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Beauty business insiders say former “Glee” diva Lea Michele is known to be toxic in the industry because of her ugly behavior. The actress, 33, has been caught up in a storm of damning headlines with a host of former co-stars calling her a mean girl. Now, those behind the scenes are joining in. One …
Beauty business insiders say former “Glee” diva Lea Michele is known to be toxic in the industry because of her ugly behavior.
The actress, 33, has been caught up in a storm of damning headlines with a host of former co-stars calling her a mean girl. Now, those behind the scenes are joining in.
One beauty pro told Page Six that after Michele was signed to be the face of L’Oréal in 2012 for an estimated $1 million, one of her duties was a short interview about her beauty routine — and she stormed out in the middle of it.
The source claimed, “All the questions and answers were agreed [on] in advance, she just had to answer five questions on camera about her hair routine to a crew hired by L’Oréal. But two questions in, Lea just stood up, said she was done and walked out, leaving everyone standing there in shock. The head of L’Oréal asked if she was coming back, and her mother said, ‘No, she’s not.’ ”
In 2013, L’Oréal signed Blake Lively for the “Because You’re Worth It” campaign.
The source added of Michele, “This is who she is. Given how small the industry is, the word has spread across other beauty brands.”
However other sources close to the production who worked with Lea on L’Oreal shoots said she was lovely to work with. One source who worked on production for L’Oreal, “I don’t ever remember her being difficult on or off-set.”
“Glee” co-star Samantha Ware tweeted of Michele: “Remember when you made my first television gig a living hell? … you told everyone that … you would ‘s - - t in my wig!’ ” Another “Glee” star called her “very unpleasant.”
Gerard Canonico branded her a “nightmare” on the 2006 Broadway show “Spring Awakening” and Elizabeth Aldrich, Michele’s understudy for “Ragtime” in 1998, said: “I used to cry every night from the mean and manipulative things she would do. She was 12. She was terrifying.”
Reps for both Michele and L’Oréal didn’t respond to a request for comment. But The Post reported the actress, who is seven months pregnant, is listening “to the wake-up call … She hears what everyone says and wants to apologize.”
