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Lea Michele was “well aware of her disgusting behavior” before her former “Glee” co-stars began to call her out, a source told Page Six on Wednesday. “She was rude to all cast members,” a source close to the show emphasized to us Wednesday. “Nobody likes her. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a cast member that …
Lea Michele was “well aware of her disgusting behavior” before her former “Glee” co-stars began to call her out, a source told Page Six on Wednesday.
“She was rude to all cast members,” a source close to the show emphasized to us Wednesday. “Nobody likes her. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a cast member that will defend her.”
Naya Rivera discussed her rift with Michele in her book and Heather Morris slammed Michele’s behavior on Wednesday night.
The source described her as “a tyrant” who “was difficult on set, off set, for press, for everything. She was the worst kind of diva,” and alleged the actress was known to create unnecessary delays on set as “she would be having a freak-out in her trailer.”
“This was a difficult set to begin with being that every cast [member] had to act, sing and dance, which meant recording studio time, dance rehearsals as well as actual filming,” the source explained. “Her antics on set would often hold up filming, which meant that some days the cast was working 15 to 18 hours. She would also snap at directors and other crew on set. She was well aware of her disgusting behavior.”
Her “Spring Awakening” co-star Gerard Canonico similarly recalled his experience on Broadway with the actress.
“You were nothing but a nightmare to me and fellow understudy cast members. You made us feel like we didn’t belong there,” Canonico wrote in a comment on Instagram, adding that the first time he commented on her apology, his remarks were deleted.
“I tried for years to be nice to you to no avail. Maybe actually apologize instead of placing the blame on how others ‘perceive’ you. You’ll probably just delete this though,” he added.
Canonico, 30, was an ensemble member and understudy for all the male roles in the musical, which starred Michele, 33, as Wendla and Michele’s best friend, Jonathan Groff, as Melchior from 2006 until 2008.
His remarks come after actress Samantha Ware tweeted that Michele made her life “a living hell” during her stint on “Glee.”
In response to a tweet from Michele about Black Lives Matter, Ware, 28, wrote, “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 ‘S–T IN MY WIG!’ AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD…”
Michele lost her partnership with HelloFresh after Ware’s accusation went viral, and she offered an apology the next day.
“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 wrote on Instagram. “When I tweeted the other day, it was meant to be a show of support for our friends and neighbors and communities of color during this really difficult time, but the responses I received to what I posted have made me also focus specifically on how my own behavior towards fellow cast members was perceived by them.”
A rep for Michele did not get back to us.
