Following the announcement of latest docuseries The Price of Glee, individuals are as soon as once more discussing the so-called ‘Glee Curse’.
Five forged and crew members from the present have died in sudden circumstances during the last 9 years, and the Disney+ documentary guarantees to research the deaths of stars Cory Monteith, Naya Rivera and Mark Salling.
Now, former castmate Kevin McHale has slammed the sequence, claiming not one of the forged have had something to do with its manufacturing.
Watch the trailer for the docuseries above.
In a fiery tweet, McHale, who hosts his personal Glee-focussed podcast with former co-star Jenna Ushkowitz known as And That’s What You REALLY Missed, known as the sequence “trash”.
Re-tweeting a tweet by TV journalist Ashley Ray which learn, “yes cast and crew are involved [in the series], no they are not comparing Naya [Rivera] and Cory [Monteith] to Mark [Salling] or making any similarity other than to say “they had been all on the identical present”.”
To this, Mchale wrote, “Show me this “forged” you speak of. This is [trash],” utilizing a rubbish bin emoji.
McHale, who performed Artie Abrams on Glee, adopted up the tweet with: “This was the nice version, [for the record]. Don’t make me speak on this again.”
Naya Rivera, Cory Monteith and Mark Salling are the three Glee forged members who died after the TV present skyrocketed them to fame.
Monteith died in 2013 after an overdose, whereas Salling died in 2018 by suicide – six weeks earlier than he was as a consequence of be imprisoned for possession of kid pornography.
Rivera died in 2020 after a boating journey together with her then-four-year-old son.
She was believed to have been swimming together with her son at Lake Piru in northwest Los Angeles when waters turned rocky. In the method of attempting to save lots of his life, she possible exhausted herself and drowned, police reported on the time.
McHale’s phrases in regards to the upcoming docuseries come after a latest episode of his podcast which noticed him keep in mind Rivera, together with former Glee forged stars Heather Morris and Chris Colfer.
“It was really infuriating and also incredible to watch,” he mentioned of Rivera’s singing and performing expertise. “She was so good, just so good… it was a gift that we got to be around every single day.”
The controversial Disney+ sequence is slated to premiere on January 16, 2023. So far not one of the former Glee forged have supported the challenge.
Who from Glee has died?
In the final 9 years, three members of the primary Glee forged have died. Cory Monteith, who performed footballer Finn Hudson, died in 2013. Mark Salling, who performed Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman, died in 2018, and Naya Rivera, aka Santana Lopez, died in 2020.
Two crew members from the present have additionally died. Assistant director Jim Filler handed away from coronary heart failure in 2013, and manufacturing assistant Nancy Motes died by suicide in 2014. Her colleagues reportedly posted on Facebook: “We’ve lost another one.”
How did Cory Monteith die?
On July 13, 2013, Monteith’s physique was present in a lodge room in Canada. His loss of life was dominated as a heroin overdose, with traces of alcohol, codeine and morphine additionally present in his bloodstream.
The actor had a historical past of substance abuse from the age of 13. He entered rehab on the age of 19 on the request of his household and pals. In March 2013, a number of months earlier than his loss of life, he voluntarily went again to rehab, after an intervention was held on the Glee set. He accomplished his therapy on April 26.
This yr, Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy revealed on the And That’s What You REALLY Missed podcast that he had been one of many forged and crew members who tried to assist Monteith.
“I remember thinking like, ‘Oh my god, thank God he made it. Thank God he’s going to be okay’,” Murphy recalled of the second Monteith accomplished his rehab therapy. “He came to Fire Island and he spent time with me. And I remember thinking, like, ‘Against all odds, he’s going to be okay.’
“And then two days later – three days later, he died.”
After his death, the coroner ruled his overdose an accident. Because Monteith had been clean for a few months, “a beforehand tolerated drug focus stage could turn into poisonous and deadly”. He was 31 years old and had been dating Glee star Lea Michele at the time of his death.
How did Mark Salling die?
Salling died by suicide on January 30, 2018, after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. In 2015, after a tip-off from an ex-girlfriend, the actor was arrested when police found more than 50,000 images of child pornography on his computer and hard drive. Following his trial, Salling pleaded guilty, and it was expected he would spend seven years in jail. He was found dead a month before his sentencing trial.
How did Naya Rivera die?
Rivera went missing while swimming with her son at Lake Piru, in California, on July 8 2020. Her son was found alive and well floating on a boat in the middle of the lake, with Rivera nowhere to be seen. After five days of searching, her body was recovered on July 13 — the seven year anniversary of Monteith’s death. She was 33.
Is the ‘Glee Curse’ real?
No. A source who worked on the show recently commented on the so-called curse, telling the NY Post that it’s merely just a set of unfortunate circumstances.
“I do not know if I’d say it was cursed, nevertheless it’s unlucky for many of them. The issues which have occurred with among the forged… it’s extremely unhappy.”
Cast tributes
This year, Lea Michele paid tribute to Cory Monteith on the ninth anniversary of his death. The star would have been 40 this year.
Posting to her Instagram Story, Michele, 35, shared a very subtle tribute to Monteith, posting a throwback photo from their Glee days.
The photo shared by Michele dates back to 2011, when Monteith and Michele were filming a scene for Glee in New York City.
Monteith, then 28, looks handsome in a suit and tie, while Michele beams up at him in a blue dress, holding a bouquet of flowers.
Michele dated Monteith off-screen from 2012 until he died unexpectedly on July 13, 2013, at the age of 31.
She has been married to businessman Zandy Reich since 2019, and the couple welcomed son Ever Leo in August 2020.
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