Glee star Lea Michele has found herself in that exact position after a rumour began circling that she is unable to read. The rumour began to gain traction after the late Naya Rivera, another former Glee cast member, wrote in her memoir that Michele would refuse to improvise during scenes on the show.
That point was picked up and spoken about on the One More Thing podcast where the hosts Jaye Hunt and Robert Ackerman joked that Michele must not be able to read since she didn’t rebut Rivera’s comments about her in the press.
Their comment was then seized upon by social media and the rumour began to take hold as another meme on the internet. In an interview with The New York Times, Michele addressed the rumours and said she believes they are rooted in misogyny.
She said: “I went to Glee every single day; I knew my lines every single day. And then there’s a rumour online that I can’t read or write?
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