Since it came out that Lea Michele will be in Funny Girl on Broadway, she has been in the news a lot. After the news came out, the old “Can Lea Michele read?” jokes started to pop up online. So what’s the deal?
When she played Rachel Berry on Glee, the star became well-known. Anyone could fall in love with her voice because of how she sang.
But the show also had some drama that led to a rumor that Lea can’t read. Let’s show how silly this idea is.
HOW THE “CAN LEA MICHELE READ” JOKE WORKS
People have been making the Michele can’t read joke since the news got out that Lea was joining the Broadway show.
The joke comes from Jaye Hunt and Robert Ackerman’s podcast, One More Thing, in which they came up with a silly idea that Lea can’t read. When user kelseylikesthings posted this theory on TikTok, it got a lot of attention. So far, 1.8 million people have liked the video.
The video seems to sum up some of the things that led to this theory. First of all, the podcast made it sound like Lea can’t read or write because she never went to school because she was too busy with Broadway shows when she was young. The video said that the actress was fed her lines to make sure she could play her role.
The podcast also said that Lea used to record all of her Glee songs ahead of time, and that the lyrics were usually taught to her. Along with this, other theories focused on Lea’s social media accounts. The podcast hosts said that Lea’s captions with words were written by someone else, but that captions with only emojis were written by Lea.
WHAT DOES LEA MICHELE SAY?
Lea has said more than once what she thinks about the silly rumors. Page Six said that Lea said something about the joke while she was at the Carneros Resort’s Hilltop Vineyard this week for a Broadway and Vine event.
She told them, “I didn’t go to college, and look at me now… There is a rumor going around online that I can’t read or write. This may be because I didn’t go to college.
That wasn’t the only time Lea said something about the plot. In 2018, Lea wrote in a tweet, “Loved reading this tweet and wanted to write you back. I’m literally roaring with laughter at all of this.”
WHY DID BEANIE FELDSTEIN LEAVE FUNNY GIRL?
Beanie said on Instagram that she will be leaving Funny Girl because of a decision made by the show’s producers. On July 31, the actress will leave.
Beanie said that playing Fanny Brice was her lifelong dream, but she had to leave the show when the production decided to go in a different direction. The star thanked her fans for always being there for her and asked them to watch her last show.