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I know I yell at or about Lea Michele a lot, but I do have some nice stuff to say about her. For one, I think she’s a pretty girl. She has beautiful eyes, great hair and lovely skin, and with her small, petite frame, she should be able to pull off some really great fashion. Unfortunately, Lea often gets it wrong when she’s styling herself, or being styled by others. Take a gander at this Nylon pictorial, for the September issue. Look at how awful her hair looks. Look at the weird/bad lighting that makes her look tired, drawn and sallow. She is a lot prettier than Nylon has made her look.
As for the interview… well, Lea never gives a good interview, in my opinion. She’s very full of herself in general, but she’s also kind of neurotic. She wants to come across as a self-confident free-spirit, but… that’s just not who she is.
On making people uncomfortable: “When I was in Spring Awakening, every night I had to do this nude scene. I always loved to find the one person who I knew was going to be uncomfortable–who throughout the show was cringing in their seat–and when [co-star] Jonathan Groff would undo my top, I loved it!”
On being open-minded: “I grew up in a very, very different world than a lot of people did. Everyone I knew was gay–the weirdos were the straight people. Obviously we don’t just deal with homosexuality on Glee, but nothing shocks me. Nothing.”
On her childhood: “I was a weird kid. I was eight years old saying, ‘I don’t want a day off. I’d like to work everyday, please.’”
On dealing with the paparazzi: “I’m sorry but it’s so strange. I always feel now that people only want to get the worst out of sitting and talking to me. I feel a weird thing where it’s like, ‘Do you just want to find out something bad?’”
On her upcoming pop album: “I want to make songs where girls can just roll down the windows of their car or dance around in their rooms in their underwear, like, ‘I hate my ex-boyfriend!’ or ‘I’m so in love!’ because that’s what I want [to hear] power-girl songs.”
On all those diva rumors: “I think I got hit with some pretty hard things at the beginning that were not good representations of my personality, and people put a label – I think they like to do that – and it really got to me. And I think I was fighting so hard to change that, that I was not really being myself. [But] I came to a place where I’m much happier personally in my life and because of that I really don’t feel like I need to explain anything or be anything. I’m really proud of who I am.”
On her relationships on and offscreen with Cory Monteith: “We were Finn and Rachel before–I feel like they come first.”
On her love affair with Glee: “When the show first started I knew immediately that it was so special. But so much was happening for us so quickly that it was very much a whirlwind. And I don’t know what happened, but when this third season finished, I fell madly in love with it again.”
The diva question and answer was interesting – Lea did get hit hard with rumors and stories when she first came on the scene, but I’m not quite sure what she’s saying in response to that? That she was “mislabeled” a diva? That those stories weren’t the best representation? That she’s a diva and she’s “proud” of that? I don’t even know. The last resort of the diva is always to blame the label or the editing. In the end, it just sounds like someone’s excuse to act up and expect that there should be no repercussions.
Photos courtesy of Nylon and The Fashion Spot.
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Lea Michele
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Pop album? Really?
I quite like Lea but I can’t see her doing pop. She does show tunes and ballads fabulously but pop, seriously?
She really could have worded the diva answer better. Like said, that’s not me – at all. Or I am far from being a diva.
The photos are less than stellar…
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What’s with the faux-beaded cat ears on the cover? And what’s this photoshoot supposed to be? ‘ Naughty School girl’? Lame.
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Yeah like she hasnt done that theme…in about every single other mag spread over the past 3 years…yawn
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Maybe they were suggesting she’s a sex kitten? She is not, of course, and she’s no bombshell. That’s not her persona, no matter how many times she attempts it. She needs to cut down on the try-hard behavior. She struggles.
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Spoken like a true diva!
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What’s wrong with being a diva, I wonder. She is so talented, and you can tell she is a consummate professional. I don’t mind a bit of an attitude when someone has the goods to back it up.
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mmm, I’m not really sure how I feel about the whole pop album. I really like Lea; it’s not the popular opinion but I can’t help like her. It’s her amazing voice and her neurotic ways that I know sounds crazy, but I find them endearing.
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Not a fan of the v neck on her. Not flattering with her figure.
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Songs about breaking up with my boyfriend or being in love is not what I’d call “girl power”.
I’d rather hear a song like “I just got this sick promotion, did a shift at Habitat for Humanity and bought myself a sweet new pair of heels.” Clearly, my girl power is off.
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@ Roma:
You are my new hero
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that’s what i was thinking too
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Awful clothes and I didnt even notice the cat ears until a more awake poster pointed them out! ha ha
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She is one dimensional. I wonder what will happen to her when they cancel Glee? I don’t see big future for her in Hollywood.
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Agreed. She might have a nice voice for the type of singing style present on “Glee”, but she’s not pop. She strikes me as someone who really, really wants the overall Brass Ring from Hollywood. Comes across as a little desperate. She’s off-putting. Long haul? No. There is always a newer version waiting in the wings.
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Sorry, this girl is so uninteresting to me. She screams try-hard more than any other actress. And she is not pretty. If you separate her features, they are all nice, but put them together and you have… Just yikes.
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You have a lot of opinions about someone who doesn’t interest you….
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I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things. I kinda thought this was a website where I could express those opinions, good or bad. Right?
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This is an awesome cover actually. It’s weird, I’ve come full circle with her I think. The more you pick unnecessarily at her now, the more I like and hate you.
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I mute this chick every time she starts singing on Glee because she is just so annoying to watch and listen to. Her speaking voice is almost as annoying as her singing voice. She is not nearly as good as she thinks she is. Let her bring out her “pop” album and when it bombs then maybe we won’t have to deal with her for very long. And she is not what I would call pretty. Far from it. Her hair is pretty, I’ll give her that, but otherwise, there is nothing pretty about her
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On Glee, it’s hard to tell if the character is annoying or if it’s the real Lea who is a pita. In every interview I’ve read, she’s always making some big deal about how “proud” she is of herself.
Does she stand in front of her mirror every day & repeat “I’m so proud of myself” 100 times? Definitely makes for boring & feeds the diva rumours.
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I think Lea started out as a nice girl who was still shocked that she made it. I never understood the diva rumors until last year, because thats when she started acting like JLo 2.0. At the 2010 Golden Globes, all of her interviews made her seem sweet and a bit shy, but now she just seems full of herself. I hope her boyfriend comes to his senses soon. I feel like Lea is the kind of girl who is going to give Corys next girlfriend hell and probably stalk him on set because you know, no one dumps Lea Michele!
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+1…
I respected Léa and I think she could have a nice career between Broadway and Hollywood, but the latest interviews she seems to full of herself… J.Lo 2.0 – 100% molly
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@Molly Highly doubt Lea’s a stage 5 clinger who’s gonna stalk Cory on the set of Glee once they break up, but nice theory you have going on there.
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I seriously don’t know what you’re talking about with her. She’s one of the few celebs who actually gives real answers and doesn’t just give the same saccharine, PC, milquetoast soundbites over and over again in order to seem likable. I have never gotten a bad vibe from her, and so far, haven’t seen much substantiated evidence on the whole diva thing. I think if people really knew how the HW machine worked in reference to personas, we’d all feel pretty silly for giving the bought-and-sold personas of celebs so much credence.
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