Glee Players Open Their Voice Regarding Blasphemy Against Lea Michele
JAKARTA - Lea Michele has been blasphemed by netizens after co-star of the musical comedy Glee, Samantha Ware, called Michele making her life like a 'living hell' while filming Glee on June 3. It started when Michele wrote about George Floyd with the hashtag BlackLivesMatter on her Twitter.
Ware immediately quoted the tweet by writing, “Remember when you made my first television gig a living hell ?! Because I will never forget. "
Samantha Ware even admitted that it traumatized her and questioned her career in Hollywood. The tweet was responded to by other Glee players who appreciated this What / If player's tweet.
Lea Michele replied by posting a statement on Instagram. “When I don't remember I made a specific statement like this and I never judge other people by their background or skin color, but that's not the point. What's important is that I did something that hurt other people, ”he said.
Even though they have issued an official apology, the actors who have played roles have opened their voices regarding the discriminatory attitude carried out by Lea Michele.
Heather Morris who once played with Michele on Glee mentions “For Leah to treat others with the attitude she does during whatever she does, I believe she should be reprimanded. And yes, it's also because we let things go on in silence so this is something we learned. "
Gerard Canonico who starred in Spring Awakening with Michele wrote back his comments on Michele's upload. “You are a nightmare for me and the other players. You make us unworthy of being there. I tried for years to be nice to you. Maybe actually apologizing instead of blaming the other person who rebukes you. You will definitely delete this (comment). "
Another Glee player, Dabier Snell, wrote, "You don't let me sit with other players because I don't belong there," he said in capital letters.
Melissa Benoist, Abigail Breslin, Amber Riley, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Alex Newell also voiced Michele's acts of racism. Riley even said, because of this issue, his message box was full of stories of black artists about discrimination by white artists, especially those who became the main stars of a show.
Citizens consider Lea Michele's apology to be insincere. In the comments column, some users also wrote about unpleasant experiences when they met Michele.
HelloFresh, a new line working with Lea Michele immediately ended their partnership. Michele has not provided any response regarding this matter.