Tony Awards Red Carpet: James Monroe Iglehart, Brooke Shields and More Broadway Stars Weigh in on Patti LuPone New Yorker Interview
On the Tony Awards red carpet, James Monroe Iglehart, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson and other Broadway artists and stars weighed in on the fallout surrounding Patti LuPone‘s controversial New Yorker interview.
The theater legend faced intense backlash following the story’s publication last month, in which she called “Hell’s Kitchen” star Kecia Lewis a “bitch” and stated that she was in a feud with Audra McDonald. LuPone later apologized for her “demeaning and disrespectful” remarks.
“In show business there is a professional way to behave and that’s how we’re going to be from here on out,” Iglehart told Variety‘s Gordon Cox. “I know there were times in the ‘before times’ where folks could act crazy and say whatever they want. You can say whatever you want, but there will be consequences.”
“Let’s just treat everybody with respect,” he added.
Goldsberry said she thought “people get really excited about discord.”
“When you’re talking about people as talented as Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald and Kecia, I just love all of those women so much, and I know that if they were all in a room together there would just be love in there,” she said.
