Cynthia Erivo Stars in Viral 'Nigerian Wicked' Sketch on SNL UK
The host parodies the musical film with a low-budget Nigerian cinema style, spoofing the Elphaba-Glinda dynamic for online audiences.
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First reported by Variety, 2h 18m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 24 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 24 October at 21:59 UTC; Deadline followed 2h 18m later. The most recent article, from Billboard, appeared on 26 October at 17:26 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), Deadline, The A.V. Club, NME, Billboard.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyCynthia Erivo Plays Glinda in ‘Nigerian Wicked’ Sketch on ‘SNL U.K.’: ‘She Wants a BBL That Defies Gravity’
- Deadline‘SNL UK’ & Cynthia Erivo Give Elphaba-Glinda Shippers A ‘Nigerian Wicked’ Sapphic Parody
- The A.V. ClubSNL UK goes Nollywood as Cynthia Erivo parodies Nigerian Wicked
- NMECynthia Erivo’s ‘Nigerian Wicked’ ‘Saturday Night Live UK’ sketch goes viral
- BillboardCynthia Erivo’s ‘Nigerian Wicked’ Spoof on ‘SNL U.K’ Heats Up the Elphaba-Glinda Love Story Shippers Have Dreamed Of: Watch
Sources
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- Cynthia Erivo Plays Glinda in ‘Nigerian Wicked’ Sketch on ‘SNL U.K.’: ‘She Wants a BBL That Defies Gravity’ Variety ·
- Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Nigerian Wicked’ Spoof on ‘SNL U.K’ Heats Up the Elphaba-Glinda Love Story Shippers Have Dreamed Of: Watch Billboard
- Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Nigerian Wicked’ ‘Saturday Night Live UK’ sketch goes viral NME
- SNL UK goes Nollywood as Cynthia Erivo parodies Nigerian Wicked The A.V. Club
- ‘SNL UK’ & Cynthia Erivo Give Elphaba-Glinda Shippers A ‘Nigerian Wicked’ Sapphic Parody Deadline
In this story
- Cynthia Erivo
- SNL U.K.
- Nigerian Wicked