HelloFresh Cut Ties With Lea Michele After She Was Called Out On Twitter For On-Set Microaggressions

From Delish

Last week, actress Lea Michele tweeted out a message using the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag and was quickly called out by her Glee co-star Samantha Ware for alleged racially charged behavior on set. Since these allegations have come to light, meal kit brand HelloFresh has suspended their partnership with Lea.

On May 29, Lea Michele sent out a tweet regarding George Floyd's death and three days later, Samantha, who portrayed Jane Hayward on Glee, responded to Lea's tweet with a message of her own: "LMAO REMEMBER WHEN YOU MADE MY FIRST TELEVISION GIG A LIVING HELL?!?! CAUSE ILL NEVER FORGET. I BELIEVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT IF TOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YOU WOULD “SHIT IN MY WIG!” AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD," she wrote.

Her response has hundreds of thousands retweets and likes, and other Black actresses replied with their praises for Samantha speaking out. Alex Newell, another Glee star, responded to a since-deleted tweet saying, "Child we ain’t got not a damn thing to lie about 6 years later!"

Actor Dabier and Rupaul's Drag Race alum Willam both recalled their own negative experiences with Lea while on set as well.

One Twitter user tagged HelloFresh in response to Samantha's tweet explaining her experience working with Lea. "I guess @HelloFresh helps save Lea Michele time when she’s busy shitting in her co-star’s wigs," they wrote. The company responded saying they have cut ties with the actress.

"HelloFresh does not condone racism nor discrimination of any kind. We are disheartened and disappointed to learn of the recent claims concerning Lea Michele. We take this very seriously, and have ended our partnership with Lea Michele, effective immediately," they responded. HelloFresh has since released a company-wide statement in solidarity with the Black community and has donated to the Brooklyn NAACP.

Lea posted a written apology on her Instagram, saying she doesn't remember the instances that were brought up on Twitter. "While I don't remember ever making this specific statement and I have never judged others by their background or color of their skin, that's not really the point, what matters is that I clearly acted in ways which hurt other people," she wrote.

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