Lea Michele on Fan Backlash from Finding Love Again After Cory Monteith's Death: It's 'Really Hard'

This is just clickbait. I think Lea went on this podcast to support her friend Becca Tobin's new venture. Social media and "Lea's strength in the face of fan backlash" is a good topic. I don't really think there has been an explosion of negative energy. She has been including her boyfriend, Matthew Paetz, professional blogger and male escort, in her posts for over a year claiming that she now knows real happiness. Her fan base has been very vocal and supportive. I do think she lost many crossover fans (fans who liked Cory and liked her with Cory) because of the callous way she used him and his memory. (First to sell her various projects and then to not mention him by name after said promotion.) Mentioning Cory in this podcast and saying that he would love Matt probably isn't going to win these fans back. (It is interesting though how mentioning Cory still draws significant media hits.)