Lea Michele has a TikTok account and has already begun sharing memes. The actress released a video on her freshly created TikTok account, lipsyncing to a Keeping Up With The Kardashians clip, with the caption:
“Calling Jonathan to read me the comments on my first TikTok”
The Jonathan in question is most likely Jonathan Groff, Michele’s Spring Awakening co-star. In the TikTok video, the Broadway singer seems to be ridiculing rumors about her illiteracy. When it was discovered that Michele had not attended college, the rumors started. She said that although she did not need a college degree to pursue a profession in theater, she was not illiterate. The Glee actress is a prominent theater and television actress with a net worth of $12 million as of February 2024.
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Lea Michele started her profession at the age of eight.
Lea Michele started performing at an early age. At the age of eight, she auditioned for Les Misérables and was cast as the alternative for Young Cosette, Young Eponine, and the understudy for Gavroche. She then appeared in musicals such as Ragtime (1997-1999), Fiddler on the Roof (2004-2005), and Spring Awakening (2006-2008). She was then cast as Rachel Berry in Ryan Murphy’s TV show Glee in 2009. Michele became a household name thanks to the show’s 9.62 million viewers. Glee aired from 2009 to 2015, with Lea Michele allegedly earning $80,000 every episode. She has won multiple honors for her role as the show’s female protagonist.
Lea Michele made her film debut in 2011 with New Year’s Eve, opposite Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, and Ashton Kutcher. The film was a box office success, making more than $142 million worldwide. Michele went on to work on programs like Scream Queens, and The Mayor, and ultimately joined the cast of Funny Girl when Glee ended. Michele also has four studio albums to her credit. Louder, her first album, was published in 2014 and sold over 62k copies countrywide. She later published Places (2017), Christmas in the City (2019), and Forever (2021). (2021). She also released two books in 2014, Brunette Ambition and You First: Journal Your Way to Your Best Life. Brunette Ambition reached number three on the New York Times Best Seller List.
The accusations of Lea Michele being illiterate first surfaced in 2018.
A 2018 video titled ‘Lea Michele Is Illiterate’ spread false information about the Glee actress being illiterate. Jaye Hunt and Robert Ackerman made the 40-minute film for their podcast One More Thing. The whole hypothesis began as a joke but quickly became a rumor after spreading across several social media sites. Based on numerous instances and photographs, netizens began developing their own conspiracy theories.
They assumed the actress couldn’t read or write since she never went to school. They also claimed that she couldn’t sign autographs because she couldn’t write. Lea often debunked these misconceptions, claiming that she was homeschooled and has studied and remembered hundreds of scenes while working in theater and film. She also read a book for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Storyline Online series on August 8, 2022, refuting all the rumors.
