Audra McDonald is setting the file straight on the place she stands with Patti LuPone.
On Monday, the Broadway legend, 76, informed The New Yorker that McDonald, 54, is “not a friend.”
McDonald shared her viewpoint on LuPone’s remark in a clip shared to CBS “Sunday Mornings” Instagram on Thursday.
“If there’s a rift between us, I don’t know what it is,” she said. “That’s something you’d have to ask Patti about. You know, I haven’t seen her in about 11 years just because we’ve been busy just with life. So I don’t know what rift she’s talking about, but you’d have to ask her.”
Many followers flocked to the feedback part to reward McDonald for her response, with one follower sharing, “Audra is a class act (had she chosen to be petty I wouldn’t have been mad either.)”
One other social media person wrote, “‘I don’t know her’ energy. our queen!” whereas a 3rd chimed in, “She certainly took the high road.”
Throughout LuPone’s interview, she informed the outlet their rift is because of an incident that occurred years prior.
When requested to touch upon McDonald’s present function as Rose in “Gypsy,” LuPone allegedly sat in silence earlier than turning to the window, letting out a sigh and exclaiming, “What a beautiful day.”
The “Private Practice” alum is nominated for a Tony this yr for her function as Mama Rose in “Gypsy.” The nod makes McDonald probably the most nominated performer of all time, with 11 nominations complete, whereas the “Agatha All Along” star beforehand gained a Tony for her half within the musical in 2008.
McDonald has already garnered six Tonys, whereas LuPone has taken house three.
The previous mates have carried out collectively over time, each starring within the New York Philharmonic’s live performance model of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” in 2000.
Seven years later, they took the stage once more to work on the LA Opera’s manufacturing of “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.”
Throughout LuPone’s sit down, she additionally mentioned one other sore topic: her “painful” relationship with ex Kevin Kline, 77.
The 2 had been on and off for seven years within the Nineteen Seventies, with the “And Just Like That…” actress telling the New Yorker, “I took an instant dislike to him.”
“He looked like Pinocchio to me,” continued LuPone. “He had skinny legs and he was tall, and I didn’t really see the handsomeness.”
At some point, sparks flew at the back of a category when the pair started “feeling each other up.”
LuPone exclaimed, “He was a Lothario.”
Throughout their relationship, the previous flames starred within the 1975 Broadway musical “The Robber Bridegroom.”
LuPone married Matthew Johnston in 1988. They later welcomed a son, Joshua Luke Johnston.
In 1989, Kline ended up tying the knot with Phoebe Cates and welcoming youngsters Owen and Greta.
“It was a painful relationship,” LuPone mirrored. “I was his girlfriend when he wanted me to be his girlfriend, but if there was somebody else he would break up with me and go out with that person. And I, for some reason, stuck it out — until I couldn’t stick it out anymore.”
