Adam Lambert Scolds Cabaret Audience Member For Laughing At Antisemitic Line

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Adam Lambert is earning praise after shutting down a distasteful audience member. The American Idol alum is currently starring in the Broadway adaptation of Cabaret, a story that tackles the rise of Nazis and fascism in 1930s Berlin.

And during a recent show, the messaging behind an antisemitic line clearly went over an audience member’s head… But Adam shut it down! Related: Emilia Pérez Star Karla Sofía Gascón Refuses To ‘Step Down’ From Oscar Race Over Racist Tweets! In the scene, Adam’s emcee character sings the love song If You Could See Her to a gorilla, which crescendos with the jarring line: According to several witnesses, this is the line the audience member laughed at.

Podcaster David Rigano even went as far as to fully document the moment on Instagram last month in an open letter to Adam: Yeesh.

But the Whataya Want From Me singer did something about it — without breaking character! Rigano explained: Good for Adam! The point is not to laugh along with depictions of antisemitism — but to be shocked by it, to learn from the horrible mistakes of the human race.