Current:Home > StocksDisney Singer Lea Salonga Calls Out Fans for Sneaking Backstage to Take Pic -Keystone Capital Education
Disney Singer Lea Salonga Calls Out Fans for Sneaking Backstage to Take Pic
View
Date:2025-04-15 05:53:34
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! (39)
Related
- 'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
- Helping the Snow Gods: Cloud Seeding Grows as Weapon Against Global Warming
- CBS News poll: The politics of abortion access a year after Dobbs decision overturned Roe vs. Wade
- Washington State Voters Reject Nation’s First Carbon Tax
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- Keystone XL Pipeline Ruling: Trump Administration Must Release Documents
- Huntington's spreads like 'fire in the brain.' Scientists say they've found the spark
- Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval Doesn’t Want to Hear the Criticism—About His White Nail Polish
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- Georgia police department apologizes for using photo of Black man for target practice
Ranking
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Arctic Drilling Lease Sale Proposed for 2019 in Beaufort Sea, Once Off-Limits
- Garland denies whistleblower claim that Justice Department interfered in Hunter Biden probe
- Peru is reeling from record case counts of dengue fever. What's driving the outbreak?
- Can Bill Belichick turn North Carolina into a winner? At 72, he's chasing one last high
- An eating disorders chatbot offered dieting advice, raising fears about AI in health
- Fish make music! It could be the key to healing degraded coral reefs
- Wayfair's Memorial Day Sale 2023 Has 82% Off Dyson, Blackstone & More Incredible Deals for Under $100
Recommendation
Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
Massachusetts’ Ambitious Clean Energy Bill Jolts Offshore Wind Prospects
Florida families face confusion after gender-affirming care ban temporarily blocked
7.5 million Baby Shark bath toys recalled after reports of impalement, lacerations
Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
Tori Bowie, an elite Olympic athlete, died of complications from childbirth
How to protect yourself from poor air quality
In Dozens of Cities East of the Mississippi, Winter Never Really Happened