An Irish actor has expressed his disappointment at two women who decided to watch the World Cup while attending his play.
Niall Sheey is currently playing Barrett in Titanic: The Musical and was shocked to see and hear the women in the audience cheer during the penalty shootout between England and Colombia.
Taking to Twitter to vent the Wexford man said: “To the two women in the front row tonight who not only followed the penalty shootout on their phone, but also said “yesss” on each goal scored, you are the most ignorant audience members I have ever had the misfortune to perform in front of.”
He continued: “And when a cast member signaled “put your phone away” during the bows and you smiled, gave a thumbs up and replied “I know – we won!!”, I think you may have let us all know you are the stupidest woman on the planet. Please avoid attending any future theatrical productions.”
Other actors in the show shared the same shock and disappointment at the inconsiderate people in the audience.
Dumbfounded. 2 ladies, 1 older 1 middle aged, slap bang front row clearly watching football on phones during the most poignant moment of lifeboats scene, cheering & giggling like stupid schoolgirls. To say I’m raging is an understatement! They should be marched out in disgrace!
— Kieran Brown (@Kierbro) July 3, 2018
While many people defended Niall and agreed that the pair were rude, others hit out at the actor.
Niall thanked those who did take his side on the matter and clarified what his issue was.
“Thanks for the support (and massive amounts of hate lol).
“To be clear; we aren’t telling ourselves this story, so it doesn’t upset US that we can’t concentrate – it’s the rest of the audience that we would like to be able to listen to what they paid to see.”