Shocking family secrets could spill out in the next season of “Glee” now that Broadway’s Idina Menzel has joined the cast. Producers have said Menzel will play the director of Vocal Adrenaline, the rival show choir of the New Directions crew. But insiders tell us that the creators are still toying with having Menzel play the long-lost biological mom of Lea Michele’s character. “It’s no accident that Idina and Lea look and sound alike,” says our spy. “The story arc could have Idina’s character putting Lea up for adoption because she wanted to make it big in singing, then deciding she wants to get to know her daughter.” We shall see.

Sen. Chuck Schumer is flat-out denying a new book’s suggestion that he called the SEC while it was probing Ponzi schemer (and Schumer campaign contributor) Bernie Madoff. Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos reports in “No One Would Listen” that he heard from another “government agency” that, years before Madoff’s arrest, Schumer “called the SEC to inquire about the Madoff investigation.” Markopolos believes Schumer “apparently made the call on behalf of his constituents.” He adds: “There is absolutely no evidence of any wrongdoing on Schumer’s part [or] any intent on his part to interfere … The problem is that the SEC is funded by Congress, so its employees are particularly sensitive to congressional inquiries. So for a middle-level SEC employee with ambitions, any case in which an important politician is involved is a case he or she wants to stay far away from.” Schumer spokesman Josh Vlasto responds: “The senator would never make a call that could potentially interfere with an investigation, and he absolutely did not in this case … The country owes Mr. Markopolos a debt of gratitude for his valiant efforts … But, on this, someone gave him wrong information.” Markopolos’ lawyer, Gaytri Kachroo, tells us: “We stand by the source who said there was a call. We don’t believe it had any impact on the investigation.”

Lil Wayne wants to unload some little houses before he hits the Big House. The rapper, due to be sentenced on weapons charges Tuesday, has put his two Miami Beach condos on the market. But there are problems. A source says some potential buyers who’ve looked at the smaller pad have been put off because “it reeks of weed.” The larger unit, in the Murano Grande complex, is priced at $2.8 million. It apparently smells better, but the source says, “Some people don’t like the criminal stigma attached to it. They worry that some of Lil Wayne’s old friends may show up unannounced.”

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