Patti LuPone Mocks Donald Trump’s ‘Evita’ Balcony Moment After Hospital Release: ‘I Have Lung Power’

Patti LuPone compared Donald Trump’s appearance on the balcony of the White House after returning from the hospital to the famous balcony scene in the 1996 movie ‘Evita’ with ‘less makeup’.

Patti LuPone, 71, didn’t hesitate to mock President Donald Trump‘s public appearance on the balcony of the White House after his return from the hospital on Oct. 5. The actress compared the moment to the popular balcony scene in the 1996 film Evita, in which Madonna played the late Argentine actress Evita Perone and sang her heart out to “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” in front of a large crowd. “I still have the lung power and I wore less makeup. This revival is closing November 3,” Patti’s tweet read after Trump, who is battling COVID-19, took his face mask off and greeted photographers while appearing to take deep breaths on the balcony.

Patti’s tweet got a lot of attention but it wasn’t the only one that compared Trump’s headline-making moment to the Evita scene, which was based on the 1952 speech the then dying Eva gave when telling a crowd she could not accept their wish that she be Juan Peron‘s vice presidential candidate in the upcoming elections. “Donald Trump looks VERY uncomfortable here, gasping for air. Look, I also enjoy reenacting the Don’t Cry for Me Argentina scene from Evita, but only when my lungs are at full capacity,” one tweet read.

“On the balcony is the worst EVITA revival ever: ‘Don’t Cry For Me Coronavirus’,” another tweet read. “Why isn’t Evita on the balcony with you?” one user asked while a second wrote, “Balcony moment. Trump is Evita Peron of the COVID-19.”

On the balcony is the worst EVITA revival ever:
“Don’t Cry For Me Coronavirus.”

— Mark Jordan Legan (@MJLegan) October 6, 2020

CNN‘s White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, also commented on the now viral “Evita” moment during an appearance on the network. “This was not an Evita moment, it was more like Covita,” he said about Trump’s post-hospital appearance.

Before his latest photo-op, Trump first announced he and wife Melania Trump, 50, tested positive for coronavirus on Oct. 1, just hours after it was confirmed his aide, Hope Hicks, also tested positive for the virus. He was hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center one day later after showing “mild symptoms” and his physician Sean P. Conley updated the public about his condition. “As of this afternoon the president remains fatigued but in good spirits. He’s being evaluated by a team of experts and together we’ll be making recommendations to the president and first lady in regards to next best steps,” he said while also confirming that Trump was given an “antibody cocktail.”

The president continued to tweet out photos that appeared to show him working from the hospital and videos of himself giving the public updates. After briefly leaving the hospital to greet supporters outside by waving from his secure motorcade in a drive-by on Sunday evening, the White House announced he would be checking out of the hospital the next morning. Trump also took to Twitter to tweet just hours before his release.

“I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good!” his tweet read. “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”

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