Glee’s Amber Riley Seemingly Addresses Lea Michele’s Racism Scandal: She Would Say She ‘Doesn’t See Race’

09.12.2022 - 19:51 / usmagazine.com

And that’s what you missed on Ziwe. Amber Riley seemingly addressed the racism allegations against former costar Lea Michele after previously revealing they no longer speak.

The Masked Singer season 8 winner, 36, fielded questions about the Funny Girl actress, also 36, during an interview from an upcoming episode of Ziwe Fumudoh‘s talk show. “Speaking of getting down in the muck, you said that one of your famous coworkers wasn’t racist,” the comedian, 30, said to Riley, referring to the singer’s 2020 comments about Michele. “Did you mean that she was?”

The Dancing With the Stars alum covered her face and groaned as music from Glee played. “Next question? I don’t know which coworker you’re talking about, I had so many,” Riley said with a wink.

Fumudoh then played a clip from the 2020 Instagram Live where Riley said, “I am not going to say that Lea Michele is racist.” Riley grinned before quipping, “You’re trouble.”

The Ziwe host followed up by asking: “Would you say that your famous coworker doesn’t see race and is in fact rude to all of her coworkers?”

Without naming names, Riley replied, “I think that she would probably say she doesn’t see race, but as we discussed earlier, everyone does.”

In June 2020, former Glee star Samantha Ware claimed in a viral Twitter thread that Michele made her time on the show a “living hell” after the Scream Queens alum spoke out about the Black Lives Matter movement. “I BELIEVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT IF TOU [sic] HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YOU WOULD ‘S–T IN MY WIG!’ AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD,” the All Rise star, 31, alleged at the time.

Days later, Michele apologized for past “insensitive” behavior but claimed she didn’t remember the wig