Kristin Chenoweth Talks Hotel Room Meeting with Famous Producer in Late '90s, Reveals How She Saved Herself

Kristin Chenoweth is opening up about a hotel room meeting that she had with a “very, very famous producer” in 1999 and how she saved herself from being harassed.

The beloved Wicked actress talked about the encounter during the latest episode of SiriusXM’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa.”

Kristin says the moment happened right before she won the Tony Award for her performance in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown back in 1999. That award win helped launch her career, leading to her starring role in Broadway’s Wicked just a few years later.

“I went to meet with a very, very famous producer. I was on a movie right before I won the Tony for Charlie Brown. And I went to a very famous hotel room, you probably know where I’m going with this,” Kristin began.

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“So I show up, it was between shows, he answers the door in the robe, and I say, ‘Oh, have I come too early?’” Kristin continued. “This was probably my first meeting with a big, big time person. I come in and I go, ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve never been into the Four Seasons.’ And he goes, well, ‘I was going to go take a bath.’ And I say, ‘You go on ahead. If I could have a Coke out of the mini bar, I will have made it.’”

Kristin added, “And then I say, ‘Can I just have a hug because I love your movies so much. You don’t know what it meant for me to grow up in Oklahoma and watch your movies.’ And he kind of hugs me like, Uh, what’s happening? And then he just skips it.”

Kelly Ripa asked Kristin if she “reversed harassed him.”

“Unknowingly, and he skipped the bath, he did the meeting, and then was totally, I’m sure, not interested. He kind of lost interest. And then as I was leaving I say, ‘Can I have another hug? Thank you so much for your time.’ He was so confused, Kelly. He was so confused. It didn’t go the way he wanted it to go,” Kristin said.

Kristin recently went viral for a hilarious gaffe on New Year’s Eve.