Laura Benanti, known for her recurring Melania Trump impersonation on Stephen Colbert‘s Late Show, got doxxed by MAGA loyalists who leaked her home address, The Daily Beast reported.
She described what happened and shared some creepy details about the incident involving her driver on The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi podcast, explaining that the MAGA followers had circulated her personal information in “a threatening email blast.”
“This right-wing psychopath sent an email blast to all of his people, being like, ‘Hey’—not only my impression, but things I had said and political organizations I was a part of—and he was like, ‘Let her know what you think of her.’ And then put my f—— address,” Benanti said.
She revealed that the leak prompted serious safety concerns for her family.
“I had to literally move,” she said.
“We had to move from our apartment that we owned into a rental, and then the pandemic happened. We moved to New Jersey. So we were paying f—— rent and a mortgage,” Benanti added. “Someone took a picture of me walking my daughter to school.”
Benanti even considered not returning to the show over the threats, saying that if she knew what might have happened she wouldn’t have done the impersonation.
“I don’t think I would have done it,” she said.
She detailed how she discovered the doxxing.
“I had a driver who also did security,” she said. “And he was MAGA… He was a part of this newsletter—he received emails from this guy!”
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