For five years now, "Glee" alum Lea Michele has been dogged by allegations both serious and bizarre.
The original theory back in 2017 with a podcast joke. While talking about how Michele purportedly did not like to improvise scenes.
The podcast episode, which saw the pair tongue-in-cheek presenting "evidence" of this new factoid.
Has since been taken down, but the memes and internet speculation has continued unabated for years.
I went to 'Glee' every single day; I knew my lines every single day," Michele told The New York Times.
Previously, she had appeared to joke about the rumor, responding to a fan who thought she was laughing over it it via Twitter in 2020.
"Funny GIrl" is an element of life imitating art, as this exact aspiration was a major arc for her "Glee" character Rachel Berry.
But it's her alleged behavior on that set that drew bigger headlines than her character's story coming to life.