Oscar-nominated actress/singer Cynthia Erivo is facing a growing plagiarism scandal after readers discovered that her new memoir, Simply More, contains a distinctive metaphor previously used by Ariana Grande in her 2019 Vogue interview.
Cosmopolitan claimed that the controversy centres on Erivo's description of herself as a 'petri dish' for public scrutiny, a phrase fans quickly recognised as identical to Grande's widely shared quote.
