Cole Escola defends Nicole Scherzinger remark: ‘People just want to pit us Broadway gals against each other’

Cole Escola and Nicole Scherzinger (Images: @colbertlateshow/nicolescherzinger/Instagram)

Cola Escola, recent winner of Best Actor at the 2025 Tony Awards for their performance in Oh, Mary!, has defended a comment they made about fellow winner Nicole Scherzinger.

Escola, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, was filmed at a post award show press conference learning that Nicole Scherzinger had won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for her turn in Sunset Boulevard.

Upon hearing the news, Escola said: “Wow. The speculating is over… Four years. Four more years.”

Cole Escola reacts to Nicole Scherzinger winning a Tony last night:

“Four more years” pic.twitter.com/6OWKNgVKIK

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 9, 2025

Many interpreted Escola’s comment to be a reference to Trump’s presidential term and Scherzinger’s Trump-related controversy,

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