What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and we have some more baby news, Lea Michele
is officially a mom.
Lea and her husband Zandy Reich welcomed their first child together on August 20th and according
to E! News they had a baby boy.
The source told them that quote, “Lea and Zandy welcomed a son that they named Ever.
Lea has been inundated with well-wishes and sharing updates with her family and a close
group of girlfriends.
Lea, Zandy, and Ever are doing very well.”
Another insider confirmed to People Magazine that their baby’s name is Ever Leo and said
that quote, “Everyone’s happy and healthy, and they're extremely grateful.
He's been an easy baby so far.”
The little one's arrival comes just around four months since Lea announced her pregnancy
by sharing the first photo of her baby bump, saying at the time that she was "so grateful."
And back in May a source told E! News that Lea was quote having an "incredible time"
being pregnant.
Up until last week, Lea was sharing pics of her growing bump on Instagram after taking
a couple months off social media following several of her Glee co-stars speaking out
about their alleged negative experiences with her on set.
In June, following George Floyd's death, Lea posted about her support of the Black Lives
Matter movement and called for an end to deaths like George Floyd’s.
But in response to her tweet, several of her former Glee co-stars spoke out about their
alleged discriminatory experiences with Lea on set.
The first being Samantha Marie Ware, who appeared on Glee as Jane Hayward, a recurring character
during the show's sixth season.
At the time Samantha responded to Lea’s tweet saying quote, “LMAO REMEMBER WHEN
YOU MADE MY FIRST TELEVISON GIG A LIVING HELL?!?!
CAUSE ILL NEVER FORGET.
I BELIEVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT IF TOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YOU WOULD “SHIT IN MY WIG!”
AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD.”
Some of their co-stars followed suit sharing their own negative experiences with Lea.
And Samantha spoke more about Lea in an interview with Variety shortly after her post and she
said quote, “Am I calling Lea a racist?
No.
Does Lea have racist tendencies?
I think Lea suffers from a symptom of living in this world in an industry that is tailored
to white people.”
Lea has since apologized saying that she quote "doesn't remember" the instances on set, but
that she "clearly acted in ways which hurt other people."
She also apologized for her behavior and said she will quote be "better in the future from
this experience."
In her post Lea also addressed the fact that she was about to be a mom writing quote, “I
am a couple of months from becoming a mother and I know I need to keep working to better
myself and take responsibility for my actions so that I can be a real role model for my
child and so I can pass along my lessons and mistakes, so that they can learn from me.”
At the time, irrespective of her apology, a lot of fans were not accepting of what she
now had to say, while she was also called out by many people on social media for her
apology coming across as insincere.
Also at the time, sources also told Us Weekly quote, “This experience has made Lea reevaluate
her behavior in the past.
This has been a serious learning lesson and she is committed to making these adjustments
as a complete life change for the future.
She is listening to those who have come forward and has been reaching out to initiate open
and honest conversations.”
And ever since the news that Lea gave birth broke, fans have been taking to Twitter to
share their congrats and support for the new parents.
One person wrote quote, “omg!!! it's so beautiful...
I'm very happy for them.
May this child be very healthy.”
Another fan said “So happy for Lea and Zandy”
And while this person doesn’t agree with Lea’s past, they pointed out that a healthy
baby is what’s really important in this situation writing quote, “i do not support
lea michele nor do i condone her actions but i’m glad she had her baby healthy and well
after y’all forced her to deactivate her twitter and off social media RIGHT BEFORE
the anniversary of her ex bfs death.”
As this fan said, a healthy baby and birth is great news irrespective of how people feel
about Lea and we hope she is still doing all the work needed to adjust her behaviour towards
others.
If you want more on Lea, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
And feel free to share some support for the new parents down in the comments below.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!