Are you sure you've seen the entire context of those three words? What he said in an interview on Dax Shepherd's podcast was:
"They came to me with an offer, 'Leslie, we're shooting tomorrow and I'm like, here's the thing: This is it. This is my area of expertise. This is all I have. This is my life's work on the stage too. And so I just can't sell it away for magic beans. I can't give it away. So I can ask CAA, what does my white counterpart, what does Aaron Tveit make to do Grease Live! on TV? What does he make to do Grease? This is Hamilton live, right? So when I found out what he made, Dax, I didn't ask for a penny more. I didn't ask for one penny more, but I said, 'You must pay me exactly what that white boy got to do Grease Live! That's the bottom line.'"
There's a lot of racism going on in that story, but none of it is coming from Leslie nor directed at Aaron. |
