US EditionTony Awards 2025: Why Fans Think Oprah Winfrey Shaded Patti LuPone Over Audra McDonald Controversy
- Patti LuPone was absent from the 78th Tony Awards ceremony held on June 8, 2025, at Radio City in Manhattan.
- LuPone’s absence followed backlash triggered by her disparaging comments about Audra McDonald, Kecia Lewis, and others in a May 26 New Yorker interview.
- Over 500 Broadway performers signed a letter urging the organizations behind the Tony Awards to exclude LuPone from attending the event in response to her controversial statements.
- LuPone expressed deep regret for her choice of words, accepted full responsibility for her actions, and expressed a desire to apologize directly to both Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis as part of her effort to make amends.
- During the awards, Oprah Winfrey appeared to address the controversy, prompting viewers to interpret her comments as shading LuPone, highlighting a shift toward professionalism in theater.
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Tony Awards 2025: Why Fans Think Oprah Winfrey Shaded Patti LuPone Over Audra McDonald Controversy
Oprah Winfrey sparked speculation that she threw shade at Patti Lupone—whose recent comments about Audra McDonald raised eyebrows—while presenting at the 2025 Tony Awards.
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Cirrkus NewsOprah Shades Patti LuPone Over Broadway Beef at 2025 Tony Awards
Oprah was hyping up the theater scene at the 2025 Tony Awards -- but some couldn't help but feel as if she threw some major side-eye at Patti LuPone over her whole beef with fellow Broadway stars Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald.
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