Despite its continuing box office success, One Million Moms is less than thrilled with Wicked. While noting the film’s obvious reliance on witchcraft (the two main characters are witches, after all), the group called out the film in a statement for its “LGBTQ agenda on families” and “not-so-discrete crossdressing and men crushing on men.” Fiyero, a character in the movie played by openly gay actor Jonathan Bailey, is seen flirting with both men and women in the film. “Instead of an uplifting Broadway musical about friendship and family, talents and resources were used to create a dark movie that also pushes wokeness. Universal Pictures has traded its usual subtlety for intentionality,” warned the group.

The group also noted that the recent release is only Part One, with stars hinting that Part Two may include more obvious LGBTQ+ content. Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West and identifies as queer, has put a lot of focus on the relationship between her character and Ariana Grande’s Glinda. “Oh sure. I think Elphie is [queer], she goes wherever the wind goes, I think she loves Glinda. I think she loves love,” she told Gay Times. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with celebrating the deep connection that the both of them have. They do have. It’s a relationship, it’s true love. Which is probably why people are shipping it because what they build with each other is an unbreakable bond and love.” Grande, too has called Glinda “a little in the closet.” “Whether it’s romantic or platonic, Glinda might be a little in the closet, but if there were time you never know. Give it a little more time,” she said, possibly hinting at a more obvious relationship between the two in Part Two.

Gregory Maguire, author of the novel on which the Broadway musical is based, also confirmed that the lesbian subtext between the two was “intentional.” Speaking to Them about the “sapphic tension” between Elphaba and Glinda, Maquire said, “That was intentional, and it was modest and restrained and refined in such a way that one could imagine that one of those two young women had felt more than the other and had not wanted to say it.” He also left open the possibility that the relationship became sexual as the pair make their way to Emerald City. “I wanted to propose this possibility, but I did not want to make a declarative statement,” he said. The pair do kiss in the book, though many of the film’s defenders have pointed out that the musical stays largely clear of many of the sexual elements that Maguire included in his book.

Kristin Chenoweth, who portrayed Glinda during the musical’s original run has also supported a queer interpretation of Glinda. She pushed back against criticism from One Million Moms. “Everyone knows the ‘one million Moms’ are a mere few hundred. Maybe. It’s called entertainment. Artistry. I am a Christian woman [and] originated the role of Glinda and all the silliness that these women spew out of hate,” she wrote. “No no no. I can’t help it: I try to love em anyways. For they don’t get it. For anyone who wants to see girl power, then go [see] WICKED. Onstage or in a movie theater.” Part Two of Wicked is set to premiere on November 21, 2025. One Million Moms is encouraging viewers to not support the next release, even if they saw Part One.