Oof! The hits keep coming for Lea Michele!
After Glee co-star Samantha Ware accused the Cannonball singer of making her life “a living hell” on the set of the high school musical series, the floodgates have opened — and it seems like everyone has something to add to the descriptions of awful behavior.
Now two of the other big names from the Fox hit have made their feelings known, though in very different ways. First even the ever sweet Heather Morris doesn’t have anything nice to say about Lea!
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She took to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to say:
“Let me be very clear, Hate is a disease in America that we are trying to cure, so I would never wish for hate to be spread to anyone else. With that said, was she unpleasant to work with? Very much so; for Lea to treat others with the disrespect that she did for as long as she did, I believe she SHOULD be called out.”
“Very much so.” Believe it or not, this is actually someone trying to defend the woman! Because she continued by cautioning people not necessarily assume Lea’s awfulness was fueled by racism!
“And yet, it’s also on us because to allow it to go on for so long without speaking out is something else we’re learning along with the rest of society. But, at the current moment its implied that she is a racist and although I cannot comment on her beliefs, I think we’re assuming, and you know what happens when we all assume…”
Oof. Her best defense is folks pointing out she might not be racist because she was horrible to EVERYONE?! LOLz!
Meanwhile Naya Rivera was very quiet in her response — she simply unfollowed her former castmate on Instagram.
Considering Naya addressed their infamous feud already in her 2016 memoir maybe she felt like she’d already had her say? At the time she wrote:
“As the show progressed, though, that friendship started to break down, especially as Santana moved from a background character to one with bigger plot lines and more screen time. I think Rachel — erm, I mean Lea — didn’t like sharing the spotlight. On top of that, she had a hard time separating work from our outside friendship, whereas it was a lot easier for me. I’m not offended when people offer feedback or criticism, and if things get heated on set, I try to keep perspective. We’re all stressed, yes, but we’re all working toward the same goal, so laugh it off and keep it movin’. Lea was a lot more sensitive, though, and it seemed like she blamed me for anything and everything that went wrong.”
Hmm. Obviously she didn’t get it as bad as Samantha.
Speaking of Miss Jane Howard, she did see Lea’s apology. In a clever response to the 33-year-old saying she would look at “how my own behavior towards fellow cast members was perceived by them,” she wrote:
“Perceived? Purcieved? Purse? Open your purse??????????????”
And provided a link to a GoFundMe for a protester who was killed in Omaha:
Perceived? Purcieved? Purse?
Open your purse??????????????https://t.co/pQ71xtsyxD— SAMEYAAAAAA (@Sammie_Ware) June 3, 2020
Good for her, directing some of this attention in the right direction.
Has YOUR image of Lea Michele been changed by all this??
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