Lea Michele's Racist Comments, What Did She Say? Funny Girls Likely Replacement For Beanie

Publish date: 2024-05-04

The racism controversy of Lea Michele has rekindled in the wake of the news of her replacing Beanie Feldstein in the Broadway production, Funny Girl. She has been accused of making racist comments towards fellow actors.

Michele was born in The Bronx, New York on August 29, 1986. She began her career as a child actress in Les Miserables and Ragtime. She was also known for the Broadway productions Fiddler on the Roof and Awakening.

The actress is most famously known for he portrayal of Rachel Berry on the Fox series Glee, for which she received two Golden Globe nominations, one Emmy nomination, won four People's Choice Awards, three Teen Choice Awards, and a Satellite Award.

Lea Michele's Racist Comments, What Did She Say?

Lea Michele was at the center of a controversy following a racist statement she made in 2020 in the wake of the George Floyd murder by the police.

Glee co-star Samantha Marie Ware recalled the time Lea made her first television a living hell due to her color. Among other traumatic microaggressions, the black star accused Lea of making the comment, "s**t in my wig!" directed toward her.

She also recalled that on the set of Glee, Lea would treat her with the silent treatment, the looks, the stare-downs, the comments under her breath, and the weird passive aggressiveness.

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Samantha was so traumatized by Lea's comment that she started questioning a career in Hollywood. Another Glee co-star Dabier Snell also took on Twitter to call out Lea saying that she wouldn't let her sit at the table with other cast members, just because she "didn't belong there."

The series of accusations against Lea led to the trans model, Plastic Martyr, claiming when she saw Michele in the restroom at an Emmys ceremony, she was screamed at with horror by the Glee star.

The backlash of the allegations of the racist remarks led to Michele losing an endorsement deal with the grocery-delivery service, HelloFresh. The store cited a zero-tolerance policy against discrimination and racism as the reason for its actions.

Lea Michele Illiterate Reading In Funny Girl

Lea Michele was also a subject of mockery following a 2018 video claiming that she was illiterate. The 40-minute video was created by Jaye Hunt and Robert Ackerman for their podcast One More Thing.

According to the explanation, because Michele spent her childhood on Broadway, she got instant fame and apparently wouldn't have had time to learn how to read and write or go to school.

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Also, it was claimed that the reason Michele tends to only appear in Ryan Murphy's productions was that he would make it easier for her to remember by feeding her lines on set.

Another theory claims that whenever Lea's Instagram captions contain sentences, it's her personal assistant, and whenever the captions contain only emojis, it was the actress.

Fans also took the issue on her book, Brunette Ambition, claiming that the book is limited on words and contains mostly recipes, photos, and workouts.

Lea Michele's Replacement For Beanie Feldstein

It was revealed on Monday that Lea Michele would succeed Beanie Feldstein, whose run will end July 31, in the leading role of Fanny Brice, the famed comedian and vaudeville performer.

Lea is set to take on the lead role of Fanny Brice from Julie Benko in the 2022 Broadway adaptation of the famous musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and book by Isobel Lennart. 

The actress is set to take the legendary role, once held by Barbra Streisand, starting September 6, 2022. Benko will continue performing the role only once every week on Thursdays.

Fans are excited by the announcement of Lea taking over Funny Girl from Beanie, recalling her well-known version of "Don't Rain on My Parade" on "Glee," and her character angled to play the lead role on Broadway in a fictional revival.

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