Math in footnotes looks bolder than text

[apoorvpotnis]

Math in footnotes looks slightly bolder than the surrounding text.

\documentclass{article}

% \usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{realscripts}
% \usepackage{lato}
\setmainfont{Lato}[Extension = .ttf, 
UprightFont = *-Regular,
BoldFont = *-Bold,
ItalicFont = *-Italic, 
BoldItalicFont = *-BoldItalic]
\usepackage[partial=upright, math-style=ISO, bold-style=ISO, CharacterVariant=2]{lete-sans-math}

\begin{document}
    \textit{Some text}. \(Some text\).\footnote{\textit{Some text}. \(Some text\).}
\end{document}

pdflatex output with CMR fonts:

Is this because many optical weights, both for text and math, are available for CMR? This problem seems to be present for virtually all the OpenType MATH fonts that I've tested.