Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31 — Page 19

from Queerty. This column is about (at least) 5 celebrities who you will not see at Lea Michele's Opening Night. There are details. https://www.queerty.com/5-celebrities-totally-wont-lea-micheles-funny-girl-premiere-20220711?utm_content=buffera3f9c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3v8uFxz1cK0E-LPlpiBqXeqguBByM-sBXFs_kvBpBR56M1RWsh_eZd_tM

One thing that irked me about people defending beanie is they claim it's fatphobia. I have not seen any mentioning her size at all beside her 'fans' who claimed that's the reason people hated her casting?

veronicamae said: "
so your issue is that they aren't coming enough for her quickly enough, even though you're indifferent about her? maybe hop over to Twitter where you'll get more than your fill of Michele hate."

....no, as I said explicitly, I think Michele deserves her shot, and shes got the talent for it. That doesn't mean I dont see the rank, silly hypocrisy in people tearing at Beanie *for having Covid* for *going to a wedding* for this and that, and then just swallowing Michele's (totally fine with me!) decision to only do 7 shows.

PipingHotPiccolo said: "On what planet would Jane Lynch leave the show three weeks early after publicly announcing her final date if NOT to avoid working with Lea Michele”



On planet Earth, where they’ll be changing a lot of the production to fit Lea. :)

PipingHotPiccolo said: "veronicamae said: "
so your issue is that they aren't coming enough for her quickly enough, even though you're indifferent about her? maybe hop over to Twitter where you'll get more than your fill of Michele hate."

....no, as I said explicitly, I think Michele deserves her shot, and shes got the talent for it. That doesn't mean I dont see the rank, silly hypocrisy in people tearing at Beanie *for having Covid* for *going to a wedding* for this and that, and then just swallowing Michele's (totally fine with me!) decision to only do 7 shows."

I think if it had been announced from the start that Beanie was only doing 7 shows a week, like it is being done for Lea, it would have been a non-issue. Bette Midler and others have done that. I think it's more about the unscheduled absences.

Mr. Wormwood said: "PipingHotPiccolo said: "veronicamae said: "
so your issue is that they aren't coming enough for her quickly enough, even though you're indifferent about her? maybe hop over to Twitter where you'll get more than your fill of Michele hate."

....no, as I said explicitly, I think Michele deserves her shot, and shes got the talent for it. That doesn't mean I dont see the rank, silly hypocrisy in people tearing at Beanie *for having Covid* for *going to a wedding* for this and that, and then just swallowing Michele's (totally fine with me!) decision to only do 7 shows."

I think if it had been announced from the start that Beanie was only doing 7 shows a week, like it is being done for Lea, it would have been a non-issue. Bette Midler and others have done that. I think it's more about the unscheduled absences."

yes, i'm sure this board would not have said boo about her doing 7 shows a week. come on.

Idinamenzel18 said: "PipingHotPiccolo said: "On what planet would Jane Lynch leave the show three weeks early after publicly announcing her final date if NOT to avoid working with Lea Michele”



On planet Earth, where they’ll be changing a lot of the production to fit Lea. :)

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ah yes another totally un-confirmed rumor that will now be accepted as gospel by the geniuses that populate these boards. they're changing the production to accommodate Lea--but also the problem with the show was Beanie, not the production itself! But also how dare Beanie miss shows! But of course Lea would do 7 shows, thats different! And on and on and on.

Yes, BWW has been vigilantly deleting any and all posts mentioning Lea’s past.

WinstonSalem said: "I've seen no evidence Jane hates Lea. It's entirely possible she does, of course. But I doubt Lea ever directed any of her bullying at Jane or any of the other actors playing adults on Glee. In classic bully fashion, she seems to have bullied people "smaller" than her. But we really know very little about what went on. At any rate, it absolutely makes sense for them to bring both replacements on at the same time and not to wait the extra 3 weeks til Jane's original departure date for Lea to take over the role, IMO."

Actually, we know A LOT about what happened on the Glee set. A cast member came out to recount her racist bullying, which prompted Lea to make an apology and her to lose her Hello Fresh sponsorship. On top of that, the rest of the cast has been liking plenty of tweets pointing to how horrible of a person Lea is and she should not be given a pass and starring role on Broadway. But we know who people value in this industry and who they don't. It's honestly disgusting for them to hire her.

Highland Guy said: "joevitus said: "Tremendous fun to watch all the "Why are you bending over backwards to excuse Beanie?" posters now bending over backwards trying to explain that Lynch's sudden decision to exit the show sooner than planned has nothing, absolutely NOTHING to do with detesting Lea Michele."



Because it has nothing, absolutely NOTHING to do with detesting Lea Michele. Simple.

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HAHAHAHAHAHA

EbonyEyez said: "WinstonSalem said: "I've seen no evidence Jane hates Lea. It's entirely possible she does, of course. But I doubt Lea ever directed any of her bullying at Jane or any of the other actors playing adults on Glee. In classic bully fashion, she seems to have bullied people "smaller" than her. But we really know very little about what went on. At any rate, it absolutely makes sense for them to bring both replacements on at the same time and not to wait the extra 3 weeks til Jane's original departure date for Lea to take over the role, IMO."

Actually, we know A LOT about what happened on the Glee set. A cast member came out to recount her racist bullying, which prompted Lea to make an apology and her to lose her Hello Fresh sponsorship. On top of that, the rest of the cast has been liking plenty of tweets pointing to how horrible of a person Lea is and she should not be given a pass and starring role on Broadway. But we know who people value in this industry and who they don't. It's honestly disgusting for them to hire her."

I don't know. Glee was on for six seasons. As it relates to Glee, we know about specific incidents involving a new cast member and two background actors, I think, plus two regular cast members agreeing she behaved terribly (and whatever Naya said about her in her book). I don't know anything about her past relationship with Jane. I don't follow any of the Glee cast members, so I have no idea about the tweets you say that cast is currently liking. There's no question Lea's behavior has been horrible. I am not defending her. My point was simply that, to my knowledge, we have no idea how Jane feels about her.

"We don't know anything much...except she was mean to some of the background people...and the new people...and people who were on the show from the beginning..." Yeah, there's...not much you can infer from all of that. LOL