{"id":171759,"date":"2025-05-31T23:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T23:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/patti-lupone-issues-apology-to-audra-mcdonald-and-kecia-lewis\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T23:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T23:41:12","slug":"patti-lupone-issues-apology-to-audra-mcdonald-and-kecia-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/patti-lupone-issues-apology-to-audra-mcdonald-and-kecia-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Patti LuPone Issues Apology to Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <b>Patti LuPone<\/b> is apologizing for her <a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/130633496.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent interview with The New Yorker<\/a> towards <b>Audra McDonald<\/b> and <b>Kecia Lewis<\/b> following backlash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Patti LuPone has issued an apology to Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis following backlash over her interview with The New Yorker:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor as long as I have worked in the theatre, I have spoken my mind and never apologized. That is changing today.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QD2TlResAS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QD2TlResAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1928911150617346154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor as long as I have worked in the theatre, I have spoken my mind and never apologized. That is changing today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continues, \u201cI am deeply sorry for the words I used during The New Yorker interview, particularly about Kecia Lewis, which were demeaning and disrespectful. I regret my flippant and emotional responses during this interview, which were inappropriate, and I am devastated that my behavior has offended others and has run counter to what we hold dear in this community. I hope to have the chance to speak to Audra and Kecia personally to offer my sincere apologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"cutid1\"\/>\u201cI wholeheartedly <a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/130652667.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agree with everything that was written in the open letter<\/a> shared yesterday. From middle school drama clubs to professional stages, theatre has always been about lifting each other up and welcoming those who feel they don\u2019t belong anywhere else. I made a mistake, I take full responsibility for it, and I am committed to making this right. Our entire theatre community deserves better.\u201d<a name=\"cutid1-end\"\/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1928911150617346154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">source<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/130657362.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patti LuPone is apologizing for her recent interview with The New Yorker towards Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis following backlash. Patti LuPone has issued an apology to Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis following backlash over her interview with The New Yorker: \u201cFor as long as I have worked in the theatre, I have spoken my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-171759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}