US EditionAudra McDonald Addresses Patti LuPone’s Claims of Their Rift
- Audra McDonald addressed Patti LuPone's claims of a personal rift during a CBS Sunday Morning interview aired shortly after LuPone's May 26 New Yorker profile in New York City.
- LuPone publicly stated that McDonald was not a friend and referenced a past disagreement, while McDonald said she had not seen LuPone in about 11 years and was unsure of any rift’s cause.
- The tension reportedly escalated after McDonald left a supportive comment on Instagram in response to Hell's Kitchen star Kecia Lewis, who had criticized LuPone for exhibiting racially charged microaggressions related to the show's sound issues.
- McDonald, a six-time Tony winner currently starring as Rose in Gypsy, responded calmly saying, “If there’s a rift between us, I don’t know what it is,” and suggested asking LuPone about her perspective.
- This public exchange highlights ongoing tensions between two Broadway veterans amid current productions, suggesting unresolved personal differences that remain unclear to outside observers.
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Give Audra McDonald the Tony for Class
Well, it took less than a week for Audra McDonald to respond to Patti LuPone’s New Yorker interview laden with micro-aggressions (or maximum-aggressions), and it’s better than I ever anticipated. On Thursday, CBS Sunday Morning posted a clip on Instagram in which McDonald addressed LuPone’s remark that she “wasn’t a friend.” “If there’s a rift between us, I don’t know what it is,” McDonald said, when Gayle King asked the seven-time Tony winner h…
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Audra McDonald Responds To Patti LuPone’s Shady Comments: ‘I haven’t Seen Her In About 11 Years’
Source: Bruce Glikas / Getty Celebrities slamming each other in interviews is certainly nothing new, but Broadway star Patti LuPone is realizing what happens when you publicly bash a beloved (and may we add history-making) star who is Black, beautiful, talented, and unproblematic. In this case, we’re talking about the one and only Audra McDonald. In a recent interview with The New Yorker, LuPone decided to air her issues with McDonald, with whom…
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