{"id":134490,"date":"2024-12-07T22:03:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134490"},"modified":"2024-12-07T22:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T15:03:53","slug":"laura-benanti-to-zachary-levi-f-you-forever-for-covid-vaccine-comments-on-broadway-stars-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134490","title":{"rendered":"Laura Benanti to Zachary Levi: \u2018F&#8212; you forever\u2019 for COVID vaccine comments on Broadway star\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6TUL3I3TN5EBNALQEICOYLCJ6M\">All of Broadway mourned when Tony-winning actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2024\/10\/a-shattered-broadway-mourns-tony-winner-gavin-creel-into-the-woods-waitress-star-was-48.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gavin Creel died<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SE4K2GY5ANGAHBHDDVHHAEBS5Q\">His many co-stars, including Bette Midler and New Jersey\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2023\/06\/njs-laura-benanti-on-no-hard-feelings-the-gilded-age-and-the-melania-impression-that-made-her-leave-ny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laura Benanti<\/a>, shared remembrances on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OCMDA4BVZJHQXICSSSFUWXQEB4\">But one of them, actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zacharylevi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zachary Levi<\/a>, used the loss of the actor to advance a bogus claim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"P6URP27JUZAGZH2UIOTUYBK53Y\">Levi implied that a COVID-19 vaccine caused Creel\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OHB3AN4CRJCKFJETS2ETBLYDJQ\">Creel, 48, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2024\/10\/a-shattered-broadway-mourns-tony-winner-gavin-creel-into-the-woods-waitress-star-was-48.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a> in September after being diagnosed in July with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2024\/10\/a-shattered-broadway-mourns-tony-winner-gavin-creel-into-the-woods-waitress-star-was-48.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancer<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2024\/10\/a-shattered-broadway-mourns-tony-winner-gavin-creel-into-the-woods-waitress-star-was-48.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2VZT536VONAQTEEVS4U46MVO7M\">\u201cI know that this is going to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/10\/broadway-stars-slam-zachary-levi-implying-gavin-creel-died-covid-vaccine-1236158085\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offend some people<\/a> and make some people mad, and I wish it didn\u2019t,\u201d Levi said in an October Instagram Live video, per Deadline. \u201cSo, a few weeks ago, my friend Gavin Creel died. He was 48 years old, and he was one of the healthiest people I knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2EXHALSYRBFWZFCTDOAF3KK7QA\"><b>READ MORE: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2024\/10\/a-shattered-broadway-mourns-tony-winner-gavin-creel-into-the-woods-waitress-star-was-48.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>A \u2018shattered\u2019 Broadway mourns Tony winner Gavin Creel. \u2018Into the Woods,\u2019 \u2018Waitress\u2019 star was 48.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CS2YVPYF65CSFL7Y2F6U6NMIFI\">\u201cYou better believe that, with everything in me, I believe that if these COVID vaccinations were not forced on the American public,\u201d said Levi, 44, \u201cthat the theaters weren\u2019t being pushed and leveraged &#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GLIXBS24PNA3NKGK2A3TRJN2MU\">Benanti, who starred with both Creel and Levi in the 2016 Broadway musical \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/she-loves-me-studio-54-vault-0000014138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">She Loves Me<\/a>,\u201d slammed Levi for his comments in a recent interview with Eric Williams on \u201cThat\u2019s a Gay Ass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnZzOjMzFP6Ju1i0achsV-A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcast<\/a>\u201d (see below).