Current:Home > StocksDisney Singer Lea Salonga Calls Out Fans for Sneaking Backstage to Take Pic -TradeStation
Disney Singer Lea Salonga Calls Out Fans for Sneaking Backstage to Take Pic
View
Date:2025-04-16 22:34:01
Lea Salonga is issuing a warning about respecting boundaries following a trespassing incident.
The messages comes after the Disney singer, who is currently performing on the Broadway musical Here Lies Love, was recently captured on video speaking to fans who had snuck backstage after a show.
In the clip, which was obtained by NBC New York, Salonga tells the group at her dressing room door, "Who are you? I'm so sorry, I don't know who you are."
When the fans ask for a photo, Salonga gently explains, "Unless you're on the guest list, we cannot have you back here, so you'll have to go to the door." The 52-year-old added, "I'm sorry, because if I allow this now, then other people are going to take advantage of it."
In response, one of the fans claimed to know Giselle Töngi, a producer for Here Lies Love. Salonga, however, advised the group to wait for her at the door, telling them that she's "really sorry," but that per security purposes, she cannot greet them in her dressing room.
At the end of the video, Salonga, after escorting the group away from her dressing room, is seen pausing to take a photo with the fans.
The singer gave further insight into the incident on Twitter, sharing that she afterwards checked in with Töngi, who "had no idea" who the fans were.
"The money you pay for a theater/concert ticket does not mean all-access," she added in another Tweet. "You pay for that performer's art, and that's where it stops. I gotta say, the folks at the stage door have been so incredibly kind, which only makes us (well, me) enthusiastic to say hello and spend the time to talk to them."
Furthermore, Salonga made it clear she'll protect her personal privacy.
"When one of our lead producers and our dance captain saw the video and learned about what happened, they said, 'You were still very nice, if that were me I would've cussed at them and kicked them out,'" she wrote. "I'm not the type to cuss people out, but I will protect my territory and my boundaries. If I lose fans as a result, so be it."
Salonga—who lent her singing voice to Princess Jasmine and Fa Mulan in the animated Disney classics— previously won a Tony Award for her role in Miss Saigon and will appear in Old Friends on London's West End in the fall.
(E! and NBC are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (9)
Related
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- Kansas stops enforcing a law against impersonating election officials
- Torri Huske becoming one of Team USA's biggest swimming stars in Paris Olympics
- Toddler fatally mauled by 3 dogs at babysitter's home in Houston
- Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
- Lawyers for Saudi Arabia seek dismissal of claims it supported the Sept. 11 hijackers
- Author of best-selling 'Sweet Valley High' book series, Francine Pascal, dies at 92
- Tierna Davidson injury update: USWNT star defender will miss match vs Australia in 2024 Paris Olympics
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- University of California president to step down after five years marked by pandemic, campus protests
Ranking
- Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
- PHOTO COLLECTION: Tensions rise in Venezuela after Sunday’s presidential election - July 30, 2024
- Nursing home inspections across New Mexico find at least one violation in 88% of facilities
- How do canoe and kayak events work at Paris Olympics? Team USA stars, what else to know
- Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
- Toddler fatally mauled by 3 dogs at babysitter's home in Houston
- What Kamala Harris has said (and done) about student loans during her career
- PHOTO COLLECTION: Tensions rise in Venezuela after Sunday’s presidential election - July 30, 2024
Recommendation
McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
Keep an eye on your inbox: 25 million student loan borrowers to get email on forgiveness
Lawyers for Saudi Arabia seek dismissal of claims it supported the Sept. 11 hijackers
Houston Police trying to contact victims after 4,017 sexual assault cases were shelved, chief says
A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
General Hospital Star Cameron Mathison and Wife Vanessa Break Up After 22 Years of Marriage
Harris to eulogize longtime US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas at funeral service
Map shows 13 states with listeria cases linked to Boar's Head recall