Lower than gleeful relationships. Lea Michele made headlines in June 2020 when Samantha Marie Ware, who performed Jane Hayward on season 6 of Glee, accused her of bullying.
“LMAO REMEMBER WHEN YOU MADE MY FIRST TELEVISION GIG A LIVING HELL?!?! CAUSE ILL NEVER FORGET,” the Margot vs. Lily alum wrote through Twitter on the time alongside feedback Michele had posted in help of the Black Lives Matter motion.
Ware continued: “I BELIEVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU WOULD ’S—T IN MY WIG!’ AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD.”
Amber Riley, who performed Mercedes on the musical comedy sequence, reacted to the submit with a gif of her ingesting from a mug. Michele, for her half, responded to the feedback two days later.
“Whereas I don’t keep in mind ever making this particular assertion and I’ve by no means judged others by their background or colour of their pores and skin, that’s not likely the purpose. What issues is that I clearly acted in methods which damage different folks.”
She continued, “Whether or not it was my privileged place and perspective that brought about me to be perceived as insensitive or inappropriate at occasions or whether or not it was simply my immaturity and me simply being unnecessarily tough, I apologize for my habits and for any ache which I’ve brought about.”
Whereas a number of the New Yr’s Eve actress’ Glee costars, together with Heather Morris, later condemned her habits on the set of the Fox TV sequence, others defended her.
“[A] lot of persons are assuming that @LeaMichele mistreated me. Let me state it clearly that I used to be by no means mistreated by her,” Iqbal Theba, who performed Principal Figgins, wrote through Instagram in June 2020. ”And if a number of the forged had been handled badly, then she has apologized for it, which is fantastic. However being known as a racist is just too heavy and unfair a burden for many of us, particularly in these troubled occasions. So, please be compassionate, cautious & accountable earlier than we accuse anybody of this horrible factor known as racism. I like every & each considered one of my fellow forged members from our nice present.”
Matthew Morrison, whose character Will Schuester was the chief of the Glee Membership, mentioned that the controversy was a “distraction” from “greater points” throughout a June 2022 interview on FUBAR Radio’s Entry All Areas. “You wish to be a superb, nice individual to be round. That’s about all I’m going to say on that,” he added.
Scroll by to see the place Michele stands with every of her Glee costars now:
