The art of the celebrity apology

June 04, 2020

In this episode:

  • With Lea Michele saying she’s sorry to her former “Glee” costar, it’s gotten Maggie and Ian thinking about other memorable celebrity apologies – and non-apologies.
  • Quibi staffers are livid about Reese Witherspoon getting a multi-million dollar payday while the startup is struggling.
  • And a celebrity psychic sees a lot happening for the “Vanderpump Rules” cast.

      


Here’s a closer look at some of today’s stories:

Lea’s regrets

Lea Michele apologized Wednesday after being accused of making the life of Samantha Ware, her former “Glee” co-star, a “living hell” when they were on the TV show together.

“One of the most important lessons of the last few weeks is that we need to take the time to listen and learn about other people’s perspectives and any role we have played or anything we can do to help address the injustices that they face,” Michele, 33, wrote on Instagram.

She continued with, “When I tweeted the other day, it was meant to be a show of support for our friends and neighbors and communities of color during this really difficult time, but the responses I received to what I posted have made me also focus specifically on how my own behavior towards fellow cast members was perceived by them,” the actress continued.

Fuming at Quibi

Reese Witherspoon and a live Quibi event at CES 2020
Reese Witherspoon and a live Quibi event at CES 2020Getty

Quibi staffers are less than pleased that Reese Witherspoon was paid $6 million to narrate a nature show on the troubled platform where her husband works.

Witherspoon is the voice of the show “Fierce Queens,” which gives a feminist slant to nature docs by exploring heroic female animals including cheetahs, hyenas and ant queens, telling viewers: “Imagine a world where females call all the shots.”

But Page Six is told that the show, produced by the BBC’s Natural History Unit, has been one of the weakest performers on Quibi, as one source said: “Quibi may have to implement cutbacks, and people are fuming that stars like Reese got paid millions.”

Witherspoon’s husband, Jim Toth, recently left his gig at CAA after 23 years to work at Quibi as head of content acquisition and talent.

Vanderpump cast gets read

Stassi Schroeder with Max Boyens, Brett Caprioni and Dayna Kathan
Stassi Schroeder with Max Boyens, Brett Caprioni and Dayna KathanBravo

Psychic medium Chris Medina sees a lot in store for the “Vanderpump Rules” cast.

Medina read Stassi Schroeder for an episode of her “Straight Up with Stassi” podcast last year, and now he’s using that experience to shed some light on drama that’s currently playing out on the show. While Medina didn’t mention Kristen Doute by name, one situation he described accurately depicts Schroeder and Katie Maloney’s friendship breakup with Doute.

While the women did not explicitly say on the show what caused their feud, they later alleged that Doute would confide in them about her relationship issues and ask the ladies to help her discuss them while filming. However, when the cameras were rolling, they claimed that Doute would change her tune to make them look bad.

“I wish I could have said everything that I had seen with her because [Schroeder] is highly intuitive,” Medina told Page Six. “She’s extremely calculated. I think what ends up happening with her, the reason why she pops off here, is because that chick is picking up the intention of other people. So what they’re not saying — what irritates the s–t out of Stassi is, ‘Bitch don’t tell me one thing and do another.’ So I wanted to go in on that and talk about that and really, really, really bring out some of that power with her.”

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