Extremely strange Erivo audio book/Grande interview

[pagereynolds]

Posted: 12/3/25 at 3:49pm

via Timothy Burke on Bluesky

Ariana Grande November 2024 (interview) vs Cynthia Erivo November 2025 (audiobook recording by the author)

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/3/25 at 4:07pm

Is this AI?

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 12/3/25 at 4:19pm

TotallyEffed said: "Is this AI?"

As people in the replies have said, what probably happened was that a ghostwriter was hired to write the book, and the ghostwriter asked a chatbot for things Erivo said about body image in interviews, and it grabbed something by Grande by mistake.

The fact that something this lazy, cynical, and obvious went through multiple levels of copy-editing and fact-checking, and ended up printed on the page is deeply hilarious.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 12/3/25 at 4:22pm

TotallyEffed said: "Is this AI?"

Yes. Just more AI clickbait. For one, Brits don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, so there’s that.

[pagereynolds]

Posted: 12/3/25 at 4:27pm

Alex Kulak2 said: "TotallyEffed said: "Is this AI?"

As people in the replies have said, what probably happened was that a ghostwriter was hired to write the book, and the ghostwriter asked a chatbot for things Erivosaid about body image in interviews, and it grabbed something by Grande by mistake.

The fact that something this lazy, cynical, and obvious went through multiple levels of copy-editing and fact-checking, and ended up printed on the page is deeply hilarious."

The whole thing is really creepy!

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 12/3/25 at 4:27pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "TotallyEffed said: "Is this AI?"

Yes. Just more AI clickbait. For one, Brits don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, so there’s that."

and the part about being "under a Petri dish" since she was a teenager. Cynthia Erivo didn't make her acting debut until she was 23.

[John Adams]

Posted: 12/3/25 at 4:40pm

The 2024 interview is inaccurately labeled as, "Ariana Grande November 2024 (interview)". Actually, the interview was conducted in London with both Grande and Erivo sitting side by side. Although she's been cropped out of the video, Erivo is actually holding Grande's hand as Grande responds to the French media influencer's ("Sally") question.

I'd love to have Erivo's book in my hands to see all the text that comes before and after what is presented as a clip from Erivo's audio version of the book. 

Just as Erivo's presence has been cropped out of the video, I'm wondering if any possible crediting of the text to Grande has also been cropped from the audio clip.