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Lucy Needham

Lea Michele's Glee co-stars weigh in after she's accused of bullying

Lea Michele's Glee co-stars have responded after the Rachel Berry actress was accused of bullying on set.

Samantha Ware, who starred as June Hayward on season six of the hit show, claimed that Lea made her life 'a living hell' during her time on the show.

She spoke out after Lea tweeted in support of the Black Lives Matter movemet.

"George Floyd did not deserve this. This was not an isolated incident and it must end," Michele tweeted on Friday followed by the BLM hashtag.

Accusing Lea of hypocrisy, Ware tweeted: "Remember when you made my first television gig a living hell? I believe you told everyone that if you had the opportunity you would 's*** in my wig!' amongst [sic] traumatic microaggressions that made me question a career in Hollywood."

Some of Lea Michelle's co-workers have been speaking out against her on social media (Getty Images for amfAR)
Samantha Ware said Lea 'made her life hell' when they worked together on the sixth and final series of Glee (WireImage)

A number of Lea's co-stars have now chimed in to share their stories.

Dabier Snell, who appeared in a 2014 episode of Glee, tweeted at Lea: "GIRL YOU WOULDN'T LET ME SIT AT THE TABLE WITH THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS CAUSE ‘I DIDNT BELONG THERE' F*** YOU LEA."

"I try to bring good vibes and create content for people to laugh and enjoy! Seeing her message brought back bad memories of being less than on set of glee. Ain't goin stand for her being fake like she care," Snell added.

Amber Riley got fans talking by sharing a GIF of her sipping tea (@MsAmberPRiley/Twitter)
The actress shared another GIF of her raising her hand in the air but didn't make any comment on the accusations (@MsAmberPRiley/Twitter)

While Amber Riley, who played Mercedes Jones during all six seasons of Glee, appeared to subtly join in the spat as she took to Twitter to share a GIF of her raising her hand as if to speak followed by another clip of her sipping a cup of tea, which some fans took to hint she was enjoying the drama.

As fans urged her to spill what was on her mind, Amber shared another GIF of herself with the caption 'Let's Move On' as she revealed she wanted to focus on the protests sweeping America instead.

Alex Newell hit back at a Twitter user who said the accusations put to Lea Michele were false (@thealexnewell/Twitter)

Later as one Twitter user suggested the claims against Lea were false, Alex Newell, who starred as Unique Adams on the show, spoke out.

"We ain't got not a damn thing to lie about 6 years later!" he cried.

"When my friends goes through something traumatic I also go through it.. that's what friendship is," added Newell.

Kevin McHale refused to be drawn into the debate as he was questioned by a fan about what was going on.

"Don't be putting words in my mouth," he told them.

Naya Rivera has a strained relationship with Lea (The Real)

Lea's former co-star Naya Rivera spoke about their history in her 2006 autobiography Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes and Growing Up.

"She started to ignore me and eventually it got to the point where she didn't say a word to me for all of season 6," she claimed.

"Lea and I definitely weren't the best of friends and I doubt we'll ever sit on the couch and eat kale together again."

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