Second Stage Theater Releases Statement After ‘Deeply Unfortunate’ Leak Of Jesse Williams’ Full Frontal Scene

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.

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' 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.

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.

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.

"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.

reported.“Take Me Out,” which runs on Broadway until June 11, is a revival of the Tony Award-winning 2003 stage play written by Richard Greenberg.

J. Kim Murphy “Take Me Out” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Actors’ Equity Association have released statements condemning the illegal recording of actors in nude scenes after footage of Jesse Williams performing naked in the Broadway production leaked online.“I’m appalled by the disrespect shown to the actors of our company whose vulnerability on stage ever night is crucial to ‘Take Me Out,'” Jesse Tyler Ferguson wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.

Jesse Williams isn’t paying attention to the hype surrounding his stripped-down performance in Broadway’s On Monday, Twitter went wild when a clip featuring the actor going full frontal during the show leaked, making him one of social media's highest ranked searches.  During an appearance on Monday’s, the 40-year-old actor, who has been nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in the play, discussed the reactions he may receive from friends, family and fans who see him bare it all on the stage.  «Everyone around me [was] going, ‘Are you sure? Nude, nude?’ and everybody makes such a big deal,” he told Andy Cohen.