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Cynthia Erivo Says Reconciliation With Estranged Father Isn’t Happening

Her cover interview frames the long estrangement as a source of clarity that affirmed her sense of self.

Overview

  • In Harper’s Bazaar’s November cover story, Erivo says she has never envisioned reconnecting with her father and states reconciliation is not going to happen.
  • She recounts being disowned at 16 and notes she and her sister were raised in Stockwell, London by their mother after her parents left Nigeria during civil war.
  • Erivo says the experience put her life in perspective and that she feels happy with the life she has now.
  • She previously told The Glossary in 2021 that the break occurred in a London Tube station and drew on it for her song “You’re Not Here.”
  • Her comments coincide with promotion for Wicked: For Good, in theaters Nov. 21, and her memoir Simply More, slated for Nov. 18.