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Patti Lupone
Sorry I Dissed Audra McDonald, Referred to 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 completed in all her years of showbiz — she’s apologizing for talking her thoughts … admitting her latest feedback a couple of 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 gifted 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 enormous theater associations to band her from the Oscars of theater — the Tony Awards.
The petition additionally talked about how Patti referred to as fellow Broadway legend Audra McDonald “not a good friend” … one thing that seemed to be information to Audra — and it is secure 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 have been removed from that. She provides she hopes to apologize to 2024 Tony winner Kecia and six-time Tony winner Audra for her feedback.
Should you’re not within the Broadway loop, Patti’s beef with Audra and Kecia dates again to a noise criticism … the place Patti referred to as “Hell’s Kitchen” — a predominantly Black present — “too loud.” LuPone was performing in a play subsequent to point out, and she or he was upset her viewers might hear ‘HK’ by way of 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 referred to as Patti out of contact for reaching out to the theater house owners as a substitute of the creatives behind the present about her problem.
Audra shared help 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.