Chris Colfer shades Lea Michele’s ‘Funny Girl’ run and not even Jonathan Groff can save her
The casting of alleged devil-diva Lea Michele in her Funny Girl dream role was met with highly polarized reactions. Some couldn’t wait to see the actress in the role they felt she was born for, while others were outraged to see her rumored abusive backstage behavior be rewarded so handsomely.This range of reactions extends to her former Glee castmates, as well.
While some lauded her casting, others have made their disdain pretty clear.On a recent episode of the The Michelle Collins Show, Glee‘s most notable gay Chris Colfer established himself firmly in the latter camp.A simple “no” would’ve sufficed, but this is way more fun:The host asks Colfer to come out with them to their vague plans that night, which he immediately guesses.“Are you seeing Funny Girl?” he asks. “Oh, my day suddenly just got so full.”When the host expresses further interest in seeing Lea, Colfer cheekily pivots to “Well, I saw Six last night, and that was amazing!”“So you’re not seeing it is my guess, while you’re in town?” Collins asks flat-out.
Colfer responds, “No, I can be triggered at home.”Related: Lea Michele addresses toxic diva behavior and illiteracy rumors ahead of ‘Funny Girl’ debutWe already knew that the Glee set was a guerilla battlefield, but the idea of this ex-Gleek getting war flashbacks at just the sight of Michele doing Fanny Brice just further cements it.Even though Colfer’s comments came out just yesterday, they’re somehow not the most recent glee-clubber statement on her role.Her right-hand gay Jonathan Groff just dropped a Variety piece this morning explaining how her Funny Girl role is single-handedly carrying New York City commerce on her back.
