Ziwe Was Seated Right In Front Of Lea Michele At The US Open Months After She Asked Amber Riley Whether Or Not She’s “Racist” In A Viral Interview
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Ziwe Was Seated Right In Front Of Lea Michele At The US Open Months After She Asked Amber Riley Whether Or Not She’s “Racist” In A Viral Interview,In December last year, Ziwe grilled Lea’s <i>Glee</i> costar on accusations that she was “racist.”
Ziwe Was Seated Right In Front Of Lea Michele At The US Open Months After She Asked Amber Riley Whether Or Not She’s “Racist” In A Viral Interview
The men’s final of the US Open yesterday drew out a ton of A-list stars, from Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman, to Kylie Jenner and her rumored new boyfriend, Timothée Chalamet.
Wwd / WWD via Getty ImagesAs you may remember, Lea has been faced with a number of bullying accusations over the years, particularly relating to her time spent on Glee between 2009 and 2015. The accusations surfaced in June 2020 after Lea spoke out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty ImagesIn response to Lea’s support for the movement, actor Samantha Ware — who appeared alongside Lea in the final season of Glee — publicly slammed her former costar and accused her of making her time on the show “a living hell.”
Amanda Edwards / WireImage“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 ‘shit in my wig!’ amongst other traumatic microaggressions that made me question a career in Hollywood,” Samantha wrote in all caps in response to Lea’s BLM statement.
Charley Gallay / Getty Images for NetflixAt the time, Samantha’s claims against Lea were seemingly backed up by a number of her former Glee castmates, including Alex Newell, Dabier Snell, and Heather Morris, with Heather describing Lea as “unpleasant to work with.”
I’m gonna say this one time… when my friends goes through something traumatic I also go through it… that’s what friendship is… and if you can’t understand that then you’re part of the problem… and that’s on PERIODT! And I mean that for both sides of this coin!
— Alex Newell (@thealexnewell) June 2, 2020Twitter: @thealexnewell
As accusations of bullying continued to swirl online, Amber Riley — who played Mercedes Jones on all six seasons of Glee — addressed the mounting controversy during an Instagram Live.
Gilbert Flores / Variety via Getty Images“I’m not going to say that Lea Michele is racist. That’s not what I’m saying,” she said. “But at the same time, in my inbox there are a lot of Black actors and actresses telling me their stories, and were letting me know they have dealt with the same things being on set, being terrorized by the white girls that are the leads of the show.”
Frazer Harrison / Getty ImagesSoon after this, Lea issued a statement on the matter, profusely apologizing for “any pain” she may have caused and emphasizing that she’s “never judged others by their background or color of their skin.”
SHOWTIME / youtu.beIn classic Ziwe style, the host asked Amber about her previous comments on the accusations, saying: “You said that one of your famous coworkers wasn’t racist, did you mean that she was?”
SHOWTIME / youtu.beBeing that the question was obviously referring to Lea, Amber laughed nervously and replied: “I don’t know which coworker you’re talking about, I’ve had so many.”
SHOWTIME / youtu.beAfter trying to change the subject, Amber eventually responded properly. “I think that she would probably say she doesn’t see race,” she said of Lea. “But as we discussed earlier, everyone does.”
SHOWTIME / youtu.beIn the same episode, Ziwe brought up a 2017 interview in which Lea said that she cried after having to learn Spanish to audition for the lead role in West Side Story, which she didn’t get.
Dia Dipasupil / Getty ImagesReferring to this, Ziwe asked Amber: “Who’s more perse: your famous coworker or your famous coworker after she learned Spanish?”
SHOWTIME / youtu.beBreaking down in laughter, Amber replied: “She learned Spanish? What?”
SHOWTIME / youtu.beAt the time, the clips garnered a ton of attention, particularly thanks to Ziwe’s deadpan approach to tackling the accusations against Lea.
Bravo / Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty ImagesWhich brings us to today, and you can probably understand why fans were so amused to see Lea seated right behind Ziwe as they watched the tennis match over the weekend.
Sarah Stier / Getty ImagesObviously, the pictures don’t give a whole lot away about whether the duo chatted at all during the match — only making fans all the more intrigued.
Al Bello / Getty Images“Lea Michele sitting behind Ziwe and Emily Ratajkowski at the US Open. I need a full breakdown of any & all interactions,” a Bravo producer posted to X, formerly Twitter, garnering more than 26,000 likes.
Lea Michele sitting behind Ziwe and Emily Ratajkowski at the US Open. I need a full breakdown of any & all interactions. pic.twitter.com/Hj1vTVvsNv
— Frank Costa (@feistyfrank) September 10, 2023Sarah Stier / Getty Images / Twitter: @feistyfrank
One person joked that they’d watch a “documentary” about the photo, while others theorized about what a conversation between the two would have sounded like.
i would watch a documentary about this https://t.co/28HJLgjOZQ
— hot girl bummer (@k8erzz) September 11, 2023Sarah Stier / Getty Images / Twitter: @k8erzz
Needless to say, we’ll probably never know.
Sean Zanni / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
Amber Riley Had An Iconic Response To Being Asked By Ziwe If Lea Michele Was Racist On “Glee”Natasha Jokic · Dec. 8, 2022- Samantha Marie Ware Accused Lea Michele Of “Traumatic Microagressions” On The Set Of “Glee”Tatiana Tenreyro · June 2, 2020
- Samantha Ware Said Lea Michele Threatened To Get Her Fired In A Detailed Interview About Her Experience On “Glee”Ben Henry · June 12, 2020
Amber Riley Had An Iconic Response To Being Asked By Ziwe If Lea Michele Was Racist On “Glee”Natasha Jokic · Dec. 8, 2022
Samantha Marie Ware Accused Lea Michele Of “Traumatic Microagressions” On The Set Of “Glee”Tatiana Tenreyro · June 2, 2020
Samantha Ware Said Lea Michele Threatened To Get Her Fired In A Detailed Interview About Her Experience On “Glee”Ben Henry · June 12, 2020Topics in this article
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