'Glee' Producer Says Some Male Actors Need to Be Called Out Like Lea Michele
Marti Noxon, who served as a consulting producer on Glee, is speaking out following the allegations made about Lea Michele‘s behavior on set.
Lea was accused of making season six actress Samantha Ware‘s experience on the show a “living hell” and then other cast members spoke out about her behavior.
In a series of since-deleted tweets, which were screencapped by Page Six, Marti said that some of the male cast members on the show should be called out for their behavior as well.
“Re: @LeaMichele. Hey, I’m all for calling out bad behavior and even for some schadenfreude when that behavior is punished. That said, on GLEE there were LOTS of bad actors. Who were NOT women. People in the industry know who I’m talking about. Why aren’t we calling them out?” Marti tweeted.
She added, “It seems to me that women are the first to go under the bus. But a lot of males get away with being the bullies-in-chief. How come we let them get away with it? Maybe it’s because as long as they earn someone money, they get a pass.”
When someone asked Marti to name names, she said she is “going to leave that to my male allies. It’s their turn.”
Marti kicked off her career on the beloved shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. She has since worked on such shows as Mad Men, Private Practice, UnREAL, Code Black, and most recently, Sharp Objects.
Make sure to see what Samantha said in her response to the apology that Lea wrote today.
Click inside to read what Marti Noxon tweeted to clarify her statement after the tweets spread on social media…
UPDATE: Marti has clarified the tweets that she wrote. See below.
I wish to clarify an earlier statement I made and deleted because it was poorly phrased. When I said “bad actors” in reference to my work on Glee – I was using the word actor as in “people who took bad actions”. I wasn’t referring to anybody on set specifically.
— NOX NOX WHO’S WEARING A MASK? (@martinoxon) June 3, 2020
I apologize for causing confusion. This is an emotional time and my industry, just like all industries, has problems it needs to fix. We are working on it – and it’s getting slowly better.
— NOX NOX WHO’S WEARING A MASK? (@martinoxon) June 3, 2020
I was on that show for one season, and only part time. By and large the people I met there were wonderful. And the crew was fantastic. But when bullies are allowed to act that way – there is a culture that permits it. That’s all I was saying. Thanks. Stay safe.
— NOX NOX WHO’S WEARING A MASK? (@martinoxon) June 3, 2020