - issued a statement explaining that "a chapter introduction, which included correct attribution [to Ariana], was inadvertently left out of the book." Bruce Glikas / Getty Images "We have immediately updated the file to the corrected version, which will be used going forward in all formats including all future printings of the physical book," the statement read, per the Washington Post and People. "We are deeply apologetic for this oversight and thankful that we are able to correct it." Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images There you have it! Case closed.