Oh,
what
a
celebration Jon
M.
Chu is
having
today. 

The


Wicked
director
was
MIA
from
the
film’s
premiere
in
Los
Angeles
on
Nov.
9,
as
his
wife

Kristin
Hodge
is
preparing
to
give
birth
to
their
fifth
baby.
But,
just
because
he
wasn’t
there

physically
at
the
Dorothy
Chandler
Pavilion,
doesn’t
mean
Jon
didn’t
pop
into
the
Land
of
Oz
in
spirit.

Yes,
the
45-year-old
made
sure
to
tap
into
the
premiere’s
livestream,
dropping
a
few
comments
that
inevitably
became
quite
popular.

“I’m
pretending
I’m
there
while
my
wife
pushes,”
he
commented
on
the
Instagram
Live
Nov.
9,
adding
when
he
got
a
mention
on
the
red
carpet, “I
love
a
shoutout!!
Hahaha
this
hospital
thinks
I’m
crazy.”

But
he
also
made
sure
to
keep
fans
up-to-date
on
his
exciting
activity,
noting, “Shoutout
to
me
in
the
cafeteriiiiaaaa!!
Eating
microwave
pasta
yo!!”

From
the
beginning,
Jon
has
been
candid
about
how
thrilled
he
was
that
the
pieces
fell
into
place—especially
when
he
was
able
to
cast Ariana
Grande as
Glinda,
the
Good
Witch,
and Cynthia
Erivo as
Elphaba,
the
Wicked
Witch
of
the
West.
And
the
casting
of
Ariana
in
particular
came
as
a
surprise.