The actor Hannah Waddingham was cheered by onlookers after she reprimanded a photographer who appeared to ask her to “present leg” as she arrived for the Olivier awards on Sunday.
In a video posted on X, the photographer’s feedback are inaudible however Waddingham responds: “Oh my God, you’d by no means say that to a person, my buddy.”
She warns that she is going to transfer on in the event that they proceed in that vein, saying: “Don’t be a dick, in any other case I’ll transfer off. Don’t say ‘present a little bit leg’. No.”
Waddingham was arriving to host the annual awards for excellence in theatre on the Royal Albert Corridor when the feedback had been made.
The footage posted on social media exhibits her posing on stone steps, sporting a lilac beaded one-shoulder maxi costume with a semi-sheer skirt, earlier than gesturing in direction of the photographer who is believed to have made the remarks. As she walks away, she factors and provides: “Have some manners.”
The gang is heard cheering after the actor’s feedback. Waddingham seems to debate the difficulty with the photographer as she continues strolling in direction of the constructing.
She is greatest identified for enjoying the Richmond FC proprietor, Rebecca Welton, in Ted Lasso, which received her an Emmy, a Critics’ Alternative award and a Display screen Actors Guild award.
Waddingham, from south London, additionally starred in Recreation of Thrones and Intercourse Schooling, and co-hosted final yr’s Eurovision music contest in Liverpool. She additionally hosted the 2023 Oliviers.
Waddingham has additionally been a stage actor within the West Finish and on Broadway. She has appeared in numerous exhibits, together with Spamalot, because the Woman of the Lake, and as Desiree Armfeldt in Trevor Nunn’s acclaimed revival of A Little Night time Music, roles that earned her two Olivier nominations.
The Oliviers had been established in 1976 to have fun the “world-class standing of London theatre”, in keeping with the awards’ web site, and are amongst Britain’s most prestigious stage honours.
