Actress Lea Michele and her husband Zandy Reich headed to Flushing Meadows to watch the men’s final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament… where they wound up sitting behind comedienne Ziwe Fumudoh.
Michele, 37, and her 40-year-old businessman husband were seated at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York City, and it was revealed she was sitting behind Ziwe, 31, and her friend Emily Ratajkowski, 32.
While it’s unclear if they interacted during the men’s final between Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev (which Djokovic won), though Watch What Happens Live producer Frank Costa certainly was curious.
‘Lea Michele sitting behind Ziwe and Emily Ratajkowski at the US Open. I need a full breakdown of any & all interactions,’ Costa tweeted with a photo of them.
The outing came just nine months after an interview Ziwe conducted on her Showtime series with Glee co-star Amber Riley, where they discussed whether or not Michele was racist.
Behind: Actress Lea Michele and her husband Zandy Reich headed to Flushing Meadows to watch the men’s final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament… where they wound up sitting behind comedienne Ziwe Fumudoh
Frank: While it’s unclear if they interacted during the men’s final between Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev (which Djokovic won), though Watch What Happens Live producer Frank Costa certainly was curious
Outing: The outing came just nine months after an interview Ziwe conducted on her Showtime series with Glee co-star Amber Riley, where they discussed whether or not Michele was racist
The Funny Girl Broadway star opted for a sleeveless black mini-dress with her hair pulled back and parted down the center.
She accessorized with diamond studded earrings, along with a silver watch and a silver diamond bracelet.
Ziwe opted for a stylish yellow plaid crop top and super-short matching shorts and grey platform sneakers for her outing.
Ziwe’s friend Emily Ratajkowski opted for a strapless grey dress with black knee-high boots.
EmRata was also spotted sitting between her friend Ziwe and actor/writer Justin Theroux during the men’s final match.
As for how Michele sitting behind Ziwe is noteworthy, back in December 2022, Ziwe had Glee star Amber Riley on as a guest on her Showtime series simply titled Ziwe.
A few years earlier, another Glee co-star, Samantha Ware, responded to a tweet Michele made to support Black Lives Matter after the murder of George Floyd.
Ware stated, ‘LMAO remember when you made my first television gig a living hell?!?! Cause I’ll never forget. I believe you told everyone if [you] had the opportunity you would ‘shit in my wig!’ Amongst other traumatic microagressions that made me question a career in Hollywood…’
Lea’s look: The Funny Girl Broadway star opted for a sleeveless black mini-dress with her hair pulled back and parted down the center
Ziwe’s look: Ziwe opted for a stylish yellow plaid crop top and super-short matching shorts and grey platform sneakers for her outing
EmRata’s look: Ziwe’s friend Emily Ratajkowski opted for a strapless grey dress with black knee-high boots
Between Ziwe and Justin: EmRata was also spotted sitting between her friend Ziwe and actor/writer Justin Theroux during the men’s final match
Em and Justin: EmRata sits next to actor/writer Justin Theroux at the US Open
After Ware’s tweet, Riley was on Instagram Live, where she said, ‘I’m not going to say that Lea Michele is racist. That’s not what I’m saying. That was the assumption because of what’s going on right now in the world and it happened toward a Black person.’
During the December 2022 interview, Ziwe asked Amber Riley, ‘Now, speaking of getting down in the muck, you said that one of your famous coworkers wasn’t racist. Did you mean that she was?’
Riley took a few moments to try and figure out how to respond, before asking Ziwe politely to move on to the next question, adding, ‘I don’t know how to answer that.’
Riley then said she wasn’t sure what co-worker Ziwe was referring to because she had so many, when she played the video of Riley saying she didn’t think Lea Michele is racist.
Ziwe then asked, ‘Would you say that your famous coworker doesn’t see race and is, in fact, rude to all of her coworkers?’
‘I think that she would probably say she doesn’t see race. But as we discussed earlier, everyone does,’ Amber diplomatically replied.
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