What’s up guys, it’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and Lea Michelle made a
MAJOR move on social media after weeks of backlash and criticism.
But before we get to what she did, let’s go back and see how Lea got into the predicament
she’s currently in.
It all started in May when Lea Tweeted out her support for the Black Lives Matter movement,
saying, QUOTE; “George Floyd did not deserve this. This was not an isolated incident and
it must end.”
A supportive message, but one that was quickly criticized by her FORMER ‘Glee’ co-stars.
That’s right, Lea’s former Glee family came after her, calling her out for her awful
behavior towards her co-stars, especially her black co-stars.
Samantha Ware, who portrayed Jane Hayward in Season 6 of Glee, was the first to speak
out, saying, QUOTE; “LMAO REMEMBER WHEN YOU MADE MY FIRST TELEVISION GIG A LIVING
HELL?!?! CAUSE I'LL NEVER FORGET. I BELIEVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
YOU WOULD 'S--T IN MY WIG!' AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICRO-AGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION
A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD..."
But she wasn’t the only one. Dabier Snell, who appeared in the show in 2014, Tweeted,
QUOTE; “GIRL YOU WOULDNT LET ME SIT AT THE TABLE WITH THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS CAUSE 'I
DIDN'T BELONG THERE' F--K YOU LEA."
Amber Riley, who starred as Mercedes and was a co-lead with Lea in Glee, was asked about
Lea’s on-set behavior during an Instagram Live. She responded by saying, QUOTE; “I
don’t give a s--t about this Lea Michele thing. I really don’t give a f--k. I don’t.
I don’t want to be asked about it—and I’m not talking to you, I’m talking about
everyone else…I don’t give a s--t. People are out here dying. Being murdered by police.
Trans women are being murdered at the hands of men. I wish Lea Michele well. I hope that
she has an amazing pregnancy. I hope that she has grown.”
Heather Morris also wasn’t as critical of Lea, but still made sure to recognize that
she had behaved badly. She wrote, QUOTE; “Let me be very clear, hate is a disease in America
that we are trying to cure, so I would never wish for hate to be spread on anyone else.
With that said, was she unpleasant to work with? Very much so; for Lea to treat others
with the disrespect that she did for as long as she did, I believe she SHOULD be called
out. And yet, it’s also on us because to allow it go on for so long without speaking
out is something else we’re learning along with the rest of society.”
Lea penned an apology on Instagram in June, saying, QUOTE;
“One of the most important lessons of the last few weeks is that we need to take the
time to listen and learn about other people’s perspectives and any role we have played or
anything we can do to help address the injustices that they face.”
She added;“While I don’t remember ever making this specific statement and I have
never judged others by their background or color of their skin, that’s not really the
point, what matters is that I clearly acted in ways which hurt other people. Whether it
was my privileged position and perspective that caused me to be perceived as insensitive
or inappropriate at times or whether it was just my immaturity and me just being unnecessarily
difficult, I apologize for my behavior and for any pain which I caused. We all can grow
and change and I have definitely used these past several months to reflect on my own shortcomings.”
Lea finished her response by saying, QUOTE; “I listened to these criticisms and I am
learning and while I am very sorry, I will be better in the future from this experience.
A source told Page Six that, QUOTE; “Lea has been working on trying to patch things
up between her and her ex co-stars now that they've started to talk about her time on
set and how she made them feel over the years. She’s had a real wake-up call. It’s never
easy to hear people speak about you this way. It’s a total shock.”
The source added; “Lea was a b*tch to a lot of people who are now taking the opportunity
to come forward. She may not be the nicest person, but she’s not racist, sexist, or
transphobic. I would say she has behavioral issues that she’s dealing with.”
Since then, things have been pretty quiet on the Lea front. In fact, she hasn’t been
that active on social media. BUT, Lea did make a major move on social media this weekend,
not by posting anything, but by actually DEACTIVATING her Twitter handle.
That’s right, her Twitter handle is completely gone, non-existent! If you go to her profile,
you’ll be informed the account no longer exists. As of the posting of this video, her
Instagram account is still active.
There are multiple theories as to WHY Lea decided to get off Twitter. Many believe that
the incessant bullying she has received due to the backlash from her co-stars was a major
reason. Many also noted that Monday, July 13 is the anniversary of Corey Monteith’s
death and that perhaps she didn’t want to be reminded of this tragic time. Corey, who
was Lea’s boyfriend and co-star in Glee, accidentally overdosed and died in 2013.
But many feel it’s actually internet bullies who have weaponized Naya Rivera’s disappearance
to attack, blame and troll Lea. Naya, who was another Glee co-star of Lea’s, went
missing last week at Lake Piru and is sadly presumed dead.
Many on Twitter are disgusted Lea was forced off Twitter, with one user writing, QUOTE;
“Yall harrassed lea michele so much about this naya situation she deactivated her twitter.
Naya was her cast mate for like 7 yrs (they were also friends) and now Naya's missing...
and yall blame her for it?”
Another user added, QUOTE; “Lea Michele has deactivated her twitter due to be being
trolled about Naya Rivera. Has she behaved badly in the past? Yes. She’s owned it and
is trying to be better. She’s also pregnant. Is it her fault that Naya’s missing? No.
I’m sure she’s as upset as the rest of the Glee cast”
One person felt the trolling of Lea had gone too far, and feared for her and others saying,
QUOTE; “So stan twitter has harassed Lea Michele so much that she has been forced to
deactivate. She’s heavily pregnant and dealing with a 3rd personal loss. Stan twitter is
by far the most toxic part of this app. When someone d*es bc of you lot, I hope you realise
this”
We don’t know the exact reason for Lea getting off of Twitter, but we do hope that she’s
okay and we support her during this tough time. As for internet trolls, we here at Clevver
News will NEVER condone bullying of any type. Blaming and trolling someone over someone’s
disappearance is disrespectful, rude and has no place here or anywhere.
If you want more information on the disappearance of Naya Rivera, you may click right over here.
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I’m Emile Ennis Jr. , bye guys.