Wicked's Jon M. Chu Joins Premiere From Hospital as Wife Gives Birth

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Wicked manager Jon M. Chu wasn't contiguous astatine the film's premiere successful Los Angeles Nov. 9, but for bully reason: His woman Kristin Hodge is preparing to invited their 5th baby.

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Oh, what a celebration Jon M. Chu is having today.

The Wicked manager was MIA from the film's premiere successful Los Angeles connected Nov. 9, arsenic his woman Kristin Hodge is preparing to springiness commencement to their 5th baby. But, conscionable due to the fact that helium wasn't determination physically astatine the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, doesn't mean Jon didn't popular into the Land of Oz successful spirit.

Yes, the 45-year-old made definite to pat into the premiere's livestream, dropping a fewer comments that inevitably became rather popular.

"I'm pretending I'm determination portion my woman pushes," helium commented connected the Instagram Live Nov. 9, adding erstwhile helium got a notation connected the reddish carpet, "I emotion a shoutout!! Hahaha this infirmary thinks I'm crazy."

But helium besides made definite to support fans up-to-date connected his breathtaking activity, noting, "Shoutout to maine successful the cafeteriiiiaaaa!! Eating microwave pasta yo!!"

From the beginning, Jon has been candid astir however thrilled helium was that the pieces fell into place—especially erstwhile helium was capable to cast Ariana Grande as Glinda, the Good Witch, and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. And the casting of Ariana successful peculiar came arsenic a surprise.

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"I benignant of didn't privation to judge that she could bash this," helium confessed to Vanity Fair in their November 2024 issue. "It seems astir excessively casual to say, 'Oh, Ariana Grande."

But according to Jon, "Every clip she came in, she was the astir absorbing person. You conscionable couldn't instrumentality your eyes away."

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And arsenic the 44-year-old reflected connected the clip helium and the formed spent making the film, he's thankful for however Ariana, Cynthia and everyone other progressive gave it their all.

"Everyone knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience," helium shared with the Associated Press in September. "Once successful a beingness to marque a movie of this scale, of this infinitesimal erstwhile cinema is being questioned of what spot it has successful our life."

He added, "We had to sprout the moon."

To spot much from the Wicked red carpet, support reading.

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Kristin Chenoweth

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Cynthia Erivo