Naya Rivera Reveals Lea Michele Didn't Speak 'a Word' to Her During 'Glee' Final Season
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The Santana Lopez of 'Glee' opens up on the on-set tension between her and the Rachel Berry depicter, claiming her former co-star couldn't take criticism.

AceShowbiz - Naya Rivera talks about Lea Michele feud. As her tell-all book "Sorry, Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes & Growing Up" comes out, details of their long-rumored catfight are finally revealed. Rivera says her relationship with Michele fell apart to the point where Michele avoided talking to her on "Glee" set.

"As the show progressed, though, that friendship started to break down, especially as Santana moved from a background character to one with bigger plot lines and more screen time. I think Rachel - erm, I mean Lea - didn't like sharing the spotlight," Rivera wrote in her memoir.

"On top of that, she had a hard time separating work from our outside friendship, whereas it was a lot easier for me. I'm not offended when people offer feedback or criticism, and if things get heated on set, I try to keep perspective. We're all stressed, yes, but we're all working toward the same goal, so laugh it off and keep it movin'. Lea was a lot more sensitive, though, and it seemed like she blamed me for anything and everything that went wrong."

"If I'd complained about anyone or anything, she'd assumed I was b***hing about her," she went on. "Soon, she started to ignore me, and eventually it got to the point where she didn't say a word to me for all of season six. Lea and I definitely weren't the best of friends, and I doubt we'll ever sit on her couch and eat kale together again, but the rumors of our 'feud' were blown out of proportion."

"One of the Glee writers once said that Lea and I were like two sides of the same battery and that about sums us up," the mother of one opened up. "We are both strong willed and competitive - not just with each other but with everyone - and that's not a good mixture."

Rivera also discusses Michele's relationship with Cory Monteith. "When Cory and Lea started dating, it was a total surprise. The more serious they got, the less Cory hung out with us and the more he seemed like a different person," the Santana Lopez depicter claimed.

"One year he came back from the break between seasons super skinny. He said he'd been spending a lot of time at the gym and was trying to be responsible - not spending money all the time and buying crazy cars like he used to," she wrote. "My personal feelings for Lea aside, I knew that she wasn't a partier, so I felt like maybe their relationship could actually be good for him. I was happy for Cory to have a stable influence in his life, wherever it was he found it."

Lea Michele hasn't commented on Naya Rivera's statement, but she denied the feud back in 2014. "It's really unbelievable the amount of things that can just be completely made up," she told David Letterman back then. "And it's really frustrating."

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