Lea Michele slammed for threatening to ‘s**t in the wig’ of Glee co-star Samantha Ware and making life a ‘living hell’
Lea Michele (L) was accused of making Samantha Marie Ware’s life a ‘living hell’ by the Glee star. (Rebecca Sapp/WireImage for The Recording Academy/Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images)
Lea Michele has been accused of making Glee co-star Samantha Marie Ware’s life a “living hell” due to “traumatic microaggression”.
On Monday night (June 1), Ware hounded Michele after she tweeted a message of solidarity to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, seeded by the death of George Floyd.
In a scathing all-caps tweet, Ware – who starred as Jane Hayward in the Ryan Murphy show’s sixth season – quote-tweeted the post.
“LMAO REMEMBER WHEN YOU MADE MY FIRST TELEVISION GIG A LIVING HELL?!?!” she wrote.
“CAUSE I’LL NEVER FORGET.
https://twitter.com/Sammie_Ware/status/1267632171570745345
“I BELIEVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT IF TOU [sic] HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YOU WOULD ‘S*** IN MY WIG!’
“AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD.”
Glee stars appear to rally in support of Samantha Ware as she slams Lea Michele.
The accusations garnered an avalanche of support from fans, and appeared to receive the backing several of Ware’s castmates, including Alex Newell, Amber Riley and Dabier Snell.
— Alex Newell (@thealexnewell) June 2, 2020
https://t.co/80ohlWM4Yd pic.twitter.com/tcfQyhgiGP— Alex Newell (@thealexnewell) June 2, 2020
pic.twitter.com/mgq6Vtcmgm— Amber Patrice Riley (@MsAmberPRiley) June 2, 2020
GIRL YOU WOULDNT LET ME SIT AT THE TABLE WITH THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS CAUSE “I DIDNT BELONG THERE” FUCK YOU LEA https://t.co/s4NoLdtqRs— 💎Dabier/Ambussshking💎 (@OfficialDabier) June 2, 2020
Billy Lewis Jr, Ware’s fellow season six co-star, also seemed to show his support to the allegations.
— Billy Lewis Jr (@BillyLewis90) June 2, 2020
Moreover, Community star Yvette Brown chimed in: “I felt every one of those capital letters.”
Felt like claps!!— Alex Newell (@thealexnewell) June 2, 2020
Overall, Ware’s tweet opened up the floodgates as a cascading stream of accusations against Michele’s behaviour, primarily from people claiming to have worked as extras during the show’s run.
Been telling people this for years. I worked with her once. She literally would only speak to me through her assistant. Just not addressing my presence. She was two feet away. Corey was kind and incredibly lovely to work with.
— Angela Sauceda | ☕️?? (@angelasauceda) June 2, 2020
I’ve heard this twice. Once from a friend who had friends who worked on Glee and the second time directly from an actress who worked background for Glee during the first two seasons. Something about Lea never sat right with me and hearing that confirmed it.— Krystle Piamonte (she/her) (@kryspia) June 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/GayDiggy/status/1267716827989377030
Micro-aggressions can, psychologists say, act as steady corrosive points of trauma for Black folk, were subtle or unintentional discrimination can have severely negative impacts on mental health.
The scandal comes only days after show creator Murphy announced he is considering rebooting Glee – starring Michele.
PinkNews has contacted Lea Michele’s representatives for comment.
