Patti Lupone has issued an apology after making what she now describes as “demeaning and disrespectful” comments about two fellow Broadway stars in an interview with the New Yorker last week.

Patti LuPone, the legendary and often outspoken three-time Tony Award winner, has found herself at the center of a major controversy following remarks made in a The New Yorker interview published on May 26.

More than 600 members of the Broadway community slammed the Tony winner after she gave an interview perceived as "misogynistic" and "bullying" toward her fellow performers.