Russell Wilson’s daughter didn’t need to look to the western sky on her birthday to find Cynthia Erivo — she simply had to accept a FaceTime call from the Wicked star.
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While guesting on The Tonight Show on Tuesday (July 15), the football player had nothing but kind words for the singer-actress after revealing that Erivo had called into his 8-year-old little girl’s Wicked-themed birthday party. Wilson shares Sienna with Ciara, along with 11-year-old stepson Future Wilburn, 5-year-old son Win and 1-year-old daughter Amora.
“We have the coolest birthday parties,” Wilson told host Jimmy Fallon, sharing photos of himself dressed as Wicked‘s Fiyero and Sienna painted green like Elphaba.
Noting that his oldest daughter is Wicked-obsessed, the New York Giants star went on to say that Erivo is “the best.”
“She’s awesome, because she had no problem hopping on the FaceTime,” Wilson continued. “Ciara and her are really, really close. It was cool, ’cause Sienna was like, ‘Um, can you sing to me now?’ And she just hopped right into song. It was a good birthday, for sure.”
The athlete also took a moment to gush about Sienna. “I’m telling you guys, she’s probably going to run for president one day,” the proud dad told Fallon’s audience. “She is a boss lady. She runs the show — Ciara runs the show, and [Sienna] gets it from her momma.”
Sienna is just one of countless young fans who love Wicked, which premiered last November. As of late May, it had grossed $755.9 million worldwide, more than any other film adaptation of a Broadway musical. The movie’s sequel, Wicked: For Good, will hit theaters in November.
Of all the hype the Wicked duology has generated so far, Erivo recently told Billboard Pride Editor Stephen Daw in her June cover story, “It’s insane … and it’s insane while it’s happening, too.”
“She’s able to access her rage more,” she continued at the time of how her character evolves in the second film. “The scent I wore changed. The makeup changed. Little shifts that bring you to a more mature version of who Elphaba becomes. And she is delicious in this next one.”
Watch Wilson’s full Tonight Show interview above.
