Glee producer claims there were other ‘bad actors’ working on the show as Lea Michele continues to come under fire for her ‘unkind behavior’
Former Glee star Lea Michele has come under fire for her allegedly unkind behavior towards castmates.
But now a producer is calling out other male actors who were also problematic on the set of the hit musical show.
In a since-deleted tweet, Marti Noxon claimed there were ‘bad actors’ who weren’t being held accountable.
There were others: Former Glee producer Marti Noxon claimed there were problematic male actors working on the show, as accusations continued about Lea Michele
‘Hey, I’m all for calling out bad behavior and even for some schadenfreude when that behavior is punished,’ Noxon wrote on Wednesday. ‘That said, on GLEE there were LOTS of bad actors. Who were NOT women. People in the industry know who I’m talking about. Why aren’t we calling them out?’
She followed it up with, ‘It seems to me that women are the first to go under the bus. But a lot of males get away with being the bullies-in-chief. How come we let them get away with it? Maybe it’s because as long as they earn someone money, they get a pass.’
When a follower suggested Noxon publicly identify the actors herself, she said she would rather have her ‘male allies’ do so.
‘I’m going to leave that to my male allies. It’s their turn,’ she tweeted.
Calling them out: Noxon had a bone to pick with the unidentified male actors
Coming back to her: Michele has come under fire from celebrities over her allegedly unkind behavior towards them in recent days
Noxon, whose producing credits include UnREAL and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, served as a consulting producer for 22 episodes of Glee in 2011 and 2012.
Lea, who played Rachel Berry on the hit series, has come under fire from celebrities over her allegedly unkind behavior towards them in recent days.
It all started after Lea shared her support for Black Lives Matter on social media, which prompted her former Glee castmate Samantha Marie Ware to say something.
‘I’ll never forget’: It all started after Lea shared her support for Black Lives Matter on social media, which prompted her former Glee castmate Samantha Marie Ware to say something (pictured 2017)
‘Remember when you made my first television gig a living hell?!?!…’ Samantha wrote.
‘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.’
Lea has since apologized for her behavior, but that has not stopped other celebrities from coming forward to share their own bad experiences with her.
The bullying accusations led Lea to lose her job with recipe kit delivery company HelloFresh, who fired the actress after the allegations came to light.
Hit series: The hit high school series was produced by Ryan Murphy, who recently re-imagined it on his Instagram account