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Amanda Seales Reacts to Rumors She Was a 'Mean Girl' on 'Insecure' Set

The actress also candidly addressed her reported fallout with Issa Rae.

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 in her podcast at the time, per BET. Amanda Seales, Yvonne Orji, Issa Rae, Jay Ellis and Natasha Rothwell - Getty ImagesThe tables quickly turned, however, when her Insecure co-star, Sarunas J. Jackson, tweeted and then deleted a message providing context of the entire ordeal. In the new interview, Seales -- who previously addressed the concept of mean girls in a 2023 episode of her Small Doses podcast-- added that she understands some may find it hard to believe because of their "confirmation bias," but that she swears her side of the story is the truth.

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