Sunday Matinee: Is Lea Michele a 'Funny Girl' or a Mean Girl?
Rich and Weekly
Wondery
4.0 • 962 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Lea Michele tested positive for Covid and now has to miss ten days’ worth of performances in her new role as Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” on Broadway. But last week, Lea had a storybook opening night that earned her rave reviews and seven - count ’em seven - standing ovations. Replacing Beanie Feldstein in the classic musical is a dream come true for Lea, but off Broadway, her past reputation as an on-set “mean girl” has come back to haunt her, and not everyone is loving her return to center stage. So is her Broadway success enough to make the public completely forget about Lea’s questionable history? Or does she still have some work to do?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Riches, no, your ears do not deceive you. |
| 0:03.7 | We're coming in hot on a Sunday. |
| 0:06.6 | So here's the deal. |
| 0:07.6 | In all the chaos of last week, we had to set aside an episode of Rich and Daily |
| 0:11.7 | that was originally scheduled for Thursday so we could |
| 0:14.4 | cover a breaking story. But we still wanted to share it with all of you. I mean, if you tell a joke and |
| 0:21.2 | no one hears it, is it even a joke? |
| 0:23.0 | Think of it as bonus content. |
| 0:25.0 | Sit back, relax, and enjoy a Sunday matinee, if you will, |
| 0:30.0 | where we dig into some real behind the scenes Broadway drama. |
| 0:35.1 | Liam, there's a lot of stuff I think we agree on. |
| 0:45.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:46.0 | And one of them is that once you get a bad reputation, |
| 0:50.0 | especially in Hollywood, it can be pretty tough to shake. |
| 0:54.0 | I mean, I still have not been able to live down that time I left you and broken that air |
| 0:59.0 | B&B to go to that premiere. |
| 1:00.3 | To this day. |
| 1:01.5 | I'm glad you brought it up because I was going to bring it up twice mind you |
| 1:06.2 | you made other plans when we were supposed to hang out I was yeah yeah totally |
| 1:10.8 | totally we're all busy, Liam. But somebody who has this in common with you, dealing with a badly tarnished reputation, the last few years is former Glee actress Leah Michelle who's been |
| 1:24.7 | accused by quite a few different people of being everything from a bully to |
| 1:29.6 | being racist. So whether these accusations are true or not, it's safe to say her image has |
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