WATCH: Patti LuPone screams at audience member to “get the f**k out!” and Twitter is obsessed
Today’s public service announcement comes from Broadway diva Patti LuPone, who was filmed giving an audience member a dressing-down over their mask wearing.The moment was captured by another theatergoer and posted to Twitter, where it quickly went viral.During a talkback panel following a performance of LuPone’s hit musical Company, the star noticed the audience member improperly masked.“Put your mask over your nose, that’s why you’re in the theater,” said LuPone, who battled Covid-19 earlier this year.She continued: “That is the rule.
If you don’t want to follow the rule, get the f–k out!”As the audience cheered in approval, LuPone added: “Who do you think you are?
That you do not respect the people that are sitting around you!”without further ado… ms. patti lupone pic.twitter.com/rEBB7nfXQ2— hen (@themascsinger) May 11, 2022Related: Inside Matt Doyle’s unapologetically gay, Tony-nominated performance in ‘Company’The maskless woman in the crowd was not swayed. “I pay your salary!” she yelled back.“Bulls–t!
Chris Harper pays my salary!” LuPone responded, referencing the name of Company’s producer.This isn’t the first time LuPone has lashed out at a disrespectful audience member from the stage.
