Samantha Marie Ware appeared to respond to former co-star Lea Michele’s lackluster apology following widespread accusations the Glee star was a bully.
The What/If actress sent a pointed tweet just hours after Lea shared her meandering response, suggesting people donate to the cause instead of offer empty words.
‘Perceived? Purcieved? Purse? Open your purse??????????????’ Samantha tweeted along with a GoFundMe for an Omaha activist who was shot and killed during recent protests.
Not satisfied: Samantha Marie Ware has appeared to respond to Lea Michele’s pseudo-apology, taking to her Twitter to mock the actress’ wishy-washy words and urge her to donate to anti-racist causes. She’s seen in 2019 above
She was likely referring to the part of Michele’s apology that read: ‘Whether it was my privileged position and perspective that caused me to be perceived as insensitive or inappropriate at times or whether it was just my immaturity and me just being unnecessarily difficult.’
Ware was happy to call Lea out on Monday after she shared a post feigning support for Black Lives Matter and denouncing George Floyd’s death.
Samantha, who appeared as Jane Hayward on the show’s sixth season in 2015, swiftly hit back: ‘Remember when you made my first television gig a living hell?!?!…
‘Cause I’ll never forget… I believe you told everyone that if you had the opportunity you would “s*** in my wig!” amongst other traumatic microaggressions that made me question a career in Hollywood.’
Bully? Samantha accused Lea of making her ‘first television gig a living hell’ after the Glee star posted a message supporting Black Lives Matter and denouncing the death of George Floyd. Lea is seen in 2019 above
Open your wallet: The What/If actress sent a pointed tweet just hours after Lea shared her meandering response, suggesting people donate to the cause instead of offer empty words
Many fellow Glee actors and people who had dealt with Lea in Broadway took to social to agree.
Her A-list Scream Queens co-stars Ariana Grande and Keke Palmer unfollowed her on Instagram and she was dropped as a spokesperson for the meal planning service HelloFresh.
Lea was forced to take to social media to offer up an apology early Wednesday.
The statement read: ‘One of the most important lessons of the last few weeks is that we need to take the time to listen and learn about other people’s perspectives and any role we have played or anything we can do to help address injustices they face…
Right message, wrong messenger: Ware was happy to call Lea out on Monday after she shared a post feigning support for Black Lives Matter and denouncing George Floyd’s death
Remember me? The post was met with an acerbic response from Samantha, 28
Shock: Her statement came after she was fired by HelloFresh due to the scandal
Bye: Shortly after Ware’s accusations went viral, Lea’s pal and Scream Queens co-star Ariana Grande, as well as her Glee co-star Keke Palmer unfollowed Lea on Instagram
‘When I tweeted the other day, it was meant to be a show of support for our friends and neighbors and communities of color during this really difficult time…
‘But the responses I received to what I posted have made me also focus on how my own behavior towards fellow cast members was perceived by them.
‘While I don’t remember ever making this specific statement and I have never judged others by their background or color of their skin, that’s not really the point, what matters is that I clearly acted in ways which hurt other people.
‘Whether it was my privileged position and perspective that caused me to be perceived as insensitive or inappropriate at times or whether it was just my immaturity and me just being unnecessarily difficult.’
Hitting out: The actress, 33, admitted her ‘privileged position and immaturity’ had contributed to causing pain to her former co-star, 28, in a statement posted to Instagram on Wednesday
Lea – who played lead character Rachel Berry for the musical show’s entire run – continued: ‘I apologize for my behavior and for any pain which I have caused.
‘We all can grow and change and I have definitely used these past several months to reflect on my own shortcomings.
‘I am a couple of months from becoming a mother and I know I need to keep working to better myself and take responsibility for my actions, so that I can be a real role model for my child and so I can pass along my lessons and mistakes, so that they can learn from me.
‘I listened to these criticisms and I am learning and while I am very sorry, I will be better in the future from this experience.’
The apology only seemed to fuel the flames, however.
In the comments, people criticized her for the non-apology. Broadway actor Gerard Canonico took to social to share his opinion, writing: ‘You were nothing but a nightmare to me and fellow understudy cast members. You made us feel like we didn’t belong there.’
Claims: Broadway actor Gerard Canonico made his own claims commenting on Michele’s apology on Instagram
Speaking out: Canonico, 30, was an understudy in the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening starring Michele and her BFF Jonathan Groff
Not impressed: Actress Emma Hunton told Michele this was not an apology
‘I tried for years to be nice to you to no avail. Maybe actually apologize instead of placing the blame on how others ‘perceive’ you.’
The actor was an understudy in the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening starring Michele and her BFF Jonathan Groff.
Many other comments took issue with the the apology, which saw the actress vow to ‘be better in the future’ and admitted her ‘privileged position and immaturity’ had contributed to causing pain to her former co-star.
Even Real Housewives of New York star Aviva Drescher had a story to tell, commenting: ‘You were once very unkind to me so I am not surprised by your behavior. You shouldn’t judge others before looking in the mirror.’
TV and theater actress Emma Hunton – who also starred in Spring Awakening – chimed in saying: ‘This isn’t an apology.’
Another non-fan: Even Real Housewives of New York star Aviva Drescher also had a story to tell
Speaking out: Now Glee star Heather Morris has also spoken out about Lea Michele on Wednesday
Fellow Glee star Heather Morris also spoke out against Lea.
Morris, 33, who played cheerleader Brittany S. Pierce on the Ryan Murphy show, claims Michele was ‘very’ unpleasant to work with.
The actress tweeted: ‘Let me be very clear, Hate is a disease in America that we are trying to cure, so I would never wish for hate to be spread to anyone else.’
‘With that said, was she unpleasant to work with? Very much so; for Lea to treat others with the disrespect that she did for as long as she did, I believe she SHOULD be called out.’
On set tension: Heather has claimed that Lea was ‘very unpleasant’ to work with
Her two cents: What Heather had to say on Twitter on Wednesday…
‘And yet, it’s also on us because to allow it to go on for so long without speaking out is something else we’re learning along with the rest of society’
‘But, at the current moment its implied that she is a racist and although I cannot comment on her beliefs, I think we’re assuming, and you know what happens when we all assume…’
However, while Heather is the latest in a long line of disgruntled former co-stars speaking out – the pregnant star has also received some support.