Lea Michele jokes she has to 'learn to READ' after her idol Barbra Streisand announces memoir

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Lea Michele fired up her TikTok this week to poke fun at last year's wild internet rumors claiming she is illiterate.News broke on Monday that her idol Barbra Streisand is releasing a memoir on November 7 slated to run a whopping 1,040 pages.Last year Lea drew rave reviews for leading the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, the 1964 musical that helped catapult Barbra to global superstardom.Previously on a 2011 episode of Glee, Lea sang the song My Man in the inimitable style Barbra performed it in at the end of the Funny Girl movie.Now in the wake of the memoir being announced, Lea joked on her TikTok that she has '265 days to learn to READ!!!!' Tongue in cheek: Lea Michele fired up her TikTok this week to poke fun at last year's wild internet rumors claiming she is illiterate Goofing about: News broke on Monday that her idol Barbra Streisand is releasing a memoir on November 7 slated to run a whopping 1,040 pagesThe book is entitled My Name Is Barbra after the author's first TV special, a black-and-white musical extravaganza that aired on CBS in 1965.A cover image has already been released, comprised of a legendary 1967 profile shot of Barbra taken by the late Steve Schapiro.Meanwhile, the year she performed My Man on Glee, Lea found herself having to sing it in front of Barbra herself at a MusiCares pre-Grammy event.

The next night at the Grammys, according to Lea's own memoir, Barbra surprised her by tapping her on the shoulder at the valet stand.'I just wanted to say thank you for introducing me to your generation,' said Barbra, prompting Lea to give her a hug and call her 'incredible.'Last year upon taking the Funny Girl role, Lea received a note from Barbra, an experience she described as 'so surreal and such a.