December 8th, 2011
04:26 PM ET
Lea Michele explains name change to Leno“Glee” starlet Lea Michele has made a name for herself without using her actual last name, but she opened up about why she dropped it Wednesday on “The Tonight Show." It's not unheard of for Hollywood stars to adopt a so-called mainstream moniker or just drop the last name altogether, but Lea says her new name was born of schoolyard bullying, not celebrity styling. "Sarfati. That's my real last name," the 25-year-old actress revealed to Jay Leno. "I don't use it a lot because I got Lea So-fatty, Lea So-farty at school. So when I was little and I went on my first audition they were like, 'And may we have your name,' and I was like 'Lea Michele.'"
The “New Year’s Eve” star also explained the origin of the name Sarfati. “It's Sephardic, which is Spanish/Jew,” she told Jay of her heritage, joking that her family was “kicked out” of Spain. Leno had a snappy comeback for the mini-dress clad actress: “Now why did you get kicked out? Was the skirt too short?”
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she is fugly, dirty looking with no personality....you saw the other photo she's gross and filthy
what a stupid hat right?
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Funny thing is that she wasn't joking. I'm sure here family WAS kicked out of Spain for being Jewish. 1492 was the year...
I don't find her "like"'s distracting, but that's because the entire <25 crowd replaces "said" or "asked" with them. It's a generational thing. It's not a sign of poor education anymore. It's like accusing someone of being uneducated for replacing "because" with "'cause" in conversation. It's not the best, perhaps, by English standards– but it's nothing to get out panties twisted over.
Haters gonna hate!
she is educated....that's racist
and then i was like famous and then everyone liked me, until i opened my mouth and they realized i was like and idiot.
So why didn't you comment on the article instead of talking about yourself? At least she's smarter than you–"and idiot", really?
I wish she wouldn't say like. It makes her sound so pedestrian and uneducated.
She still needs rhinoplasty..
No, she doesn't.
no one NEEDS a rhinoplasty. people get them because of shallow people like you.
Her nose looks just fine on her.
Her mother is Italian Catholic, it should be said.
I guess Lea Snotebiche (it's French) was taken?
How dare they call her starlet? She's a DIVA a real DIVA and I will always like her, I think nobody could be ever more better Rachel Berry than her.
Also, who cares?
If you didn't care you wouldn't be here, troll.
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Why is she changeing her name to Leno?
The headline did make it sound like that, didn't it?
I love Lea! She's so great! Beautiful girl, beautiful voice, and beautiful actress! Congratulations, on your success, and hopefully with much more to come.
FIRSTY!!!
never seen a skirt that was too high, or a blouse that was to low.