Audra McDonald says a fan stalked her as she was leaving the theater last night and followed her home and into the building she’s staying in to get an autograph because they felt they “deserved it”
Posted by Gato1980
Audra McDonald says a fan stalked her as she was leaving the theater last night and followed her home and into the building she’s staying in to get an autograph because they felt they “deserved it”
Posted by Gato1980
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That’s so fucked up. I am glad she is safe
Stalkers and rabid fans are easily the scariest part of fame, and something that’s hard for people to really grapple with if they’ve never witnessed it.
My girlfriend in college had a stalker for a semester and it was terrifying
Here’s what you deserve
This has happened to other performers this Broadway season as well. Its always been a problem, but it feels like post-COVID the problems have really amped up.
The obsessed entitled fan culture is ruining things for everyone.
I really hope shows stop doing stagedoor. I know she says she doesn’t know if they were there or not, but it’s getting SO dangerous.
Can someone explain to me the psychology of it, like why do they feel entitled to an autograph. It’s psychotic, how do the lines get blurred in their minds I don’t get it pls someone explain like im five
There’s so many stories on the Broadway sub of unhinged “stage dooring” fan behavior where people will harass actors for **blocks** even chasing them once they get into taxis once they leave a theater after performing in a show. It’s become so normalized that it’s fine to swarm people leaving work just because you might have (not all “stage doorers” do so) watched the show. It’s so scary for all the staff and actors since it’s getting worse. I’m glad Audra wasn’t hurt, but there needs to be a hammer dropped on this since this is going to end badly for someone eventually.
Wildly inappropriate of the fan.
Creepy! 😟
Do fans just not know what personal boundaries are anymore?
Nightmare fuel. This is a huge problem in Asia too.