‘Glee’ star Lindsay Pearce was scared of Lea Michele: ‘Don’t talk to her’
nypost.comwith Insider. “Because she’s the star of the show.”However, Pearce remembered having positive interactions with both “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy, 56, and another co-star, Chris Colfer, 32, who played Kurt Hummel.Murphy said he liked Pearce’s character’s red beret, she remembered, while Colfer told her he was “really excited” they got to film together. “Chris was like, ‘Did you win?’ I was like, ‘I didn’t.'” Pearce told the outlet. “He was really sweet.” This isn’t the first time fellow “Glee” cast members have spoken about Michele’s alleged on-set behavior.
In 2020, Samantha Ware — who is black — called Michele out after she tweeted about the Black Lives Matter movement and claimed that Michele made her “Glee” experience a “living hell.”“LMAO REMEMBER WHEN YOU MADE MY FIRST TELEVISON GIG A LIVING HELL?!?!
CAUSE ILL NEVER FORGET. I BELIEVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT IF TOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YOU WOULD ‘S–T IN MY WIG!’ AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD….” Ware tweeted in response.
Ware later clarified that she was not labeling Michele a racist, but that she believes the Broadway star “suffers from a symptom of living in this world in an industry that is tailored to white people.”Heather Morris also weighed in on Michele’s antics.
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