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Kevin McHaleknows exactly howLea Micheleshould address therumors she’s illiterate.
The recentCelebrity Drag Racecontestant said his formerGleecostar should participate inRuPaul’s Drag Race"Reading Is Fundamental" challenge to prove she can read once and for all — or not.
McHale, 34, think Michele, 36, should intercut footage of herself on TikTok with clips from the show’s signature game, in which theDrag Racequeens ‘read’ each other with good-natured insults.
“I hope she does a TikTok with that. It would be great if someone edited her into a Reading challenge onDrag Race,” McHale, known as Chic-Li-Fay onDrag Race, toldEntertainment Weekly. “In all seriousness, I do think she’d be great. Meme-wise, I think they need to put her in one of those scenes, and then just have crickets playing. Maybesheshould do it, she seems like she’s leaning into it.”
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For years, Michele has been subject to an Internet rumor that claims she can’t read or write. The theory has taken on a life of its own thanks to TikTok users, who’ve dug into Michele’s past to show “evidence” she’s been caught pretending to read.
While Michele is now in on the joke — at least on TikTok — she spoke about the rumors at the start of September. “I went toGleeevery single day; I knew my lines every single day,” she toldThe New York Times. “And then there’s a rumor online that I can’t read or write? It’s sad. It really is.”
Michele added, “I think often if I were a man, a lot of this wouldn’t be the case.”
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TheFunny Girlactress alsoreplied to a fan tweet about the conspiracy, saying “Loved READING this tweet and wanted to WRITE you back,” back in March 2018 when the joke first surfaced.
source: people.com
