Lea Michele Allure December 2011: Talks Nose Jobs & Weight
November 15, 2011 by Hollywoodite
Lea Michele covers Allure December 2011 since she’s the only actress from Glee who can really sell. Some of the pity covers go to Dianna Agron and Heather Morris. But, for some reason, there’s demand for Michele to discuss the same three topics ad nauseam: looks that pass as “unconventional” in Hollywood, her weight loss, and reports of her consistently bad, “diva” attitude.
Michele on her looks: “Have I been asked to change anything? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. When I was 15, my mother and I went to meet a manager who said, ‘You have to get a nose job in order for me to work with you,’” Michele tells us. “My mother would say to me, ‘Barbra Streisand never got a nose job. You’re not getting a nose job.’ And this was before I really even knew who Barbra was. I just knew that she was, like, the messiah for girls like me.”
Michele has heard the stories of her diva-like behavior: At a Time magazine party, when a photographer asked who she was, she reportedly replied, “Sarah Palin”, a remark that was taken to be a snotty “Don’t you know who I am?” “I was being silly,” Michele says. “But anyway, that’s a huge thing I learned…. Not everybody knows you and has the same sense of humor. At the same time, if I couldn’t be myself, I’d lose my mind.”
Michele became the subject of eating-disorder rumors when she suddenly looked very thin during the summer of 2010: Not so, she says. The weight loss was due to a surgery she had because of an infection in her jaw. “I’m half Italian,” says the actress. “I can eat some b**ches under the table.”
On her creepy Uncle Terry schoolgirl shoot: The photos caused an enormous scandal, but Michele defends them vigorously. “People were really offended by this, being that we play high-school students,” she says. “But we’re not high-school students! Cory is almost 30, and Dianna and I are 25. But there was such controversy. I do try to keep in mind that there are a lot of young viewers watching our show. But it’s a delicate balance, continuing to be who you are but also remembering you’re in a certain position. But would I do the shoot again? Absolutely.”
On her Broadway background: At 20, Michele was a part of the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening. Her role required her and her costar Jonathan Groff to simulate making love onstage every night. “Every night he dropped his pants and I took off my top. So depending on where you were seated, on one side of us or the other, people who were going to see the show would be like, ‘What side were you sitting on? The butt or the boobs?’”
Gwyneth Paltrow has been a valuable teacher when it comes to ignoring the haters: Paltrow has had her share of “she’s a b**ch” assumptions. “I don’t know what people are smoking, because this woman is one of the most talented, beautiful, smart but laid-back, cool people I’ve worked with,” Michele says. “That’s what I hate about this business. Before I met her, I was intimidated because of her image. But she’s the greatest.” – via Allure Magazine.
PHOTO CREDIT – ALLURE MAGAZINE
