Patti Lupone
Sorry I Dissed Audra McDonald, Known as Kecia Lewis B-Phrase
… I am going to Do Higher!!!
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Patti LuPone says she’s doing one thing she hasn’t accomplished in all her years of showbiz — she’s apologizing for talking her thoughts … admitting her latest feedback a few couple fellow Broadway stars went too far.
The Broadway legend shared her apology to social media Saturday … saying she hasn’t apologized for her phrases in all her years of doing theater — however, that is altering as a result of she actually wronged two proficient artists.
PL says she’s sorry for her feedback in a latest profile within the New Yorker … the place LuPone scoffed at Kecia Lewis — star of the hit musical “Hell’s Kitchen” — for calling herself a “Broadway vet.” She labeled Kecia a “bitch.”
The profile led to roughly 500 Broadway artists signing a petition … reprimanding her for being a “bully” and even urging a number of the big theater associations to band her from the Oscars of theater — the Tony Awards.
The petition additionally talked about how Patti known as fellow Broadway legend Audra McDonald “not a good friend” … one thing that seemed to be information to Audra — and it is protected to say the signees weren’t cool with that dig, both.
In a while in her apology, LuPone addresses the general public outcry … claiming the letter reminded her that theater is meant to be uplifting — and, her feedback had been removed from that. She provides she hopes to apologize to 2024 Tony winner Kecia and six-time Tony winner Audra for her feedback.
In case you’re not within the Broadway loop, Patti’s beef with Audra and Kecia dates again to a noise criticism … the place Patti known as “Hell’s Kitchen” — a predominantly Black present — “too loud.” LuPone was performing in a play subsequent to indicate, and he or she was upset her viewers might hear ‘HK’ via the wall.
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Lewis shared a video on social media the place she blasted LuPone’s comments as “racially microaggressive” … and, she known as Patti out of contact for reaching out to the theater house owners as an alternative of the creatives behind the present about her situation.
Audra shared assist for the video within the remark part on the time … a transfer Patti labeled as “typical of Audra. She’s not a good friend.”
Now it appears Patti’s coming to her senses — although we’ll have to attend and see if it is too late to fix fences with Kecia and Audra.
