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        <title><![CDATA[Samantha Ware reacts to Lea Michele’s apology, Amber Riley weighs in]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Samantha Ware wasn&#8217;t moved by <strong>Lea Michele&#8217;s Instagram apology</strong> after Ware claimed the &#8220;Glee&#8221; star made her life a &#8220;living hell&#8221; while they appeared on the series together.</p><p>Responding to Michele&#8217;s statement in which she wrote, in part, that the accusations made her &#8220;focus specifically on how my own behavior towards fellow cast members was perceived by them &#8230;,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/Sammie_Ware/status/1268241676402745344" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ware shot back</a>: &#8220;Perceived? Purcieved? Purse? Open your purse??????????????&#8221;</p><p>Ware — who initially spoke out against Michele after the 33-year-old tweeted a message supporting the Black Lives Matter movement — also included a link to a GoFundMe that&#8217;s raising money for James Scurlock, who was shot and killed while protesting.</p><p>Ware, 28, played Jane Hayward on the show during Season 6.</p><p>Since Ware&#8217;s initial message, some &#8220;Glee&#8221; stars have come forward to voice their issues with Michele&#8217;s behavior, including Heather Morris, <strong>who described Michele as &#8220;unpleasant.&#8221;</strong></p><p>Amber Riley, who portrayed Mercedes on the musical show, spoke out and said she doesn&#8217;t &#8220;give a s&#8211;t&#8221; about the drama surrounding Michele and would rather keep the focus on the Black Lives Matter movement.</p><p>&#8220;People are out here dying and being murdered by police &#8230;&#8221; she said in a <strong>video posted to Twitter</strong>, which since has been removed.</p><p>Michele, who <strong>lost her partnership with HelloFresh</strong> almost immediately after Ware accused Michele of <strong>committing &#8220;traumatic microaggressions,&#8221;</strong> appeared to have at least one defender in Iqbal Theba, who played Principal Figgins on the hit show.</p><p>&#8220;Lot of people r assuming that @LeaMichele mistreated me. Let me state it clearly that I was never mistreated by her,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/iqbaltheba/status/1268337212862521344" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">he tweeted</a>. &#8220;And if some of the cast were treated badly then she has apologized for it which is wonderful. But being called a racist is too heavy &amp; unfair a burden 4 most..</p><p>&#8220;of us, specially in these troubled times. So, please be compassionate, careful &amp; responsible before we accuse anyone of this horrible thing called racism,&#8221; he added in a second tweet. &#8220;I love each &amp; everyone of my fellow cast members from our great show @OfficialGLEEtv Be safe &amp; be well. Much love ❤️&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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