I think what some people may have been bitter about is the same thing that happened with me...but I thought it was the nicest thing in the world.
there were a lot of children who attended the show that I attended and at the stage door, she ignored all of the adults and instead spent time with the children...a lot of time...about 5 minutes each...and signed their autographs, held them, talked to them...it was so beautiful.
"you can take the girl out of Hicksville, but you can't take the Hicksville out of the girl." ~Rent