Olivier Awards presenter Hannah Waddingham was applauded by viewers after she called out a photographer who apparently asked her to “show her leg”.
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She threatened to move on if they continued along those lines, adding: “Don’t say ‘show me your leg’. No.”
The incident took place before the prestigious theater awards ceremony on Sunday.
Waddingham continued to discuss the topic with the photographer as she walked from the red carpet to the Royal Albert Hall, where the event took place.
As he walked away from her, she pointed and added, “Have some manners.”
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Having hosted the awards in 2023, Waddingham once again took the helm and treated the audience to a performance of Anything Goes.
She is best known for playing Rebecca Welton, owner of Richmond FC, in the Apple TV+ comedy Ted Lasso, which earned her an Emmy, a Critics’ Choice Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
The star, from south London, also starred in Game of Thrones and Sex Education, and she was a fan favorite when she co-hosted last year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool.
Before making her breakthrough on screen, she starred on the West End stage and on Broadway.
