Chris Colfer is letting his opinion be recognized in relation to Lea Michele and her controversial casting in Humorous Woman!
As , the drama surrounding the Broadway musical revival goes deep — with Lea having her eye on the position of Fanny Brice and making it recognized to the world since her days in Glee. She solely bought her want after the unique alternative for the position, Beanie Feldstein, confronted some heavy criticism. And the way might we neglect that loaded assertion in her social media put up asserting her departure:
“As soon as the manufacturing determined to take the present in a distinct route, I made the extraordinarily tough choice to step away ahead of anticipated.”
Ouch!
After rumors producers have been blindsided identical to followers by Beanie’s departure, they set the file straight and mentioned that WASN’T the case in any respect — nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to persuade some individuals. Particularly since their assertion was nearly word-for-word precisely the identical because the 29-year-old’s. Hmm…
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Amid all this, Lea was beneath hearth with allegations of making a “poisonous” work surroundings on the set of Glee. In June 2020 she was accused of “traumatic microaggressions” and racist abuse by fellow alum Samantha Ware whereas the 2 have been filming the TV present. Lea apologized on the time, lamenting how “she damage different individuals” in her previous. Nonetheless, main harm was performed. She addressed these allegations in a NYT sit-down early final month the place she was very trustworthy about how harsh her persona might be:
“I actually perceive the significance and worth now of being a pacesetter. It means not solely going and doing a great job when the digital camera’s rolling, but in addition when it’s not. And that wasn’t all the time an important factor for me. I’ve an edge to me. I work actually arduous. I depart no room for errors. That degree of perfectionism, or that stress of perfectionism, left me with a number of blind spots.”
A number of messiness surrounding this play! We want a complete manufacturing simply to know what went on behind the scenes. At the least it looks like the drama is all previously now, proper? Effectively…
On Tuesday, whereas on an episode of The Michelle Collins Present, Lea’s former co-star/TV bestie put the kettle again on the range! The actor, who performed Kurt Hummel on the hit Ryan Murphy present, responded to Collins’ invitation to go see a Broadway play whereas he’s on the town:
“Oh, no. Are you seeing Humorous Woman? … Um.”
When the host burst into laughter, Chris dismissed her supply with a not-so-convincing excuse:
“My day all of the sudden simply bought so full.”
In shock, Michelle exclaimed:
“Wow! Chris!”
Yeah, we couldn’t have mentioned it higher ourselves. Wow!
The 41-year-old added it’s “solely proper” if she sees Lea’s efficiency as Fanny since she noticed Beanie play the position, too. Colfer shortly modified the topic, nevertheless:
“Uh, nicely I noticed Six final night time. That was wonderful.”
Deflection a lot? The host did ultimately convey the topic again round to Humorous Woman, although, and mentioned:
“So that you’re not seeing it’s what I’m guessing?”
And in a jaw-dropping response, the 32-year-old got here again with:
“No, I might be triggered at residence.”
Snap!
Ch-ch-check out the audio clip for your self (beneath):
Wow, speak about some critical shade. Reactions, Perezcious readers?
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