Hannah Waddingham Responds Firmly to Photographer’s Request for Leg Show at Olivier Awards Red Carpet
Waddingham was posing on the red carpet when she admonished a photographer over an apparent request that she show more skin.
Olivier Awards presenter Hannah Waddingham has made headlines for hitting back at a photographer who appears to have asked her to “show leg.”.
In a video posted by a fan on X, Waddingham, 49, was heard scolding a photographer over a comment that cannot be heard but is inferred to have been a demand for her to show more skin.
“Oh my God, you’d never say that to a man, my friend,” the Ted Lasso actress said, before adding, “Don’t be a dick or I’ll move off. Don’t say, ‘show your leg’.”
Waddingham walks off before turning around and pointing her finger, saying, “Have some manners.”.
The incident happened as Waddingham posed on the red carpet ahead of the Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night.
According to the person recording the incident, “Hannah was being her gorgeous self” when the photographer “made some comment about her leg.”.
They added, “Well, the video speaks for itself. This woman is a role model. Always, always call pricks out on their bullshit.”
‘What a queen’
Fans heaped praise on the actress, with one commenting on the video saying: “What a queen—just when I thought I couldn’t love her more!”
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One Ted Lasso fan commented on Waddingham’s rebuke of the photographer’s apparent demand, saying: “This is boss.”
Another X user praised the actress for her “class” saying it “will always stand out; well done, Hannah”.
Waddingham, whose own work on the West End received three Olivier award nominations, presented the prestigious theatre awards for the second year in a row.
Olivier award winners
Sunset Boulevard dominated the Olivier awards, winning seven of its 11 nominations at the star-studded ceremony on Sunday night.
Among the show’s triumphs were the best actor and best actress in a musical awards for its leading duo, Tom Francis and Nicole Scherzinger, the former Pussycat Doll and Britain’s Got Talent judge.
Best Actor went to former Sherlock Holmes and Game of Thrones actor Mark Gatiss for his role in Jack Thorne’s The Motive and the Cue.
The Best Actor award went to former Sherlock Holmes and Game of Thrones actor Mark Gatiss for his role in Jack Thorne’s The Motive and the Cue.
Succession star Sarah Snook beat fellow nominee Sex and City star Sarah Jessica Parker to take home the best actress award for her West End debut performance in The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Other winners were:
Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
WINNER: Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry at the Phoenix Theatre
Best Family Show
WINNER: Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Mithridate Award for Best Costume Design
WINNER: Marg Horwell for The Picture Of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Musical Revival
WINNER: Sunset Boulevard, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics & book by Don Black & Christopher Hampton at the Savoy Theatre
d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design
WINNER: Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Outstanding Musical Contribution
WINNER: Alan Williams for Musical Supervision & Musical Direction for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Will Close for Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Haydn Gwynne for When Winston Went To War With The Wireless at the Donmar Warehouse
Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
WINNER: Miriam Buether for Set Design & 59 Productions for Video Design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
WINNER: Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role In a Musical
WINNER: Amy Trigg for The Little Big Things at @sohoplace
Best Actor in a Supporting Role In a Musical
WINNER: Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre
TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production
WINNER: Innocence by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
WINNER: Antonio Pappano for his role as Musical Director of the Royal Opera House
Best New Dance Production
WINNER: La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo, part of Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1) at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
WINNER: Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers at the Barbican Theatre
Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
WINNER: Sleepova by Matilda Feyişayo at the Bush Theatre
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
WINNER: Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
The Londoner Award for Best New Play
WINNER: Dear England by James Graham at the National Theatre, Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre