Glee star Lea Michele has responded to long-running rumours which say the actress is illiterate.
Michele, who played Rachel Berry on the hit musical show, has been subject to this gossip for years, but she has now reacted in humorous fashion on TikTok (via Mirror Online)
After joining the social media platform on Sunday, the star posted a video of herself in a fake phone call as a snippet of a Kim Kardashian conversation is played over the top.
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“Hi,” she lip syncs, before someone says: “How is it?” This is followed by Michele again miming, pretending to say: “It’s amazing but wait, can you talk for a sec?”
At the bottom of the screen, a caption reads: “Calling Jonathan [Groff] to read me the comments on my first TikTok.”
The tongue-in-cheek video led to fans going wild, with several saying they were “screaming” with laughter.
One user thanked the star for her sense of humour, saying “this is what the people wanted”, while another viewer said Michele had “won the internet” for the day.
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After posting her first video, which references her current stint in the Broadway show Funny Girl, the top comment read: “How did she read his TikTok”, showing that the bizarre conspiracy still rumbles on.
The rumours began in 2017 from an off-the-cuff remark on showbiz podcast One More Thing hosted by Robert Ackerman and Jaye Hunt, with fans constantly making light-hearted jokes at the actress’s expense since then.
Michele, who has previously called the rumours “bizarre”, starred in Glee throughout its six-season run between 2009 and 2015. Other television credits include The Mayor and Scream Queens, while her stage work includes The Little Mermaid and The Rocky Horror Show.
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