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Lea Michele wasn’t eligible for a Tony Award

Lea Michele performed during the ceremony with the cast of Funny Girl – but she wasn't eligible for a Tony Award for her role of Fanny Brice in the musical.

In order to be eligible, the Tony Awards’ rules and regulations say that “an actor or actress must perform in the role on the production’s opening night.”

Beanie Feldstein was the original actress for the Broadway revival before being replaced by Lea in September.

Whoopi Goldberg is EGOT status

Whoopi Goldberg won a Grammy in 1986, followed by an Oscar in 1990.

She has earned two Daytime Emmy Awards and a Tony in 2002.

Audrey Hepburn achieved EGOT status after death

Actress Audrey Hepburn became an EGOT winner post-humously.

In 1953, she won an Academy Award; a Tony came in 1954.

The year she died, 1993, Audrey won an Emmy. She was given a Grammy the following year.

Lea Michele’s illiteracy rumors, part two

In the book, Naya detailed how Lea would refuse to improvise her lines.

And, according to Jaye and Robert, Lea never shared her thoughts about what Naya wrote, but when asked about the rumors, Naya would just tell people to read her book.

Other rumors claim that because Lea was a child star she never went to school and didn't get the chance to learn to read or write.

Another one of the theories pointed out how the actress uses more emojis than words in her social media posts.

Others see her long-going appearance in the musical, Spring Awakening, as further proof of her inability to read as she only had to memorize the show once.