‘Glee’ Actress Samantha Ware Explains Why She Exposed Lea Michele

Lea Michele‘s career finds itself spinning dangerously close to the celebrity shredder after her African-American ‘Glee‘ co-star Samantha Ware revealed how the actress bullied her on set.

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Today Samantha Ware has offered fans more insight into the harassment and why she decided to lift the lid on it.

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She told ‘Variety‘…

I knew from day one when I attempted to introduce myself. There was nothing gradual about it. As soon as she decided that she didn’t like me, it was very evident. It was after I did my first performance, that’s when it started – the silent treatment, the stare-downs, the looks, the comments under her breath, the weird passive aggressiveness. It all built up.

She explained that she did not report the bullying to the show’s bosses because she did not know that she could.

Lea’s actions were nothing new, so I guess since it was such a common thing, my case didn’t seem like that big of a deal. I remember the first day I actually spoke up and unfortunately no one did anything. They just shrugged it off, like ‘That’s her.’ No one was stopping these things, which is an issue because the environment was helping perpetuate this abuse.

When I tried to speak up for myself, she told me to shut my mouth. She said I don’t deserve to have that job. She talked about how she has reign. And here’s the thing: I completely understood that, and I was ready to be like, ‘This is your show. I’m not here to be disrespectful.’ But at that point, we were already past the respect and she was just abusing her power.

Lea’s reps are yet to respond.