Now more than ever, any celebrity who has a history of racism is getting put on blast.
Even one Rachel Berry—actress Lea Michele—from TV's Glee.
After Michele posted a tweet in support of #BlackLivesMatter:
George Floyd did not deserve this. This was not an isolated incident and it must end. #BlackLivesMatter
— Lea Michele (@LeaMichele) May 29, 2020
Samantha Ware—a co-star on the show in season 6 of Ryan Muphy's hit show Glee—called Michele out for making her life "a living hell" while she was on set.
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 “SHIT IN MY WIG!" AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD... https://t.co/RkcaMBmtDA
— SAMEYAAAAAA (@Sammie_Ware) June 2, 2020
Other stars quickly came to Ware's side to corroborate her story.
I felt every one of those capital letters. ✊🏾
— yvette nicole brown (@YNB) June 2, 2020
https://t.co/80ohlWM4Yd pic.twitter.com/tcfQyhgiGP
— Alex Newell (@thealexnewell) June 2, 2020
@OfficialDabier/Twitter
did somebody say cockroaches? because that's what she used to refer to the background as on the set of glee. but we grow up and we don't stay background forever sooooo...
— Jeanté Godlock (@jeantegodlock) June 2, 2020
Even RuPaul's Drag Race star Willam Belli said Lea Michele was hard to work with.
Willam said Michele's behavior drove them off the set of Glee.
Lea treated me so subhuman i left the set of Glee. Pass the 🍿 https://t.co/LKCHadWLqI
— Willam (@willam) June 2, 2020
Several people had already mentally cancelled Lea Michele.
Former costar Alex Newell was among them.
pic.twitter.com/48qPokgTUd
— Alex Newell (@thealexnewell) June 2, 2020
Naya Rivera & Amber Riley were right about that 2-face b!tch all along!! Lea michele getting exposed for being racist by ex-black glee cast members.. but when Naya Rivera & Amber Riley said it long time ago... people attacked them.. how the tables have turn!!! pic.twitter.com/TRR4iZsLKs
— Sister Aaliyah 🤎 (@BLINKPINKOT4) June 2, 2020
Naya tried telling y'all!! She got so much heat for calling her out. pic.twitter.com/n9gUXu6zUk
— Julie Rivera (@Juliejulez85) June 2, 2020
Amber Riley when Lea Michele was being racist pic.twitter.com/oaUJS5okA9
— ellie (@autuumsettoseh) June 2, 2020
pic.twitter.com/SubLFBoE43
— Ira Madison III (@ira) June 2, 2020
Amber Riley cryptically tweeted out the gif below, not long after Samantha Marie Ware spoke out against their former “GLEE" castmate Lea Michele 👀 #GLEE pic.twitter.com/nyaFcBAbaE
— The AHS News 🖤✊🏾 (@theahsnews) June 2, 2020
im not super familiar with the rules of microagressions but feces in someone's hair piece seems like actual aggression-aggression
— alex (@alex_abads) June 2, 2020
Tell the truth and shame the devil pic.twitter.com/U7cdFqWcY9
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 2, 2020
Michele gained national attention in the mid-2000s after her role as Wendla in Spring Awakening on Broadway.
😳🤭 I was literally just telling someone else some of the same people screaming “black lives matter," have at some point made a black person's work experience a living hell. This is an extreme example but here you have it.
— Erika K Wilson (@Erika_K_Wilson) June 2, 2020
This should not surprise anyone. Lea was well known for being exactly like her character so if you think of all the shit Rachel did, pretty good odds Lea was the same.
— Tracy (@robronxklaine) June 2, 2020
dont mind me. just here for the show. pic.twitter.com/cW5VrQL9yB
— Justin Jay, Grand Duke of Bant 💛💚💙 (@_DubzyWubzy_) June 2, 2020
This ain't a time to use your platform as a way to be petty but....... this is funny
— The Notorious V.I.C. - #BLM ✊🏾 (@Vikaveli) June 2, 2020
.@NayaRivera right now pic.twitter.com/hG97ZeD8tw
— Sephy and Callum Stan 𝕓𝕀𝕞 ⭕️❌ (@Love_Timerea_) June 2, 2020
People's tolerance is low right now for false allies and people using the current national sentiment to get personal attention.