Cynthia Erivo is speaking out against ‘Wicked’ fans who used Photoshop to edit one of the recent posters for the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical. Warner Bros. released a “Wicked” movie poster this month that was reminiscent of the original Broadway poster, with Ariana Grande’s Glinda whispering in the ear of Erivo’s Elphaba. Only the movie poster had a few adjustments, most notably lifting Elphaba’s hat so you could see Erivo’s eyes.

‘Bad’ fans loyal to the Broadway musical flooded social media after the poster dropped to make photoshopped corrections, lowering Elphaba’s hat and giving her lips a bright red lipstick, making it one sheet of the film exactly matched that of Broadway. Erivo found such changes offensive.

“This is the wildest, most offensive thing I’ve seen, equivalent to that horrible AI of ours fighting, equivalent to people asking the question ‘is your p-green?’ Erivo wrote on her Instagram Story as she shared one of the photoshopped ‘Wicked’ posters with her face covered. “None of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us.”

“The original poster is an illustration,” Erivo added. “I am a real human being who has chosen to look straight down the barrel of the camera at you, the viewer… because we communicate without words with our eyes. Our poster is a tribute and not an imitation. To edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me. And that is just very painful.”

In addition to the poster, Erivo called out the viral AI-created video in which the poster turned into a fight between the two stars/characters. The actor also criticized the infamous “is your p—- green?” memes that have long circulated around the musical.

Universal and director Jon M. Chu have adapted the “Wicked” Broadway musical into a two-part film, the first of which hits theaters next month. The musical is set at Shiz University in Oz, where Elphaba and Glinda become roommates and unlikely friends. In addition to Erivo and Grande, the film’s supporting cast includes Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum and Bowen Yang.

“Wicked” opens in theaters on November 22 from Universal Pictures. A second film will be released in 2025.