Rachel Zegler is being praised for leaping to the defense of the man whose job is to protect her. 

The Show White star, 24, who is starring in Evita at the London Palladium, stood up for her bodyguard after a fan seemingly took issue with something he did in the name of protecting her.

The commotion was captured in a TikTok video uploaded on Saturday and showed Zegler telling a fan as she signed autographs, ‘He is protecting me.’

When the fan answered back that it was ‘too much, no need to shove,’ the West Side Story star stood firm, as the bodyguard, wearing a tight white T-shirt and black pants stood quietly behind her.

‘He works here and he’s helping me, because crowds are very intimidating,’ the People’s Choice Award winner said.

When the autograph seeker pushed back with words not quite intelligible on the clip she said, ‘I know babe, and I love you so much, but please don’t disrespect my Danny, okay?’

Rachel Zegler is being praised for leaping to the defense of the man whose job is to protect her after a run-in with an aggressive fan in London;  Pictured in New York City in April

After seeing the clip, fans rushed to stick up for the actress who stood up for her bodyguard.

‘“Please don’t disrespect my Danny” is everything,’ wrote one admirer.

‘Having to gentle parent adults about the necessity of a body guard is crazy,’ contended another.

‘She’s such a Disney princess (literally)’ wrote a viewer.

Zegler’s polite protection of Danny earned her a fan who said, ‘yeah I’m not falling for the hateful propaganda ppl be spreading about her.’

The actress heard about the clip going viral and reshared a comment from a fan who wrote, ‘he OUR danny now mawma.’

The London revival of the Tony winning musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice opened on June 14.

In an interesting twist, when it comes time for Zegler to sing the show-stopping Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, she steps out on to the balcony at the Palladium where any passersby can hear her, while the performance is streamed onto a screen in the theater.

And while some may think the 24-year-old Zegler is too young to play the former First Lady of Argentina, history records Eva Peron died at age 33.

‘It’s one of those roles for women in musical theater that has everything you could possibly want to do as a performer,’ she told Vogue.

‘You get to sing your face off, you get to dance, and it’s a really meaty acting part where you go through 18 years of someone’s life, from the age of 15 until her death.’

Speaking of the controversial real-life Evita, she said, ‘To this day in Argentina, people revere her or they revile her. Yet she made such an impact. I think it is wonderful when pieces turn to the audience and ask them how they feel.’

Zegler is starring as the title character in Evita at the London Palladium; Pictured on June 18 in London

Zegler had been signing autographs when she was heard telling a fan, ‘He is protecting me,’ referring to her bodyguard in a TikTok video; Pictured in New York City in March

When the autograph seeker pushed back, she said, ‘I know babe, and I love you so much, but please don’t disrespect my Danny, okay?’

After seeing the clip, fans rushed to stick up for the actress who stood up for her bodyguard. ‘“Please don’t disrespect my Danny” is everything,’ wrote one admirer

Zegler’s 12 week run opened on June 14 and was scheduled to end on September 6.

Referring to the controversy caused by her casting in Disney’s Snow White, the Golden Globe winner is cautious.

‘It was a lot of wonderful hard work,’ she told the publication.

‘I’m very proud of the work that was done on it, very proud of the way my performance was received, because it was a performance I cared deeply about as I do with all the things I work on.’