Lea Salonga Dressing Room Incident w/ Fans Elicits Mixed Reactions

Netizens have these reactions to the viral video featuring Lea Salonga and her fans

On July 17, 2023, Twitterverse talked about the incident that happened between Broadway star Lea Salonga and her fans who wanted to take photos with her.

Being a seasoned singer-actress, Lea has already dealt with different kinds of fans. One of her recent encounters with her fans became a trending topic on the micro-blogging social media site.

It can be seen in the video that Lea was surprised when fans suddenly came to her dressing room. The fans said that they wanted to take photos with her and a woman even mentioned that she is friends with G Tongi who co-produced the show featuring the Broadway diva.

Lea Salonga explained that certain protocols need to be observed and since the said fans were not on the guest list, she can’t just accommodate them because she does not know them. Later on, the singer-actress revealed that she asked G Tongi about the fans, and the latter said that she does not know them.

Amid this issue, netizens expressed support for Lea but there were also those who criticized her for not letting the fans take photos with her.

Here are some tweets explaining that the singer-actress did the right thing and it was her right to do that.

Grabe. Trespassing ito eh. Buong room ni Lea Salonga kinunan talaga ng mga Bastos na to. Ikulong mga yan for violating the policy of the venue.
— Ai To (@reflectionflex) July 17, 2023

Lea Salonga is 💯 correct here. This goes for all fans, yung iba, sobrang kulit and disrespectful to the artist’s space, and can’t take “no” for an answer.

Stop using the “who you know card” and assume you have full access. Meron talagang guest list, no matter who you are or… https://t.co/nEfqPrpt9g
— socal_rhea (@socal_rhea) July 17, 2023

Skl. As a fan din ni Lea Salonga, feeling ko di ako makakapagpapic kasi ma-i-starstruck lang ako 😭😂. Dagdag pa pagkamahiyain ko 🙈 Mapanood lang siya nang live, kumpleto na fangirling experience ko 🥰 https://t.co/6M9875RH1l
— Lovely08 🫧🧚‍♀️ (@nasstylove_ly) July 17, 2023

On the other hand, here are some tweets from netizens who did not like how Lea Salonga treated her fans. and they criticized her because of this.

i dont know who you are. – lea salonga 🤣🤣🤣🤣

putanginang katangahan yung never accept food from strangers, pero pera from people you dont know pwede.

boundaries or personal space na may guest list????
— Monilla (@MonillaPen) July 17, 2023