


Broadway veteran Lea Salonga had some harsh words for a pair of unauthorized fans who tried to sneak into her dressing room asking for photos after a performance of “Here Lies Love” on Sunday.
Following the incident, Salonga, 52, took to social media slamming the unwelcome duo, declaring that attitudes of “entitlement” get “a F–K THAT S–T from me.”
In a now-viral video posted on Twitter, the legendary “Miss Saigon” actress is seen taking pictures with a pair of authorized visitors when a of Filipino fans — one male and one female — attempted to request their own photos.
“Who are you? I’m so sorry I don’t know who you are,” Salonga said to the duo.
The male, who was later identified as Cristopher Retokelly Carpila by Playbill, stated that he and his companion were “just fans.”
“Unless you’re on the guest list, we cannot have you back here,” explained the increasingly agitated Salonga. “So you’ll have to go to the [stage] door. I’m sorry because if I allow this now, other people will take advantage.”
‘I have boundaries. Do not cross them. Thank you.’
Lea Salonga, 52, to fans that make surprise backstage visits.
The woman accompanying Carpila attempted to namedrop Giselle “G” Töngi, who serves as one of the show’s producers, but Salonga was not impressed.
Tony winner Salonga reiterated that the couple was not allowed in her dressing room due to the fact they were not on the list.
The “Disney princess” — she and voiced iconic songs in “Mulan” and “Aladdin” — eventually conceded to taking a photo with the pair near the stage door but remained irritable throughout the walk to the theater’s exit.
The Post reached out to Salonga and Carpila for comment
Taking to Twitter, the acclaimed star of Broadway’s “Les Misérables” and “Once on this Island” said that she spoke with Töngi, who said that she did not know Salonga’s uninvited guests.
“Sooooooo here’s the kicker … the person whose name they were naming as their producer friend has no idea who they are,” tweeted Salonga. “I asked her, and she’s seen the video (all our producers have, as well as company management, house management and security). She had no idea who they were. I was giving the benefit of the doubt until the moment I heard back from her.
Salonga later added that the same pair rushed toward her during the show’s curtain call forcing security guards to close in around her.
“I neglected to mention that he and his companions rushed me on the dance floor after the show,” stated the actress in another tweet. “Security had to surround me at that point because they got scared.”
According to the actress, the Broadway Theatre, where “Here Lies Love” is currently playing, has multiple layers of security but she believes that due to the high volume of guests that night, the pair managed to sneak in without detection.
One person of Filipino descent commented how other “Filipino fans are some of the most entitled fans there are. Something about our culture makes fans believe that artists owe them and that they are beholden to them somehow.”
Salonga responded by saying “That attitude of entitlement gets a F–K THAT S–T from me.”
“The money you pay for a theater/concert ticket does not mean all-access,” continued the “Mulan” star. “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.”
“I have boundaries. Do not cross them. Thank you,” implored the Olivier Award winner.
In a now-deleted Facebook post, Carpila slammed Salonga.
“For Sister LEA, If ever we are wrong and we are not in the guest list, the fact that we are already there just to take pictures, lined up and paid dearly for the show, maybe as a fellow FILIPINO and FANS to be given at least a little RESPECT AND EVEN IF NO LONGER HUGS OR KISSES you can be allowed to take a PICTURE for a moment.”
As of Monday, Salonga revealed she will no longer greet guests in her dressing room and “there are now more stringent security regulations in place.”
“Here Lies Love” tells the story of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos (played by Salonga) is currently playing at the Broadway theatre in New York City.