Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo Take Lie Detector Tests | Vanity Fair

do you think the moon landing was fake no we're picking up some deception here that's hilarious it's hilarious do you think the mo landing is fake no not till now not until Stephanie put that in me we've been talking about this for over a year so you you that's for sure I this the Emerald City I said one day we're going to do the Vanity Fair lie detector test together and I said we needed to finish the film first Ariana Cynthia we've brought you here today to take a lie detector test one of you will

be hooked up to the machine while the other will ask the questions and then you'll switch who wants to be in the hot seat first oh that was quick okay go ahead okay why not sure I feel like why not AR's ready the eyes closing can it feel my general anxiety or it can that's what it's all about cool oh [Music] me Ariana yeah I'm going to ask you a few questions to calibrate the lie detector is your full name Ariana Grande Bera yes were you born on June the 26th yes are you nervous absolutely

but I'm beaming like in the best way Ariana you have seven albums and two Grammys would you say you have a perfect work ethic I would say I'm a very hard worker I wouldn't say there's such thing as perfect work ethic at all no I think I'm a workaholic so I wouldn't say perfect I think I have like a maybe an unhealthy relationship to it that thing's probably scribbling X's and O's over there truthful wow the next question here is have you ever called yourself a workaholic which is oh yes moments ago do you ever

take vacations I have taken vacations in my life truthful I would like to go on one again you are a huge fan of Disney World yes would you ever go a Disney cruise to relax no I think there's a line that we draw I know that was the truth also just I think maybe I'm not a cruise person in general mm- Ariana you have a very dedicated fan base would you say you love your fans very much yes truthful do you love them all the time I love them always but I think sometimes they can

hurt my feelings and sometimes I don't like them but I love them always does that make sense yes she's being truthful girl I love you that was such a sweet answer I love you so much it's a hard relationship I think that sort of like weirdly parasocial but it to it feels very real to me so sometimes it's hard but I love them very much have you ever dm'd a fan just to chat yeah oh yeah all the time yeah what about befriended aand yes it's happened okay three times very close specific very close like

seven to 12 years of friendship in at this point your fans are called arianators did you come up with that name no do you like it no the machine is picking up some deception I don't like it I mean I've accepted it yeah but would I pick that of course not that's insane she is being truthful thank you the thing is you know how I can tell when she's telling the truth because she gets the look of concern on her face you know how people have resting face I have resting constant fret face that's what

my mom says you're very interested in astrology do you ever make rash judgments based on people's signs no I try not to because I think within each sign there are many different kinds of each truthful truthful did you look up if we were compati before we started working together no that was a lie it was a lie I think I looked up your sign but I didn't look up compatibility because I have Capricorn friends I know the compatibility well Stephanie Stephanie inconclusive but I definitely looked up your sign yeah I don't know if I looked

up compatibility because I know Capricorns can you tell that I'm nervous The Machine's giving an indication of some nervousness well yeah I need a glass of wine this is crazy please this is insane before we finish this isn't going where I thought it would go but I like it what else is it you are famously known for doing celebrity impersonations has anyone ever confronted you about an impersonation as in like they didn't like it oo no I don't think so no that would be terrible truthful have you ever confronted anyone who's impersonated you no have

you ever wanted to yes in a fun way yeah you're a huge fan of drag race would you want to see this person perform as you absolutely any time any place I'm a massive gotmic Stan which song I don't know gotmic devours everything The Boy Is Mine or like something emotional be honest was being a guest judge on drag race harder than the voice H I wouldn't say one was harder than the other just different yep truthful you you've released almost a dozen perfume lines do you exclusively wear your own perfume I'd say like 99.9%

of the time yes would you say it's the best per you've ever used I have my favorites but yeah I would say that M truthful Arana who is the best smelling celebrity you've ever met you us that's the fun thing we both waft down the hall so we can tell when one is coming to set no one even has to check or ask it's not yourself and not me so you I've never met anyone else okay we did where this is it I know she's she's being truthful that's it that's it in his lie detector

test Troy saan said that you were one of his favorite collaborators of all time you've collaborated with so many Legends do you think you could choose your favorite was it this person Mariah is the queen of my life I think I have to say you why did I know you were going to say that because it's like this is a very unique thing that we got to do and singing face to face together and hearing your voice and my ears my raw ears and your raw voice is like the best thing that's ever happened to

me in my life I mean obviously Mariah but obviously you can't we have a tie she's telling the truth I know you will make me cry it's the truth is there anyone you haven't yet collaborated with that you want to is it this person oh my goodness you can we have well we have a we have secretly collaborated we sang every song in the Great American song book together every day you once said you're not easily embarrassed do you still stand by that I think I meant when I said that I was talking about when

