• Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande said goodbye to their Wicked characters in emotional posts on Instagram.
  • The pair are currently finishing up the press tour for Wicked: For Good.
  • There's buzz that both Ari and Cynthia will be nominated for Oscars for their performances.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are officially saying goodbye to Wicked.

Amid Wicked: For Good hitting theaters, the actors both wrote emotional tributes saying goodbye to their characters—so please prepare your emotions accordingly.

"I could write you an essay, a poem, Shakespearean prose, to describe what this journey has meant to me, what lessons this time has taught me, bought me," Cynthia wrote. "I could try to give a metric to the love I have felt and experienced. I could give a number to the stories I have heard. The truth is the numbers are too small and the words are not enough. So I’ll simply say this. Take my hand and walk with me to the end of this road paved with gold and hopefully, the things that I’ve found, might find you too. Thank you for letting me be your Elphaba."

Meanwhile, Ariana wrote in part that Wicked "has been an escape and a place where I knew I could find comfort and understanding throughout my childhood and adult life."

The singer/actress added, "Loving something dearly and becoming it are two very different things. Becoming your Glinda the Good and being asked to join this most wonderful group of human beings on a most creatively and emotionally fulfilling journey was the greatest gift of my life. I have learned more from my time with Glinda than anyone. Now, to see how it has moved and been there for you all in the same way that it has for me over the course of my life has been the most meaningful, moving, and cherished gift of all. You'll never know what it truly means to me. I'm so thankful to have been a tiny piece of this bubble puzzle and to be your Glinda."

She ended her note asking fans to remember, "whenever things get scary or you feel alone, home is wherever and with whomever we want it to be, and there's no place like home. Your chosen Ozian family loves you exactly as you are, and I couldn't be thankfuller that you exist."