Patti Lupone Apologizes for ‘Disrespectful’ Comments Made About Fellow Broadway Actors During New Yorker Interview
- In late May 2025, Patti LuPone issued a public apology for her disrespectful remarks made about fellow performers Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald.
- Her remarks in a New Yorker interview stemmed from tensions during her 2024 play The Roommate, overlapping with Lewis's Hell's Kitchen musical.
- More than 500 theater community members signed an open letter calling LuPone’s language degrading, misogynistic, and racially disrespectful, demanding accountability and barring her from the 2025 Tonys.
- LuPone stated, "I am deeply sorry for the words I used," took full responsibility for her mistake, and expressed commitment to making things right.
- The incident highlights ongoing concerns about microaggressions and harassment in theater, prompting calls for consistent enforcement of respect and equity.
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Patti LuPone Apologizes For 'Demeaning' Remarks About Fellow Broadway Actors After Backlash
If a person says something terrible and then offers an apology after being scrutinized for it, is it really an apology? That's the question onlookers couldn't help but ask after Patti LuPone issued a public apology on Instagram to Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis following her problematic interview with The New Yorker. In case you missed it, during her interview with The New Yorker, LuPone was reflecting on the many times in her life that she c…
'Shame': Patti LuPone Forced to Apologize for ‘Offensive’ Remarks About Black Broadway Stars Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis Amid Industry Uproar
A one-sided Broadway beef seems to be brewing between former friends Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone, yet only one actress is being praised for taking the high road. It all began last week after LuPone, 76, caused some commotion in a recently published feature story and interview for The New Yorker magazine last week, where she said McDonald was “not a friend.” LuPone was vague on the details about her rift with McDonald who seems to be complete…


Broadway star Patti LuPone apologizes for 'demeaning' and 'disrespectful' comments
Following a backlash, Patti LuPone says sorry for disparaging fellow Tony Award winners Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis in an interview with the New Yorker.
Patti Lupone apologizes for ‘disrespectful’ comments made about fellow Broadway actors during New Yorker interview
Patti Lupone has issued an apology after making what she now describes as “demeaning and disrespectful” comments about two fellow Broadway stars in an interview with the New Yorker last week.
Patti LuPone Offers 1st-Ever Apology for 'Demeaning' Interview Comments
Patti LuPone has responded to backlash over her recent wide-ranging interview, which included pointed digs at many other Broadway stars. “For as long as I have worked in the theatre, I have spoken my mind and never apologized. That is changing today,” LuPone, 76, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, May 31. “I am deeply sorry for the words I used during The New Yorker interview, particularly about Kecia Lewis, which were demeaning and disrespectful.…
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