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Here’s How Audra McDonald Reacted to Patti LuPone Saying She’s ‘Not a Friend’

Audra McDonald responded to Patti Lupone's recent claims that there was a "rift" between them.

Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone during a break in an LA Opera rehearsal of Mahagonny at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles Tuesday January 30, 2007. LuPone had asked Shubert Organization head Robert Wankel to step in after sound from the Alicia Keys-created musical kept bleeding over from their neighbors, after which Hell’s Kitchen star Kecia Lewis posted a video on Instagram calling LuPone’s actions “bullying,” “racially microaggressive” and “rooted in privilege.” When The New Yorker ‘s Michael Schulman pointed out that McDonald had shown support for Lewis’ video in the comments, LuPone replied, “Exactly.”

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