In 2020, "Glee" star Samantha Ware put Lea Michele on blast for racist actions and hypocrisy. As Refinery 29 recaps, Michele tweeted in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, which Ware saw as performative. "Remember when you made my first television gig a living hell?!?!" Ware replied in an all-caps quote-tweet. "I believe you told everyone that if you had the opportunity you would 's*** in my wig!' amongst other traumatic microaggressions." Other Black members of the "Glee" cast were quick to react with their support.
Now, as Michele's career dreams continue to come true, her former co-stars are once again expressing distaste for the actor. Yvette Nicole Brown, who worked with Michele on "The Mayor," wrote simply, "The Broadway news" and a puke emoji. As Us Weekly reported, Brown had previously sided with Ware's 2020 message to Michele, saying, "I felt every one of those capital letters."
Many were also curious to see Ware's reaction, which she eventually provided. "Yes, im affected. Yes, I'm human. Yes, I'm Black. Yes, I was abused. Yes, my dreams were tainted. Yes, Broadway upholds whiteness. Yes, Hollywood does the same. Yes, silence is complicity. Yes, I'm loud. Yes, I'd do it again," she tweeted. Fans also voiced their concerns, with one writing, "We are living in a glee episode and as someone who actually watched all of glee through the end, I'm scared."
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