Hamilton star Anthony Ramos calls out Madonna for using iPad during Broadway performance
The 33-year-old actor originated the dual roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the Broadway show and is among a group of Hamilton actors to speak out on Madonna's alleged behavior in the audience.
Appearing on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live on Thursday (19.06.25), Ramos said: 'The most terrifying was Madonna with her iPad in her face. She was like this [shining a light] the whole time.
'I was like, 'Damn, shorty. If you're not enjoying it that much, you know the door is right there. You don't have to stay here.''
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the musical who played Alexander Hamilton, also appeared to call out The Queen of Pop in a since-deleted post on Twitter in April 2015.
He penned at the time: 'Tonight was the first time I asked stage management NOT to allow a celebrity (who was texting all through Act 2) backstage. #noselfieforyou."
However, the Like a Virgin hitmaker's publicist rubbished the claim, telling Us Weekly: "It's not true. She was invited backstage four different times. She texted post show when they were doing their fundraising pitch. Madonna had already made a generous donation.'
Jonathan Groff, who starred as King George, also fumed 'that b**** was on her phone.'
He said at the time: 'You couldn't miss it from the stage.
'It was a black void of the audience in front of us and her face there perfectly lit by the light of her iPhone through three-quarters of the show.'
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