"In a now-viral TikTok, 16-year-old Hume waits in the wings at Wheaton North High wearing traditional Austrian garb. He breaks character for a moment of comedy - one that happened to be caught on a hot mic. "I'm so ugly. Oh my God. I'm so ugly," he says in the clip, laughing as he glances around at cast and crew for a reaction. "I wish someone would give me a compliment. I'm so chopped!""
"It's all played for laughs, until the director's voice cuts though- sharp, unmistakable, and not amused: "QUIET BACKSTAGE!" Hume freezes, eyes wide. The mic's live, the audience heard everything, his cue's gone - and somehow, he still apologizes into the microphone. Now, a junior, he says the moment actually took place last year, when he was a sophomore. "I was horrified. You can see the shock and terror on my face," Hume tells TODAY.com."
Sixteen-year-old David Hume waited backstage at Wheaton North High in traditional Austrian costume as Friedrich von Trapp. He broke character and joked into a live mic, saying, "I'm so ugly... I wish someone would give me a compliment. I'm so chopped!" The director sharply ordered quiet, and the live mic transmitted the exchange to the audience, causing Hume to freeze and apologize. The moment occurred when he was a sophomore; he recalled feeling horrified and fearing punishment. He later joked about losing the role, but no discipline followed. The clip went viral and prompted amused reactions online.
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