I was young a young girl like when I was young I used to not be very embarrass possible because I was just like you know I think it was when I was younger that I meant have you ever watched an old interview of yours and cringe oh absolutely and I'll do that with this one I'm sure absolutely what about your past performances cursed cursed yeah leave it where why does everything have to be there forever you know but like in a loving way like I embrace I celebrate what once was but wow ho you know

what emotion comes up when you see this oh my goodness we look like babies where are we I have no idea I actually think it's very sweet I had a really hard time in the beginning with my red hair and um I think I felt very pretty oh this day okay yes this was before I learned that I should have straight eyebrows and not Satan's Arch um so this was before that and this was uh two noses ago for Frankie so it's beautiful and my brother was there for support for us to go on a

red carpet together when we had no idea what it even was or what anything was but it's emotional to see you have an album called Dangerous woman can I ask you some rapid fire dangerous question holy yeah do you think the moon landing was fake Jesus Christ what do you take me for no no inconclusive this what is saying that's hilarious it's hilarious do you think that we Landing his F no not till now not until he put that in me but you know we've been there the machine is showing deception you definitely that is

hilarious do you think the Earth is actually flat no she may be telling the truth what in the do you think I am do you want to try asking her again okay do you think the Earth is actually flat no the Earth is round I think you were still thinking about the moon landing when you asked this yeah I'm thinking about a lot of things is the Illuminati real I don't know she is being truthful do you believe in aliens yes what about ghosts yes you sing popular in our film did you ever get any

work done to make yourself feel more popular to my face to physical appearance I'm going to ask all the questions oh thank goodness did you get your nose done no did you get a boob job no did you get a face no not yet I'm open truthful wait and go back to the other one nose lift she's telling the truth there we go this is the best thing of my life take that you YouTube people ready yes did you get a fox Eye Lift no but I I discovered it through people who thought I did

and I said thank you yeah she's telling the truth there we go what about a chin implant how do they do that no I've had fillers in various places and Botox but but I stopped like 4 years ago this we know yeah and that is the extent but also like in full support of all people who do these things work whatever makes women men non-gender conforming people feel beautiful should be allowed why do we care anyway what's next I want to keep going keep bringing more Ari have you gone to BBL get the I can't

even the question out of here yes she's being deceptive of course yes would you I should go back okay more no no that wouldn't work for me I don't think that's my thing no I and I'm okay with that you know Ariana are you a good witch or a bad witch ooh complicated question kind of the story of the film I think there's no such thing as a good witch or a bad witch I think we're all multi-dimensional beautiful complex beings that have goodness and wickedness within them mhm final question did you lie at any

point during this lie detector test and we didn't catch you no she's telling the truth there you go this was the best day of my life I wanted this for so long are you ready for this I don't know I mean technically this goes with my outfit I will say Cynthia yes I'm going to ask ask you a few questions to get a baseline please answer honestly is your name Cynthia arivo yes but I have many other names in between what are they Cynthia [Music] chuar stunning perpetu also cuz that's my confirmation confirmation yes are

you from London England yes are you ready to take the lie detector test I have no idea we ready the machine has been calibrated okay let's get started okay you won an Emmy a Grammy and a Tony for your performance in Broadways The Color Purple are you aware that you are one award away from an egot yes do you know where all of your awards are right now yes where are they they're in my office on my bookshelf be honest is there such a thing as a fun award show yes truly she's telling the truth

the tonies are usually my favorite it feels like I get to like meet up with all friends I haven't seen for a long time in theaters where I started so that's always really fun to be at yeah is hosting an awards show the worst possible gig no I really want to do it oh you do yes that was my next question oh yeah fabulous well at some point let's do it was that the truth truthful is Defying Gravity the hardest song you've ever had to sing no what is I'm here vocally or emotionally but both

