Broadway legend Patti LuPone has apologized for “flippant and emotional” remarks she made about fellow marquee actors in a New Yorker magazine interview.
The mea culpa came via LuPone’s social media accounts Saturday after more than 600 members of the Broadway community signed an open letter condemning the three-time Tony winner’s controversial comments about Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald.
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The letter, addressed to the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League, criticized LuPone for calling Lewis a “b----” and saying McDonald is “not a friend” in the New Yorker profile.
“This language is not only degrading and misogynistic — it is a blatant act of racialized disrespect. It constitutes bullying. It constitut