Glee star Amber Riley begs fans to stop calling her Mercedes

2 February 2022

Amber Riley has begged followers to cease calling her Mercedes and use her actual title as a substitute.

Amber Riley desires followers to name her by her actual title

The 35-year previous actress shot to fame by enjoying Mercedes Jones within the hit musical comedy sequence ‘Glee’ again in 2009 and whereas she nonetheless “loves” the present, she admitted that she would quite be addressed as her personal individual and never her character.

She mentioned: “I’ve all the time beloved [Mercedes], and I really like what ‘Glee’ means to individuals. That’s by no means been the difficulty. I’m only a human. Like, I’m only a human being, and I simply need to be addressed as an individual and never a personality. Simply use my title! That’s it. That’s all I used to be asking! That’s it.”

Amber – who following her success on tv took on starring theatrical roles in ‘Hair’, ‘Dreamgirls’, and ‘Depraved in Live performance’ – insisted that whereas she doesn’t want to “separate” herself from her ‘Glee’ counterpart, she desires to have the ability to discover different initiatives as an actor.

Talking to Leisure Tonight, she added: “I feel I simply, as an actor, need to have the ability to do various things. It’s not essentially separating myself from something I’ve accomplished. It’s simply, hey, whenever you see me, whenever you tweet me, simply use my title. Actually [I want] to simply be addressed by my title.”

Nevertheless, the star went on to disclose that she could be open to doing one other ‘Glee’ mission, admitting that she “misses” working with a few of her former co-stars.

She mentioned: “I want to do one thing with among the Glee forged once more, simply one thing humorous like a Humorous or Die second or one thing. We discuss it rather a lot, however , like, Kevin [McHale] and Chris [Colfer] and Jenna [Ushkowitz], I miss being on set with them as a result of that was my household and Harry [Shum Jr.]! Perhaps one thing with them. Perhaps they’ll get again on set with the ol’ woman and do one thing enjoyable!”