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.
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.
There’s nothing do with race. When people don’t like u, just don’t like u. Y’all prefer fake a-s-s b-i-t-c-h-e-s??? Lea is a hater just like everybody else up in here.
Or thee biggest hater since she was hating on all the cast
Lea’s an equal opportunity hater. She hated you for whatever reason. Prolly not bcuz of race since GF ain’t exactly Barbie-white herself.
Sorry to hear all this, but maybe the unresolved issues are specific to Glee, because Lea was great on The Mayor with Brandon Micheal Hall as lead, and I haven’t seen anyone from The Mayor, Scream Queens or any other show speak out against Lea.
That is not racism…. she just didnt like you
I think Glee is just cursed because it’s only some glee stars speaking out against Lea while her co stars from Scream Queens and even The Mayor aren’t speaking up.
So automatic dislike of her? Not everyone you meet is going to like you. And as a new arrival on a successful show, it’s usually not a good idea to disrespect the cast (especially the leading lady) and crew by “goofing off” while they’re trying to do their job. You can’t convince me that she didn’t know what she was doing. She, like Lea, is a DIVA.
She challenged the star of the show, got her b*** handed to her for it, and proceeds to falsely accuse Lea Michele of racism just days after George Floyd was murdered in the street buy a dirty, heartless cop. The ULTIMATE revenge for her wounded pride. And the more she talks, the more apparent it becomes that she is no innocent victim of bullying or racism – she played her part and should apologize for displaying equally bad behavior in the first place. But none of us should hold our breath waiting for that. She’s on a mission…but just when she least expects it, she will also answer for her transgressions. We ALL do.