<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"E52AGCGQE5FRDDUOFXED7EEICU\">\u201cTo use his (Creel\u2019s) memory for his political agenda and to watch him try to make himself cry until he had one single tear which he did not wipe away, I was like \u2018f&#8212; you forever,\u2019\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__image\">\n<div class=\"article__image-wrapper\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/MYW4QBXORVCGFB5IEI47MWVTSU.jpg?auth=82c476447f8cd2a08e0ddc68e46d807b65cbb6acb15a46b246c966f1165b17c1&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90 500w\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 800px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/MYW4QBXORVCGFB5IEI47MWVTSU.jpg?auth=82c476447f8cd2a08e0ddc68e46d807b65cbb6acb15a46b246c966f1165b17c1&amp;width=800&amp;quality=90 800w\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/MYW4QBXORVCGFB5IEI47MWVTSU.jpg?auth=82c476447f8cd2a08e0ddc68e46d807b65cbb6acb15a46b246c966f1165b17c1&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90 1280w\"\/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/MYW4QBXORVCGFB5IEI47MWVTSU.jpg?auth=82c476447f8cd2a08e0ddc68e46d807b65cbb6acb15a46b246c966f1165b17c1&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90\" sizes=\"auto, 50vw\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SLM\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article__image-content\" height=\"600\" width=\"300\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"article__image-caption\">\n<p class=\"article__mm-image-caption-text\">From left: Peter Bartlett, Byron Jennings, Gavin Creel, Zachary Levi, Laura Benanti, Jane Krakowski and Michael McGrath during the opening night curtain call bows for Broadway show &#8220;She Loves Me&#8221; in 2016.<span class=\"article__mm-image-credit\">Walter McBride | WireImage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QSMUDNEP2RHXTDCDJ42YZIKVDE\">Levi, who rose to fame leading the NBC series \u201cChuck,\u201d went on to star in DC\u2019s \u201cShazam!\u201d movies. He endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the 2024 presidential election, then Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KCHAGH6X5NAHVJI5JEWWQZMVVU\">Benanti, a Tony winner who grew up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2023\/06\/njs-laura-benanti-on-no-hard-feelings-the-gilded-age-and-the-melania-impression-that-made-her-leave-ny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kinnelon<\/a> and lives in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2023\/06\/njs-laura-benanti-on-no-hard-feelings-the-gilded-age-and-the-melania-impression-that-made-her-leave-ny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essex County<\/a> \u2014\u00a0her recent TV and film credits include \u201cElsbeth,\u201d \u201cGoodrich,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2023\/06\/njs-laura-benanti-on-no-hard-feelings-the-gilded-age-and-the-melania-impression-that-made-her-leave-ny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Hard Feelings<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2023\/06\/njs-laura-benanti-on-no-hard-feelings-the-gilded-age-and-the-melania-impression-that-made-her-leave-ny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gilded Age<\/a>\u201d \u2014\u00a0was nominated alongside Levi for \u201cShe Loves Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SVFM2TUVZJHSVBBUVOVJLRXFAA\"><b>READ MORE: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2023\/06\/njs-laura-benanti-on-no-hard-feelings-the-gilded-age-and-the-melania-impression-that-made-her-leave-ny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>N.J.\u2019s Laura Benanti on \u2018No Hard Feelings,\u2019 \u2018The Gilded Age\u2019 and the Melania impression that made her leave N.Y.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DO4O2XYBLZCBLGNGT2F26PS7B4\">\u201cI never liked him,\u201d said Benanti, 45, who is also known for her uncanny <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2023\/06\/njs-laura-benanti-on-no-hard-feelings-the-gilded-age-and-the-melania-impression-that-made-her-leave-ny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melania Trump impressions<\/a> on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2024\/08\/watch-njs-laura-benanti-bring-melania-trump-impression-back-for-the-dnc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O4FMC64OGRE25IFESH7U4MODWE\">\u201cEveryone was like \u2018he\u2019s so great\u2019 and I was like \u2018no, he\u2019s not. He\u2019s sucking up all the f&#8212;ing energy in this room. He wants to mansplain everybody\u2019s part to them.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"A5RKIG5FCJAPJO47TYU75GRFMQ\">\u201cHe really sucked everybody in with his, like, dance party energy,\u201d she said. \u201cLike, \u2018we\u2019re doing a dance party at half-hour.\u2019 I was like \u2018good luck, have fun.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"Stories-By-Author-module_wrapper__ezbcK Stories-By-Author-module_nj__Ap1-Y\"\/>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FLLYAZONHRG2RMUQ22PVZ5HA3Y\"><i>Thank you for reading. 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