It’s been two years Leah Michele came under fire for diva behavior on the set of Glee — and now he remembered what he had learned.
During a recent Q & A with Jeremy O. Harris for Interview Magazine, Lea opened up about how she’s “navigated” and recovered since the scandal. The actress even said that she had “eye-to-eye” conversations with some of the sick people. The interview mentions his 2020 reaction (more on that here), but doesn’t go into specifics, and asks:
“How did you manage to do this? Do you see it now — when you’re considered one of Broadway’s saviors — as an opportunity to correct some of those things?
In response, the Scream Queens star showed he thought it was important to “think” in the past few years:
“I think the last two years have been very important for everyone to just sit back and think. I did a lot of personal outreach. But the most important thing is that everyone just took a step back.
Lea didn’t say who it was for, or if it happened, but it’s definitely a good idea to try and fix it at the source!
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He also said he was happy to be able to “apply” what he learned:
“More than anything, I’m very grateful to have this opportunity to apply the things I’ve learned over the past ten years in a positive way. What I told myself walking into ‘Funny Girl’ was, ‘If I can’t take on the role of the offstage lead is as important as my onstage lead role, so I shouldn’t be doing this show.’ Because it’s always been a struggle for me. So to have this opportunity now at the age of 36 as a wife and mother – to step into this job with so much pressure and responsibility – is a huge achievement for me.
The singer said at the end of the day, you have to “put your feelings aside” because the “most important thing” is how you make other people feel:
“The conversations I had behind the scenes with some people were really healing and eye-opening for me. I’ve been doing this for a really long time and I would never blame anyone for what I’ve been through in my life. But neither can you ignore the experience or deny it.They are part of the patchwork of my life.
Concluding his statement, he said it was an “opportunity” to reintroduce himself as a changed man:
“When I got the call that I was going to play Fanny Brice, I said, ‘Okay, this could be huge for my career, but it’s also useful to have this opportunity to introduce people who are now.'”
Love hearing all the positive vibes going forward! Let’s hope we don’t have another story of diva moments anytime soon…
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[Image via Instagram/Lea Michele/Fox]