On Monday night, the famously foul-tempered Broadway start, 73, was caught on camera hollering at a maskless theatergoer.
The explosive moment was recorded by another audience member and posted to Twitter, where it quickly went viral, racking up more than 200,000 views as of Wednesday morning before spawning a series of reposts. (Warning: The video contains profanity.)
LuPone was recorded screaming at an audience member whose mask had slipped below their nose. She was demanding that the patron “put the mask on your nose,” adding: “If you don’t want to follow the rule, it sucks! “
“Put the mask on your nose, that’s why you’re in the theater. That’s the rule,” LuPone said before shouting into her microphone, “you don’t want to follow the rule, go to shit!”
The actress, who herself was not wearing a mask, continued her touch on the patron, demanding, “Who do you think you are when you don’t respect the people sitting around you?”
“I pay your salary,” the patron replied, to which LuPone replied, “Shit. Chris Harper pays my salary. Who do you think you are? Just put the mask on your nose.”
LuPone has a horrible history of mistreating her supporters. In 2009, at a performance of “Gypsy,” the actress screamed at an audience member who took a photo of the production.
She acted like a self-absorbed lunatic again in 2015 when she saw an audience member texting during production of “Shows for Days,” when, in the middle of the performance, LuPone ripped the cellphone out of their hands.
Watch the video below:
without further ado… ms. patti lupone pic.twitter.com/rEBB7nfXQ2
— hen (@themascsinger) May 11, 2022
LuPone is just one of the last examples of a political elite or celebrity who masked the shame of others while not practicing what she preaches.
Source: 100percentfedup