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."

While speaking to the outlet, LuPone brushed off Lewis' Broadway credits while lamenting about sharing a wall between their respective theaters. (Lewis, 59, performed in Hell's Kitchen next door to where LuPone and Mia Farrow 's The Roommate was played in the New York theater district.)

"I regret my flippant and emotional respon

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