I'm going to be the Capricorn that's going to be very very controlled freaky and be like did I tell I tell am I saying yeah having Stephanie there is very reassuring it's nice yeah I think I may have delivered most of the thing to um okay you said in 2021 in an interview that this person mhm gave you the best advice yes which is that you're allowed to say no mhm would you ever say no to her I'm not sure nine times out of 10 I'm probably going say yes even if the advice is you

should say no I would go yes what if she asked you to rob a bank I would probably say yes fine am I telling the truth truthful what's up let's go would you ask me to be your accomplice no why because I think you would freak out why would I freak out I love a mission you do love a mission in the car I could come in the car you know what I'm going to take that back I'm going take it CU I you're down I know that you're down I'm down as you are I

might not do much that's actually for real but I'll be there for you you will okay fine true okay I'll be there yeah let's go you have performed many live concerts in your career have you ever forgotten lyrics while on stage absolutely what song I think I forgot lyrics and don't you don't r on my parade that was interesting I don't think it matters when you sound like that I don't know if it's you know what I mean yeah thank you have you ever oh come on this is we know the answer to this have

you ever considered phoning it in and lip syncing never yeah no it really upsets me I'm really and I don't actually think I'm good at it I can't convey what I want to convey if I'm lip syncing of course not and I think it's a real skill I just don't think I have it she's telling the truth that is a silly question a silly moving on do you still get nervous before a show yes have you o has any actor or singer left you Star Struck Kendrick Lamar he left me Star Struck I thought he

was exquisite she's being truthful we've been traveling a lot together recently would you consider yourself a good traveler yes do you have any bizarre travel superstitions not superstitions I have like things that I like to do before I travel and things that I like to take with me when I'm traveling but no superstitions when we get to our hotel rooms do you have any weird habits I don't think it's a weird habit I unpack and move in yes even if it's for a day yeah I'm moving in do you clean the whole room before you

touch anything no will you stay on the 13th floor what's the 13th floor I don't know I'm staying on the 13th floor if the room is good on the 13th floor I'm staying on the 13th floor I'm dying we're good yeah Cynthia is it true you once ran a half marathon and then performed in two Broadway shows the same night yes are you sure you're human no truthful do you ever have extremely lazy days after days like that not really really what is the longest you've binge watched something in a day the longest mhm as

an hours yeah like in a day I mean I've had I've watched something for a whole day but sometimes it's just like on in the background I get I have like a couple of hours where I'm like alert and paying attention but I've watched like a series in a in a day what series oh Gossip Girl absolutely old school version yes yeah you recently celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Royal Academy of dramatic arts with this person yes were you nervous to meet him no did you curtsy yes did you practice your curtsy no in

conclusive did I well you know why is because I didn't practice but they kept talking about it so they made us do a curtsy so they could see it but I knew how to curtsy because I've done it a thousand times before I curtsy during my shows that's how I bow did you watch back your curtsy to make sure you did it correctly no is there even a video of the curtsy have you ever misspoke at a high stakes event like that I don't think so I can't see it no she's telling the truth okay

Cynthia you are a Capricorn and like to follow the world of astrology yes yes occasionally would you say you exhibit a lot of Capricorn traits absolutely so you consider yourself ambitious yes a Trailblazer yes mischievous yes would you say you are a woman who demands re pect you know what yeah do you know what my astrology chart is I didn't research it by heart come on Pisces yes I know I'm kidding I'm kidding I'm joking I should have researched it I really wanted to too we have each other on co-star yes but but I don't

know what anything says but I wanted to research it I wanted to look for it see this is the Capricorn coming through now I'm Capricorn rising that I didn't know actually that's good yeah can we do some rapid fire questions yes do you think the moon landing was fake no I don't she's telling the truth what was I then I don't think it was fake either I think that video you don't think that video is a little like you know no I've never ever questioned it because so many people have been to the but that's

what I'm saying but then why aren't there more videos like that I don't know but I don't think it's fake though I don't think it is either I why Stephanie me up like that she really got me oh God the whole world is going to think that I think that no and I'm from Florida you know what I mean no this is a nightmare this is a nightmare L half of the world thinks that it didn't happen some of the but I think it happened you're missing the point I know what happened it's okay let

me help Ariana Grande believes that the moon landing is real of course I do it happened this is just a machine thing okay she believes what I believe all right do you think the Earth is actually flat the Earth is no is the Illuminati real I think they are do you know no I don't know anyone in there does she know she's telling the truth and don't you even think that that's because I'm a part of it cuz I know some of you are going to do that nonsense okay I wish we had more time

yes here with Stephanie but also on Earth on yeah anyway um do you believe in aliens yes do you believe in ghosts yes are you a good witch or a bad witch I think I'm a combination of both cuz that's what makes us human yep I think that's what makes us interesting but I think I'm more good than bad like I think you're more good than bad we love you I love you that made me emotional don't know why cuz you know we see it in each other we see the truth right Steph correct okay

final question did you lie at any point during this lie detector test and we didn't catch you no she's telling the truth great work l y yay yay I think we dident great