Anxious Patti LuPone worries about presidential election on ‘The View’: ‘I could cry’

Patti LuPone sheds tears while discussing the upcoming presidential election with the ladies View. Agatha all together star, who joined the Hot Topics table this morning to promote her Marvel show and her Broadway play. Roommatecouldn’t avoid a little political talk as Election Day drew closer and closer.

Joy Behar kicked off the questions by checking in on how LuPone is feeling ahead of November 5th.

“What about your anxiety level? Presidential election, what’s going on in your head? Behar asked.

Ana Navarro, who was sitting next to LuPone, joked: “Let’s hold hands!” — as the theater legend quipped, “Exactly,” and grabbed the hand of Sunny Hostin, who was sitting on the other side of her.

Lupone explained, “I’m working with Mia Farrow (on Roommate) so, you know, there’s a lot of anxiety behind the scenes and we’ll be working through election night.”

Behar then joked, “What, is she driving you crazy or what?” to which LuPone exclaimed, “No!” with a lot of laughter.

“Are you kidding me? I love her,” LuPone said, noting, “We both share the same political views, and every night we kind of try to remember that we’re doing a show and not discussing anything so we can serve.” to the public, not to myself.” But it’s very… I could cry.

LuPone then brought her hand to her face and paused as her eyes seemed to get a little blurry.

Navarro then chimed in: “Don’t cry, vote!” and to the applause of the audience, she urged Lupone: “Pick up the phone, make a call.”

When Hostin asked Lupone if she felt “hopeful” about Kamala Harris’ chances in the election, the actress admitted that she tends to be a “half-empty kind of girl.”

“I’ve been a glass half empty my whole life, so I don’t want to put anything in there that’s going to make me feel worse, you know what I mean?” she said.

Behar noted that LuPone’s approach was “so Italian, so Sicilian,” as LuPone shared with us her own impression of the “melancholic child.”

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