Why Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey's love scene was cut from 'Wicked: For Good'

Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande filmed a “Wicked: For Good” kissing scene that ultimately proved to be a little too steamy.

“There was a scene between Fiyero and Glinda that we cut in which they kissed; it was romantic and beautiful, but a little too passionate,” the movie’s co-writer Dana Fox recently told Deadline .

In the sweeping musical, Grande’s character, Galinda (who becomes “Good Witch” Glinda), is betrothed to Bailey’s character, Prince Fiyero — who ultimately betrays her for Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba (who becomes the “Wicked Witch of the West”).

“Seeing that made it too hard to watch him make the choice he makes to be with Elphaba, and made it too hard to make it OK that Elphaba ran off with him,” Fox continued.

“It was too real that he and Glinda were actually feeling s