For years now, Lea Michele has been plagued by a rumor that she cannot read. Now, the actor has offered up proof that she can, in fact, read, but even while doing so, she recognized that some conspiracy theorists might say that the proof is fabricated, because she just wants us to think that she's literate. She can't win!
The rumor traces back to 2017. As reported by W magazine, Jaye Hunt and Robert Ackerman, the hosts of the podcast One More Thing, posted a Facebook Live video with their "evidence" that Michele can't read. (They posit that its because she was too busy acting and singing as a child to learn how.) It was done in jest, but the theory took off. It still randomly pops up online, and Michele has been asked about it ever since.
