Jane Lynch says she's been 'in touch' with Lea Michele and shares why she's leaving Broadway's 'Funny Girl' when her 'Glee' costar joins the cast

• Jane Lynch said she is leaving "Funny Girl" before Lea Michele joins the cast because it was a "strong idea" to have Michele premiere alongside Tovah Feldshuh.
• "I adore her," Lynch said of Michele. "I'm so glad she's getting the opportunity in real life to do the show and not just on 'Glee.'"

Jane Lynch just revealed she is not, in fact, pulling a classic Sue Sylvester move by leaving "Funny Girl" on Broadway before her former "Glee" co-star, Lea Michele, joins the cast.

"You know, it was just a really strong idea to have [Tovah] Feldshuh and Lea premiere together. That's the only reason [we won't appear together,]" Lynch told Deadline.

Lynch has been playing Mrs. Brice since the production came back to Broadway earlier this year. She will depart the show on September 4 .

Beanie Feldstein — who has been playing the show's lead, Fanny Brice — announced this week she'd leave the show early after the production "decided to take the show in a different direction."

Michele and Feldshuh will assume their roles beginning on September 6.

Fans had speculated that Lynch was suddenly departing before Michele's arrival intentionally, pointing to rumors that Michele had been difficult to work with on the set of "Glee."

"We have been in touch about it," Lynch told Deadline of Michele. "I adore her. She's just going to take this show and make it her own. I'm so glad she's getting the opportunity in real life to do the show and not just on 'Glee.'"