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Lea Michele has been accused of shading her former Glee co-star Chris Colfer and "fake crying" when the actor accepted a major award.
Fans have unearthed a clip from Chris' acceptance speech after he won Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series at 2011's Golden Globe Awards and they noticed something strange about Lea's reaction.
In a clip shared on TikTok, Chris stood on stage as he shared his disbelief at winning before the camera cut to an overwhelmed Lea.
When the actress is first seen, she is proudly watching her co-star with a hand on her chest, but quickly starts to take dramatic breaths and wipes at her eyes.
Lea Michele was accused of faking her emotions (NBC)Over the top of the video, the TikTok user wrote: "Lea Michele was fake crying when she realized the camera cut to her."
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In the caption they added: "i was just trying to re-enjoy his win fr fr."
People were quick to agree with accusation, with one person commenting: "That girl practices her acting skills every moment she gets."
"The dramatic breathing lmao," another penned, while a third fan wrote: "The shortness of breath for me," adding a crying laughing emoji.
Chris Colfer had been accepting an award (NBC)"She saw that green light go off and she went to work," another claimed.
However, others defended the actress. One fan wrote: "She’s dedicated and i love it," while someone else urged: "Don't rain on her parade."
Someone else suggested: "Or it’s because they were friends at the time…"
Another agreed: "They were close at the time lol. I remember a teen choice awards he was hosting and u hear her scream I love u and he says it back lol they were cool."
Chris and Lea appeared to be good friends while Glee was on air, but cracks soon seemed to appear in their relationship.
Back in October, Chris didn't hold back when he was asked if he planned to go and watch Lea in Funny Girl on Broadway while he was in New York City.
During an appearance on The Michelle Collins Show, he said: "No I can be triggered at home."
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Chris doesn't seem happy with Lea (Getty Images)
Lea said she has learnt from her experience (Getty Images)In 2020, Lea was also slammed by a number of her co-stars for reportedly being mean-spirited on set.
Following their comments, Lea admitted she received huge backlash online, but believes she took lessons away from the experience.
In a recent chat with Interview Magazine, she said: "I think these past two years have been so important for everybody to just sit back and reflect.
"I did a lot of personal reach-outs. But the most important thing was for everybody to just take a step back."