Unless you’ve been living under a rock these days, you’re probably aware that Jesse Williams is starring on Broadway and going full frontal naked on stage.
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was leaked earlier this week. So much so, in fact, that Whoopi Goldberg literally sprayed her co-host with water to “cool off” during Wednesday’s episode of “The View.”The scene comes from the Broadway show “Take Me Out,” in which Williams stars alongside fellow ABC alum Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
And though Ferguson, as well as the Actors’ Equity Association have condemned the leak, Williams brushed it off, simply saying, “It’s a body!” For the most part, the hosts of “The View” agreed, though Whoopi did point out that if it were a female actress who had been captured, “We’d be pulling our hair out.” But, with Williams’ own dismissal of the incident, Hostin felt a bit better about how…intently she looked at the leak.“He doesn’t seem to feel like he has been harassed, he doesn’t seem to feel like he has been shamed, and that makes me feel a little better about the fact that I did stare at the pictures for a ridiculously long amount of time,” Hostin said.Of course, in explaining just how much she looked at the photos, Hostin made sure to list a slew of compliments for Williams’ physique.“Jesse Williams looks like a specimen. He looks gorgeous, he looks beautiful, his body is beautiful, and I have at least — and this is serious — 20 friends that have now bought tickets because of what they saw,” she added.Ironically, Whoopi had a spray bottle on hand, as she began the segment by pretending she was watering a giant flower that Behar had worn as part of her outfit for the day.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock these days, you’re probably aware that Jesse Williams is starring on Broadway and going full frontal naked on stage.
NEW YORK -- Jesse Williams vowed not to be discouraged after leaked video and images of his onstage nude scene in the Broadway play “Take Me Out” were posted online.“I’m not down about it. Our job is to go out there every night, no matter what,” Williams told The Associated Press on Thursday.The leaked video and images prompted an outcry from the show's producers and the union that represents actors and stage managers.“I’m not really worrying about it. I can’t sweat that.
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NEW YORK -- Jesse Williams vowed not to be discouraged after leaked video and images of his onstage nude scene in the Broadway play “Take Me Out” were posted online.“I’m not down about it. Our job is to go out there every night, no matter what,” Williams told The Associated Press on Thursday.The leaked video and images prompted an outcry from the show's producers and the union that represents actors and stage managers.“I’m not really worrying about it. I can’t sweat that.
Jesse Williams is stepping out for the first time at a public event following the leak of his nude scene on Broadway.
Jesse Williams' play is taking action after nude footage of him onstage leaked online. In the wake of the leak, Second Stage Theater is «adding additional staff» and has installed an infrared camera system to detect violators of its no-phone policy, ET confirmed.«This will allow us to focus on an audience member who looks like they're doing something suspicious, and assess whether they're just going through a purse to get a breath mint or pulling out a phone,» Peter Dean, director of production for Second Stage, told The New York Times.After the leak spread online, the theater took to Twitter to condemn the actions of the audience member who posted the footage.«Second Stage Theater has worked to ensure the privacy of the 'Take Me Out' company by creating a phone-free space with locked phone cases at all performances.
Jesse Williams‘ Broadway show is making a big change.
leaked “Take Me Out” nudes.The ladies of the show discussed the rule-breaking recording and distribution of the Broadway footage on social media, all with their own takes.“I say it’s a matter of time,” Goldberg started. “If you take a gig and you know you got to take your clothes off, you live in the world where cell phone video is going to happen at some time.”All of the women agreed that nudity has always been prevalent in the arts.“I’ve seen more naked men on stage than in my bedroom,” co-host Joy Behar said. “It all looks the same,” Goldberg added.“Well … ” Hostin rebutted, obviously impressed by what was revealed about the actor.
One night before a leaked video spread across Twitter, Jesse Williams discussed his full frontal nude Broadway scene, which has since set the internet ablaze.Williams appeared with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and their fellow castmates on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live,” and when Cohen broached the subject, Williams seemed pretty relaxed about the whole thing. First Cohen asked if the audience reacted to the nudity in “Take Me Out,” for which Williams has been Tony-nominated.“A non-reaction is a really interesting reaction,” Williams responded.
On Wednesday, the hosts of “The View” discussed the leak earlier this week of actor Jesse Williams’ nude scene from the Broadway show Take Me Out.
NEW YORK -- Video of a naked Jesse Williams captured onstage in a shower scene from a Broadway play has been posted online, prompting an outcry from the producers and the union that represents actors and stage managers.“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the creation and distribution of photographs and videos of our members during a nude scene,” said Kate Shindle, president of Actors’ Equity Association. “Whoever did this knew not only that they were filming actors without their consent, but also that they were explicitly violating the theater’s prohibition on recording and distribution.”Williams is starring in a revival of “Take Me Out,” Richard Greenberg’s exploration of what happens when a Major League Baseball superstar comes out as gay, tracing the way it unsettles the team and unleashes toxic prejudices.
"Take Me Out" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson slammed the leak of a recording showing Jesse Williams' nude scene in the Broadway play. A recording of Williams' full frontal nude scene went viral after being leaked.The "Grey's Anatomy" actor had just received his first Tony nomination for his role in the Broadway play.
The Second Stage theater is addressing the leaked video that has gone viral.
has responded to those leaked Jesse Williams nudes.Currently home to Williams’ “Take Me Out’ play, the theater said it was “appalled” that a spectator broke its sealed-phone policy and shared the eye-opening footage on social media. “Taking naked pictures of anyone without their consent is highly objectionable and can have severe legal consequences,” the theater said in a statement shared on Instagram Tuesday.