Chris Colfer is letting his opinion be recognized in the case of Lea Michele and her controversial casting in Humorous Lady!
As , the drama surrounding the Broadway musical revival goes deep — with Lea having her eye on the function of Fanny Brice and making it recognized to the world since her days in Glee. She solely acquired her want after the unique alternative for the function, Beanie Feldstein, confronted some heavy criticism. And the way might we neglect that loaded assertion in her social media put up saying her departure:
“As soon as the manufacturing determined to take the present in a distinct path, I made the extraordinarily tough resolution to step away ahead of anticipated.”
Ouch!
After rumors producers had been blindsided similar to followers by Beanie’s departure, they set the report 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 virtually word-for-word precisely the identical because the 29-year-old’s. Hmm…
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Amid all this, Lea was beneath fireplace with allegations of making a “poisonous” work setting 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 had been filming the TV present. Lea apologized on the time, lamenting how “she harm different individuals” in her previous. Nonetheless, main injury was carried out. She addressed these allegations in a NYT sit-down early final month the place she was very sincere about how harsh her persona will be:
“I actually perceive the significance and worth now of being a pacesetter. It means not solely going and doing an excellent job when the digicam’s rolling, but in addition when it’s not. And that wasn’t at all times a very powerful factor for me. I’ve an edge to me. I work actually laborious. I go away no room for errors. That stage of perfectionism, or that stress of perfectionism, left me with a variety of blind spots.”
A lot of messiness surrounding this play! We want a complete manufacturing simply to know what went on behind the scenes. No less than it looks as if the drama is all up to now now, proper? Nicely…
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 Lady? … Um.”
When the host burst into laughter, Chris dismissed her provide with a not-so-convincing excuse:
“My day all of a sudden simply acquired 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 function, too. Colfer rapidly modified the topic, nevertheless:
“Uh, properly I noticed Six final night time. That was superb.”
Deflection a lot? The host did finally carry the topic again round to Humorous Lady, 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 will be triggered at residence.”
Snap!
Ch-ch-check out the audio clip for your self (under):
Wow, discuss some critical shade. Reactions, Perezcious readers?
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