Lea Michele apologizes for "being unnecessarily difficult" to Glee co-star Samantha Ware

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Two days after Ware accused Michele of making "my first television gig a living hell" during Glee's final season, Michele issued an apology this morning blaming her "immaturity" for "my behavior and for any pain which I have caused." Ware's accusation came in response to Michele's Black Lives Matter tweet on Sunday. "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." Michele, who already lost a HelloFresh partnership over the controversy, said in a lengthy statement posted to Instagram. "While I don’t remember ever making this specific statement and I have never judged others by their background or color of their skin, that’s not really the point. What matters is that I clearly acted in ways which hurt other people. Whether it was my privileged position and perspective that caused me to be perceived as insensitive or inappropriate at times or whether it was just my immaturity and me just being unnecessarily difficult, I apologize for my behavior and for any pain which I have caused. We all can grow and change and I have definitely used these past several months to reflect on my own shortcomings." Michele, who is pregnant with her first child, added: "I am a couple of months from becoming a mother and I know I need to keep working to better myself and take responsibility for my actions, so that I can be a real role model for my child and so I can pass along my lessons and mistakes, so that they can learn from me," she concludes. "I listened to these criticisms and I am learning and while I am very sorry, I will be better in the future from this experience."