Judge Judy Sheindlin is known for being the most no-nonsense judges on television. She recently showed the world that she’s just as tough behind the scenes as she is onscreen when she confronted a man for not wearing a mask inside a beauty salon.

“I walked up to him and he looked at me and smiled,” she recounted to the New York Post. “I was wearing my mask with my smock on and my hair was dripping wet. I said to him, ‘Do you like ‘Judge Judy’? He said, ‘Oh yes,’ and I said, ‘Not after today,’ and I proceeded to lace into him about respecting other people and how other people are minding you by wearing a mask. I said to him, ‘You must be some kind of narcissist or there’s something that I don’t see that makes you unique and special.'”

“I did my own ‘Judge Judy’ on him, and he came back to where I was putting my hat on, with his mask on, and apologized,” Sheindlin added.

This comes as the television show “Judge Judy” is entering its 25th and final season.

“A silver anniversary is a big deal,” explained Sheindlin, 78. “Very few shows have made it this far — not only made it, but made it and stayed on top. I’m saying this to you without ego: I never wanted to ride this show down, to be on top and [then] people sort of get tired of you … and [to] lose that feeling of being terrific and on top of your game. So 25 years was a great time to go.”

This does not mean that Sheindlin is retiring, however. Instead, she will be heading to Amazon for the first-ever streaming court show.

“I still think most people — most — like order,” she said of what makes her show successful. “They like people who follow rules, are good citizens and who act responsibly: how they discard their trash, how they put shopping carts in assigned spaces so they don’t fly away.”

“When you blur the rules, when you say, ‘OK, curfew is at 10,’ and they come in at 11 and nothing happens to them, then the next day it’s midnight … then they know nobody is watching the store and there are no consequences,” she added. “And if there are no consequences, very few people have that innate clock that says, ‘I know this is wrong.’”

In the end, Sheindlin could not be more excited about her deal with Amazon.

“It’s a new adventure,” she said. “It will not have the same look as our broadcast program, I can tell you that. I think people want something different; it can’t be just changing the robe color.”

“I hope [the streaming show] will be as successful [as ‘Judge Judy’] and will start a new way of living in the afternoon,” Sheindlin concluded. “If not, will I be disappointed? A little bit — but you can’t be a jerk if you’ve had three successful careers.”

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