Oprah Winfrey Shades Patti LuPone at 2025 Tony Awards first appeared on Parade on Jun 9, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 9, 2025, where it first appeared.

LuPone ultimately did not attend the ceremony, and while no one directly mentioned her during the broadcast, Oprah Winfrey made a not-so-subtle reference to the whole situation while presenting ...

Oprah Winfrey sparked speculation that she threw shade at Patti Lupone—whose recent comments about Audra McDonald raised eyebrows—while presenting at the 2025 Tony Awards.

And Oprah Winfrey, who presented the award to Scherzinger, made some interesting faces as she made the show’s only veiled reference to the controversy, but she did not mention LuPone by name.

And Oprah Winfrey, who presented the award to Scherzinger, made some interesting faces as she made the show’s only veiled reference to the controversy, but she did not mention LuPone by name.