Watch: 'Hamilton' Actor Recalls the Time Madonna Had 'Her iPad in Her Face' During the Show
Madonna attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City Source: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com

Watch: 'Hamilton' Actor Recalls the Time Madonna Had 'Her iPad in Her Face' During the Show

Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.

"Hamilton" star Anthony Ramos recalled a "terrifying" evening when he spotted Madonna in the audience during a performance of the hit musical, and she was more riveted by her iPad than the show.

Ramos was on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen" on June 19 when, as part of the "Clubhouse of Horrors" game, Cohen asked him to recount the "most terrifying celebrity to spot in the audience during your Hamilton days," Billboard recounted.

"Oh, the most terrifying was Madonna with her iPad in her face," Ramos recounted. "She was like this the whole time," he added, miming staring down at an iPad.

"I was like, 'Damn, shorty!'" Billboard quoted the actor saying.

"If you not enjoying it that much, you know the door's right there," Ramos added, explaining how he reacted to the sight of the Queen of Pop paying more attention to her device than to the happenings on stage. "You ain't gotta stay here!"

Billboard recalled others telling similar tales of The Material Girl in the audience of "Hamilton."

"After rumors circulated in 2015 of Madonna's behavior after star and 'Hamilton' creator Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted about not allowing a celebrity backstage after they used their phone during the performance, actor Jonathan Groff confirmed in an interview it was Madge," the music magazine detailed.

"That bitch was on her phone," Groff said in the interview, according to Billboard. "You couldn't miss it from the stage. It was a black void of the audience in front of us and her face there perfectly lit by the light of her iPhone through three-quarters of the show."

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by Kilian Melloy , EDGE Staff Reporter

Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.

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