Hannah Waddingham breaks silence on Olivier photographer reprimand

Hannah Waddingham recently broke silence on a viral clip, rebuking a photographer at the Olivier Awards in 2024.

The English actress, who set to host the Olivier Awards, reprimanded a photographer at a red-carpet event, saying that she had know the man for 20 years,

The Ted Lasso star reportedly got frustrated when a member of the press asked her to “show me leg”, telling him, “Oh my God, you’d never say that to a man, my friend. Don’t be a d***, otherwise I’ll move off. Don’t say ‘show me leg.’ No.”

Interestingly, Hannah opened up that the photographer was “not a friend,” she only knew him for 20 years and had “immense respect for him”.

Speaking to The Guardian, the Ride or Die actress said, “He took it on the chin, I called him out, he emailed me, I emailed him back. I was like, ‘Dude, that’s not cool,’ and fair play to him, he was apologetic, and I said, ‘You can’t do that.’”

“I think he forgot himself. There was an overfamiliarity,” explained the 51-year-old.

Reflecting on the moment, Hannah pointed out that she was cautious that her hosting duties would be outshined by someone drawing attention to her body.

“I just thought, don’t do that, because this is a bespoke Marchesa gown. It stopped on the mid-thigh, and it had a beautiful, diaphanous over-layer,” she told the outlet.

Hannah added, “I was going off to host an entire evening live, and my sadness at the time was that it had been reduced to that, instead of my live performance directly after that, which is one of the greatest achievements of my life.”

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