Victorious'Eric Lange Gives His 'Former Student' Ariana Grande Props onWicked— and She Responds!

Mar. 15, 2025

Eric Lange, Ariana Grande.Photo:WireImage; Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures

WireImage; Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures

Praise forAriana Grande’sperformance inWickedkeeps rolling in — this time from her former on-camera teacher!

“A beautifully vulnerable, honest, funny and deeply grounded performance. You ooooze talent, my friend,” Lange, 51, wrote of Grande, who played Hollywood High attendee Cat Valentine inVictorious. “So insanely proud of my former ‘student.’”

Eric Lange.Eric Lange/Instagram

Eric Lange/Instagram

Ariana Grande Instagram comment.Eric Lange/Instagram

Fans of the show — which aired from 2010 to 2013, helping launch Grande’s career as aGrammy-winning musician— will remember thatshe and Lange reunitedat the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, celebrating 10 years since the show first debuted on Nickelodeon with a virtual cast reunion.

At the Zoom gathering, cast membersLeon Thomas III,Matt Bennett,Elizabeth Gillies,Avan Jogia,Daniella Monet,Eric Lange, as well as the show’s creatorDan Schneider, shared their decade-old memories from the set as a tribute to the show.

“Jus want to say how grateful i will always be for being on this show and for those years of my life,” wrote Grande on Instagram after the reunion. “I couldn’t have spent my teenage years with a better, more funny, talented group of human beings.”

Ariana Grande.WireImage

WireImage

Even Kristin Chenoweth, who played Glinda in the original Broadway production ofWicked,raved about the moviein an OctoberInstagram Reelafter catching a screening. “Oh my gosh I just saw the movie and I’m dying. I’m deceased, I’m actually dead, I’m not here,” the actress, 56, enthused. “People are not going to be well when they see this film. It is so good, it is so special.”

source: people.com