Lea Michele was "nothing more than a nightmare" with whom to work, says the co-stars
The controversy surrounding the television and Broadway star resurfaces in the middle of casting news.
This is one thing so that there is a quarrel or a disagreement between two celebrities - it is another when several actors denounce a single person. In June 2020, that's exactly what happened whenLea Michelebehavior on the set was criticized and called by several colleagues from different projects on which she worked. Michele, who is best known for playing on the television seriesJoy For six seasons, she was told that she had done work a "living hell" for aJoy Co-Star in June 2020. Then other co-stars began to express themselves.
Lea's last role was in the 2019 TV movieAt the same time, the following Christmas, but it was recently back in the eyes of the public. In May, she appeared in the documentarySpring Awakening: Those you Known, on the 2006 musicalSpring Awakening, and in June, she found herSpring Awakening Castages at Tony Awards. Now it has been announced that it will beassume the main role In BroadwayFunny girl. In the middle of this news, Twitter users wereresurfacing thecomplaints ofMichele's notorious behavior.
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Samantha Ware triggered things.
In June 2020, MicheleJoy co-starSamantha Waresaid Michele had made his life a "living hell" when they worked together. In response to a tweet, Michele published on the murder ofGeorge Floyd And Black Lives Matter, Ware wrote (via refinery29), "Remember when you made my first television concert a living hell?!? Because I will never forget. I think you told everyone if you had the opportunity, You would do it "in my wig! "Among other traumatic micro-aggressions that made me question a career in Hollywood."
Michele published a statement.
After Ware published his tweet and others began to react to it and share their own stories,Michele published a statement in which she apologized for her behavior.
"Although I do not remember this specific declaration and I have never judged others by their background or their color of their skin, this is not really the point, what matters, c 'is that I clearly acted in a way that hurts others, "she wrote. "Whether it was my privileged position and perspective that made me be perceived as insensitive or inappropriate at times or if it was just my immaturity and I being just unnecessarily difficult, I apologize for my behavior and for all pain that I caused. "
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Other former co-stars have come.
After Ware has spoken, other Michele co-stars have spoken or let their thoughts be known by "loving" messages or by sharing reaction gifs. These includeMelissa Benoist,,Abigail Breslin,,Dabier Snell, andAlex Newell.
Joy starHeather Morris tweeted, "Let me be very clear, hatred is a disease in America that we are trying to heal, so I would never want hatred to be widespread with someone else. That said, was it unpleasant to work with " very good; So that Lea treats others with the lack of respect she has done as long as she did, I think she should be called. ""
Ina meeting onReally fast with Danielle Young,,Joy starAmber Riley said (Going throughVariety), "I'm not going to say that Lea Michele is racist. This is not what I say. It was the hypothesis because of what is happening right now in the world and it happened to a Black person ... But at the same thing the time, in my reception box, there are many black actors and actresses who told me their stories and let me know that they have treated the same things on the set, Being terrorized by white girls who are the tracks of the series. "
An actor said she was a "nightmare".
GerardCanonico, which was also in the musicalSpring Awakeningcommented Michele's Instagram apology (viaVariety). "You were nothing more than a nightmare for me and other distribution members." I tried for years to be nice to you in vain. Maybe I really apologize instead of blaming the way others perceive you. You will probably delete it. "AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
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Another star challenged Michele much earlier.
Naya Rivera, who played onJoy, expressed his feelings about Michele in his 2016 bookSorry not sorry: dreams, mistakes and grow up . Rivera wrote ( Via E! New ) That when his character obtained a larger scenario, Michele "did not like to share the spotlight" and said that "he seemed to have blamed me for everything and everything that went wrong".
"If I complained about someone or something, she supposed that I was [explanive] about her. Soon, she started to ignore me, and finally it happened to the point where she did not 'Didn't say a word for everyone in season 6, "wrote the late actor.
