Madonna reportedly has a hard time separating herself from her phone.
The singer, 56, got into hot water when she allegedly started texting during a performance of Hamilton at New York City’s Public Theater on Saturday, The New York Daily News first reported.
Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, the star, author and composer for the show, made a pointed reference to an unnamed celebrity audience member who practiced poor theater-going etiquette.
“Tonight was the first time I asked stage management NOT to allow a celebrity (who was texting all through Act 2) backstage #noselfieforyou,” Miranda Tweeted on Saturday night. It was later deleted, but a source in the audience tells PEOPLE that Madonna was at the performance and texting throughout the night.
“It was definitely her,” a source says. “She was texting, I believe, although at one point she also pulled out a Blackberry. She was also 20 minutes late and caused quite a stir getting to her seat.”
The source adds that Madonna’s behavior was “extra distracting” because the show is in such an intimate theater.
Eventually, the pop star did stop texting, the source says – after someone else in the audience “finally hissed ‘Shut it off!'” during the finale.
“To her credit, she did,” the source adds.
A rep for the singer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This is not the first time that the “Rebel Heart” singer has caught flack for her alleged texting habits.
In October 2013, film critic Charles Taylor publicly called out Madonna for reportedly texting during a screening of 12 Years a Slave at the New York Film Festival. According to Taylor, when Madge was asked to put her phone away by another audience member she retorted, “It’s for business ENSLAVER!”
