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Amber Riley Had An Iconic Response To Being Asked By Ziwe If Lea Michele Was Racist On “Glee”
Amber Riley Had An Iconic Response To Being Asked By Ziwe If Lea Michele Was Racist On "Glee",“I think that she would probably say she doesn’t see race.”

Amber Riley Had An Iconic Response To Being Asked By Ziwe If Lea Michele Was Racist On “Glee”

While being interviewed on Ziwe, Amber Riley was asked about her previous comments surrounding her former Glee costar Lea Michele’s alleged racist behavior.


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“I don’t know which coworker you’re talking about, I’ve had so many,” Amber replied after trying to ask for another question.

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“I think that she would probably say she doesn’t see race,” Amber eventually added. “But as we discussed earlier, everyone does.”

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“I don’t believe in the ‘I don’t believe in race’ group. I don’t believe that they believe that they don’t see color,” she said earlier in the interview. Amber also laughed over a question that her Glee song “Colorblind” might be about Lea (“It’s not about her!”).

Ziwe then brought up a 2017 interview where Lea said that she cried after she learned Spanish to audition for West Side Story but wasn’t cast. In classic Ziwe fashion, the question was phrased as, “Who’s more perse: Your famous coworker or your famous coworker after she learned Spanish?” To which Amber replied, “She learned Spanish? What?”

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As for “macro and micro aggressions” Amber herself has experienced in Hollywood, she said, “It always happens in the hair and makeup trailer. ‘Oh your hair is so interesting, oh wow, can I touch it?’ A lot of that. … I’m mad at the other actors for wanting to touch my hair.”

You can watch the full clip with Amber here.