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Audra McDonald Hasn’t Seen Patti LuPone in ‘11 Years’
What happened in 2014? The ice-bucket challenge, that’s what.
The animosity initially appeared to center around McDonald leaving a supportive Instagram comment on a post by Hell’s Kitchen actress Kecia Lewis, who accused LuPone of making “racist microaggressions” by calling the sound bleed from HK “too loud.” But the question is now, obviously, what happened 11 years ago? @cbsmornings Gayle King sat down with six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald earlier this week to discuss taking on her latest Tony-nominated role, Mama Rose in “Gypsy.” The interview was scheduled before actor Patti LuPone made headlines in a New Yorker article where she made eyebrow-raising comments about fellow Broadway stars, including McDonald. The sole piece of public interaction between the two actresses that year seems to be when Audra McDonald tagged Patti LuPone in the ALS ice-bucket challenge.
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