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.
14.05.2022 - 18:17 / justjared.com
Jesse Williams is addressing the leak of his Broadway nude scene for the first time.
The 40-year-old actor is currently starring in the revival of the play Take Me Out and he has several full frontal nude scenes throughout the show.
Earlier this week, an unauthorized video that was seemingly shot by an audience member in the front row was leaked online. The video showed Jesse completely naked during a shower scene.
While Jesse did talk about the nude scene in an interview on Watch What Happens Live, just hours after the leak, this is the first time he’s talking about the video leak.
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“I’m not down about it. Our job is to go out there every night, no matter what,” Jesse told the Associated Press. “I’m not really worrying about it. I can’t sweat that. We do need to keep advocating for ourselves. And it’s wonderful to see a community push back and make clear what we do stand for, what we don’t. Consent is important, I thought. So, let’s keep that in mind universally.”
“Theater is a sacred space, and everybody doesn’t understand that. Everybody doesn’t necessarily respect or regard that in a way that maybe they should, or we’d like,” he added.
Jesse also explained why the nudity is important for the story. He said, “If somebody had just said it’s play with nudity, it would have been framed differently. But the nudity is honest. It makes sense. It’s not salacious. It serves the story. It puts the audience in an interesting position to relate to empathize with the characters.”
Jesse‘s co-star Michael Oberholtzer, who also was seen in the leaked video, said the incident is “very disappointing.”
“People feel like that they can say and do things because they pay for admission or because they are a
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.
It sounds like Jesse Williams isn’t letting the leaked footage of his d**k get to him!
Jesse Williams is speaking out about his recent nude video leak. spoke to the 40-year-old actor on Thursday, who said he's «not down» about the fact thata video of his nude scene in the Broadway play leaked online.«I’m not down about it.
“Take Me Out.”The actor finally responded to those leaked pictures and videos that had fans and celebs hot and bothered. “I’m not down about it,” Williams told the Associated Press on Thursday. “Our job is to go out there every night, no matter what.
Broadway is taking some serious steps to make sure that no more nude footage of Jesse Williams‘s d**k is leaked online during his performance in the play Take Me Out.
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.
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.