Chris Colfer Has No Plans to See Lea Michele in ‘Funny Girl’: ‘I Can Be Triggered at Home’

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A reunion that won’t happen. Chris Colfer recently passed on the chance to see fellow Glee alum Lea Michele in Funny Girl — and he has no plans to check out her performance in the future.The Struck by Lightning star, 32, declined Michelle Collins‘ invitation to the Broadway show during a Tuesday, October 11, appearance on SiriusXM’s The Michelle Collins Show. “My day suddenly got so full,” the Land of Stories author quipped when the radio host, 41, asked if he wanted to join her at the theater. “I saw Six last night, and that was amazing.”When the comedian asked Colfer if he would consider seeing Michele, 36, on a different evening, the Golden Globe winner replied, “No, I can be triggered at home.”The former Scream Queens star made her Funny Girl debut last month after Beanie Feldstein exited the show earlier than originally planned.

Some Glee fans were excited to see Michele take on the role of Fanny Brice after her character, Rachel Berry, did in the Fox series, but other observers were not happy with the casting choice.Samantha Ware, who claimed in 2020 that Michele made her life “a living hell” on the Glee set, was outspoken in her criticism. “Yes, I’m online today.

Yes, I see y’all. Yes, I care,” the All Rise star, 31, tweeted in July after her former costar’s casting was announced. “Yes, I’m affected.

Yes, I’m human. Yes, I’m Black. Yes, I was abused. Yes, my dreams were tainted. Yes, Broadway upholds whiteness. Yes, Hollywood does the same.