Gasps followed by laughter and applause became Sunday’s Tony Awards most highlighted moment after Hamilton star and Florida native Denee Benton referred to Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis as a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard during her presentation.
Benton, 31, made the dig at DeSantis, who has been criticized for his support of HB 1557 titled the Parental Rights in Education bill but dubbed by its critics the “Don’t Say Gay'' bill while she was bestowing the Excellence in Theatre Education Award from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Those angered by the bill criticize its elimination of discussion of gender identity in children.
