Amanda Seales denies claims that she was rude to those around her Unsure Actors on set.
In a new interview for Club Shay Shay PodcastThe 42-year-old actress responded to whispers that she was a bully while filming the hit HBO series. She claimed the whole situation was fabricated and said it wasn’t even possible because she could have easily been thrown into the building for bad behavior.
“There’s a whole narrative that’s completely false, that people keep filming. They keep saying that I’m that mean girl on that set, that I harmed those people on that set,” Seales told the show’s host, Super Bowl champion Shannon Sharpe.
“I just want to point out something very basic. How can I be a mean girl on a set that isn’t my set? How? It’s your show. You are my boss. “I don’t even have the ability to be that mean girl here because you can fire me,” she continued. “There is no way for me to be a mean girl in this situation.”
The allegations of rude behavior stem from a 2019 incident in which she was kicked out of an Emmys party by Rae’s publicist Vanessa Anderson, which Seales immediately addressed on her podcast at the time BET. The actress said that she and Anderson never got along and that while being escorted out by security was humiliating, it hurt even more that her co-stars didn’t intervene.
“I also see people seeing this and doing nothing,” Seales said in her audio series. “If I had seen this happen to someone else, I would have been involved in this shit.”
However, the tables quickly turned when she Unsure Co-star Sarunas J. Jackson tweeted and then deleted a message that provided context to the entire ordeal.
“You can’t be a disrespectful ass and expect people to want to spend time with you,” he tweeted, according to the medium. “It’s easy. Sit it out.”
The new interview features Seales – who previously addressed the concept of mean girls Follow her in 2023 Small doses Podcast — added that she understands that some may find it difficult to believe because of her “confirmation bias,” but that she swears her version of the story is the truth.
During the candid conversation, Seales also addressed a reported argument between her and the 39-year-old writer, director and actress who helmed the five-season comedy. Seales says Rae reached out to her after the 2019 incident but refused to intervene, even though she accused Anderson of waging a “smear campaign” against her.
“So I said, ‘Look, I’m not saying it’s going to be a problem on set, but I think it’s a problem that you don’t feel like you need to intervene with.’ And she said, ‘Well, we just have different opinions…that’s between all of you,'” Seales said.
Seales added that when it came to producing her own TV show, Get your life – which was produced by Rae’s media company – the Barbie The actress did not provide the support, guidance or encouragement she deserved. Despite her complaints, Seales continued to maintain a solid relationship with the comedian as she felt the need to “protect” her and what she was doing for other black artists in Hollywood.
However, that relationship has since soured, and Seales didn’t mince her words for her former boss and co-star.
“She gave me no strength. She didn’t feel like I was needed,” Seales said. “She didn’t feel like I deserved to be protected. I’m only revealing part of the situation. But that was my experience. And yet I always protected her because I felt it was my responsibility to do so.” . But it is not.”
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