Kelli O'Hara comments about a Broadway producer

Rudin and Hello Dolly maybe

LuPita2 said: "Nothing about her comments were "shady" in any universe. Kelli is a class act, respect her privacy."

I wasn't going to comment on this thread because I have no idea who she's talking about and nothing to add to the conversation until I saw this post. Once someone decides to talk about something in public whether it be in an interview, podcast, or social media then there is NO MORE PRIVACY. How you don't understand that is beyond me.

Updated On: 4/29/19 at 11:17 PM

LuPita2 said: "djoko84 said: "LuPita2 said: "Nothing about her comments were "shady" in any universe. Kelli is a class act, respect her privacy."

I wasn't going to comment on this thread because I have no idea who she's talking about and nothing to add to the conversation until I saw this post. Once someone decides to talk about something in public whether it be in an interview, podcast, or social media then there is NO MORE PRIVACY. How you don't understand that is beyond me."

Lol. Thanks for the ALL CAPS rule but, nope, she did not name names. So yep, respect her privacy."

So then don't talk about it. But anyway, no one cares what you have to say and we'll still be talking about it. My guess is Rudin and The Music Man.

She's talking about a situation that involves her personally. Therefore, how much or how little she chooses to publicly disclose about it is totally up to her. We aren't entitled to know the whole story warts and all. That is what should be respected regarding her privacy.

djoko84 said: "Once someone decides to talk about something in public whether it be in an interview, podcast, or social media then there is NO MORE PRIVACY. How you don't understand that is beyond me."

This logic is truly hilarious. Once someone discloses SOME information, purposefully refusing to disclose all of it, that person gives up the right to privacy as to ALL the information? That makes absolutely no sense.

I happen to agree that its perfectly natural for people to speculate given the breadcrumbs she left, and I think all celebrities (especially those giving interviews) dont have any reasonable claim to total privacy.

But the idea that Kelli O'Hara can't disclose SOME information without giving up her right not to disclose ALL information is beyond me (and any legal understanding of privacy/disclosure works).

Updated On: 4/30/19 at 12:20 AM

“I made a choice, and I'll say this vocally: I chose between a decent producer and an indecent one on the shows of my choice this year. And I made the right decision.”

Kelli has decades of experience with dealing with the media. She knew what she was doing here when she made this clearly worded statement.

She wants “us”, the public, to discuss it.

It's not necessary to identify by name the person who is claiming to be libeled. Indirectly identifying the person who claims to have been libeled by referring to him or her as the producer of the other show she was considering is identification enough if 25 or 50 or 200 people know the show and the producer that she was talking about.

But just referring to the producer as "indecent" does not rise to defamation. It is far too vague. It would also be easy for the person who had made the statement to dismiss it as a joke referring to the old "casting couch" or to say that it was just a an opinion that he or she had formed based on what he or she had heard about this producer from other people.

People are of course able to speculate as much as they want. Even though she did say it in public, it doesn't mean we have a right to any information. What actors choose to tell us is up to them. Period.

magictodo123 said: "People are of course able to speculate as much as they want. Even though she did say it in public, it doesn't mean we have a right to any information. What actors choose to tell us is up to them. Period."

Who here ASKED for further info????? No one, please stop chastising people that dont exist.

dramamama611 said: "magictodo123 said: "People are of course able to speculate as much as they want. Even though she did say it in public, it doesn't mean we have a right to any information. What actors choose to tell us is up to them. Period."

Who here ASKED for further info????? No one, please stop chastising people that dont exist."

The OP literally asked who she was talking about.

"Who is she talking about? What did she turn down?" That was the original question. Did you not read that?

The OP literally asked who she was talking about.

"Who is she talking about? What did she turn down?" That was the original question. Did you not read that?

Those are speculative questions based on the purposefully veiled information she deliberately chose to reveal. Her privacy and her message are both being WELL respected by demands not being made of her to disclose specifics AND by speculating and discussing the message she wanted to broadcast openly. If you believe Kelli did not intend for people to ask these questions amongst each other, then you must believe Kelli is ridiculously naive and stupid. She wanted to inform the public and the industry while protecting herself legally. She would not have said "producer" or "this season" unless she intended people to speculate on those specific two points.