Hannah Waddingham Had The Perfect Response To Sexism On The Red Carpet

The world of red-carpet photography (and, of course, its shady cousin, the lurking-outside-fancy-restaurants-and-yelling-at-celebrities paparazzi brigade) hasn’t always been the most politically correct. I’ve worked enough press junkets to know that photographers will regularly yell out comments to posing – or internally cringing – famous people that actively cross the line into sexist, invasive, or, well, just kind of gross. (I, personally, am still mad at the photographer who wouldn’t stop yelling rude questions to Lindsay Lohan about her sobriety at the premiere of her MTV reality series in 2019. Yes, it’s been five years – and no, I don’t know Lohan personally – but I continue to hope he’s having a bad day.)

Given all this context, it’s probably not surprising that seeing Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham call out a photographer’s red-carpet sexism at the Olivier Awards in London on Sunday was a cathartic experience on a par with watching a guy who’s been catcalling you trip over a parking cone.

Male photographer at Oliver Awards asking Hannah Waddingham to “show leg” is lecherous stuff. Men like this need their passes for these events to revoked. Women are not your objects to objectify and command to move as you see fit.pic.twitter.com/56DJyWjGf0

— David Challen (@David_Challen) April 15, 2024

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Emma Spedding

Spedding is the executive fashion news editor at British Vogue. Emma was the editor at Who What Wear and also has worked at The Telegraph and works at Bauer Media Grazia.

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