Gillian Anderson has told a group of longtime fans they were 'distracting' her by repeatedly sitting in the front row during her West End run. In a video uploaded to TikTok, the Sex Education and X-Files actor, who is starring in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the @sohoplace theatre in London, tells them: 'You can’t come 20 times and sit in the front row, it’ll drive me mad.'
Fans respond to Anderson's remarks
The fans, who are not shown in the clip, can be heard saying 'I’m sorry' and 'I know' in response to Anderson's comments.
Anderson addresses the video on X
Anderson later addressed the clip on X, writing: 'The video doing the rounds is me talking with women I go back over 20 years with – so please don’t say anything negative to or about them'.
The actor is currently performing in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the @sohoplace theatre in London.
