There is no love lost in between She loves me Lovebirds, Laura Benanti and Zachary Levi.

feed and on the way to movie stardom as the title character in DC’s Shazam! “I never liked him,” Benanti told Eric Williams That’s some gay ass Podcast. “Everyone said, ‘He’s so great!’ And I said, “No, he’s not.” He’s soaking up all the damn energy in that room. He wants to explain to them the role of each individual.’”

Benanti didn’t mince his words when he claimed that Levi “really captivated everyone with his dance party energy.” For example: “We’re having a dance party on the half hour.” I thought, “Good luck.” Have fun.'”

The conversation then turned to Creel. The beloved Broadway veteran died in September at the age of 48, following a brief battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma. His death came as a shock to both the theater and entertainment communities, resulting in an outpouring of love and heartfelt tributes from New York to Los Angeles and everywhere in between.

During an Instagram Live a little more than a month after Creel’s passing, Levi claimed that his former co-star’s death from a “turbo cancer” was due to the COVID-19 vaccine. “You better believe that, with everything in me, I believe that if these COVID vaccinations were not forced on the American public, that the theaters weren’t being pushed and leveraged…,” he said before trailing off, suggesting the two were linked . His post, titled “Trump, Triage, Corruption, Covid and the potential end of the world,” fell under fire from performers who immediately jumped into his comments section to slam his theory.

Benanti also found it offensive. “To use his memory for his political agenda and to watch him try to make himself cry until he had a single tear, which he did not wipe away, I was like, ‘Fuck you forever,’” the veteran actress said on the podcast , seen in the clip below.

The Hollywood Reporter Levi asked for comment.