A year after the article about Laura Osnes being fired from a production because of her vaccination status was published, she fired back with a $5 million defamation lawsuit against the New York Post. Osnes said the report had several inaccuracies. “The article stated I was fired, and I amicably decided to turn it down in a non-confrontational and positive conversation with the director,” she explained to The Tennessean on December 23. The actor said she experienced severe online backlash, and was disheartened that those in the Broadway community turned their backs on her.
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That led to Osnes and her husband relocating to Franklin, Tennessee in October 2021. “We felt we had to get out. It wasn’t even safe for me to remain in New York anymore,” she recalled to WSMV4 in August. Part of the fresh start for Osnes involved pivoting to record her own music. “A great mentor encouraged me to write,” she said. Osnes took the ordeal of leaving Broadway and channeled that into songwriting. “I was on the floor crying for a year and putting feeling into songs,” she told The Tennessean. “What I felt after being ‘canceled’ became the inspiration for the songs on my new album.” In August 2022, Osnes took those tracks and released her EP “On the Other Side Pt. 1.” While she had left Broadway and focused on recording, Osnes had only temporarily left the stage and she returned the following year.
