Anthony Ramos just snatched the lace front off a 10-year-old scandal and we are GAGGING 😱.
So picture this: it’s 2015, Hamilton is still Off-Broadway, tickets cost less than a kidney, and the air smells like revolution and Red Bull. Enter Madonna. Yes, actual Madonna, in the audience, acting like it’s movie night at her mansion instead of the hottest show in human history.
Fast forward to now — Anthony Ramos was on Watch What Happens Live and basically said his biggest jump-scare during his time in Hamilton wasn’t a forgotten lyric, it was… Madonna’s glowing iPad face in the crowd. 💡👹
“She had her iPad in her face, light on, just… like THIS,” he reenacted dramatically, probs with trauma behind his eyes. “I was like, damn shorty, if you hate it that much, the exit is glowing just like your iPad. 👋”
ICONIC. But WAIT. THERE’S MORE.
Apparently back in 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda himself tweeted (then DELETED 👀) about a certain unnamed celeb texting through Act 2. He literally went full Regina George like:
“No selfies for YOU. You can’t sit with us.”
(Okay not the exact words, but the energy was ✨feral✨)
Then Jonathan Groff (a.k.a. King George a.k.a. certified legend) also dragged the Material Girl:
“That b*tch was on her phone.”
STUNNING. POWERFUL. HISTORIC.
He added that from stage, the crowd was a black void… except for Madonna’s face lit like the moon landing by her iPhone. 🌕📱
Now, Madonna’s team clapped back back in the day like, “She donated money, let her live!” but sorry, baby, that’s not gonna undo the sins of iPad Blinding.
So here’s what we’ve learned:
✨ Never disrespect the theatre.
📵 Put your phone down.
🎭 Even Madonna can get roasted by the Broadway Avengers.
#MadonnaDrama #HamiltonMess #TheatreEtiquetteIsHot
The celebrity that Anthony Ramos spotted on her iPad at Hamilton 👀 #WWHL pic.twitter.com/cerrL4KDc9
— Watch What Happens Live! (@BravoWWHL) June 20, 2025