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No one can doubt the ability Glee had when it premiered in 2009. The musical comedy collection turned a worldwide phenomenon and thrust the solid into superstardom. Over the course of Glee’s run and after it got here to an finish, the solid skilled devastating tragedies and surprising scandals.
The Price of Glee is a three-part restricted collection that took a deep dive into the highs and lows of Glee. Take a take a look at the largest moments of the collection, which premieres January 16 at 9 p.m. on ID and can have the ability to stream the identical day on discovery+.
*Naya Rivera’s father warned her to not soar off the boat earlier than her loss of life.
Naya Rivera’s father, George Rivera, speaks out for the primary time about his daughter’s tragic loss of life in July 2020. In The Price of Glee, George returns to Lake Piru for the primary time since Naya drowned after a time out with her son, Josey.
Before Naya and Josey went out on the boat, Georga reveals that he was FaceTiming together with her “trying to talk her through sort of the pitfalls of trying to anchor your boat.” He admits that he acquired a “sinking feeling” that day. George says he identified that Naya was simply on a pontoon boat and warned her to not soar off of it. “That was the last time I talked to her,” he says.
*Naya Rivera’s father had “no hope” after she went lacking.
“I knew immediately when I got the phone call in Knoxville that it was over with,” George says about when he acquired the decision about Naya going lacking. “You don’t find a drifting 5-year-old child asleep on a boat at the end of a lake without his mother and have any hope. I had no hope.”
After a 5-day search, Naya’s physique was recovered from Lake Piru on July 13, 2020, the 7-year anniversary of Cory Monteith’s loss of life. She was 33 years previous.
*Cory Monteith’s buddy reveals his heartfelt final message to him earlier than his loss of life.
Stephen Kramer Glickman opens up about his friendship with Cory previous to the actor’s loss of life. Stephen reveals they might talk through e mail. When Stephen requested Cory how issues have been, Cory responded, “Life has been beyond real for me. Every day better than the last.”
Stephen calls the message “haunting.” He provides, “That was my last message from him before he passed.” Cory handed away on July 13, 2013, from mixed heroin and alcohol toxicity. He was discovered useless on the age of 31 in his Fairmont Pacific Rim lodge room. Cory had been open up to now about his struggles with substance abuse.
*Cory Monteith’s roommate reveals Cory turned extra “neurotic” after season 2.
“I do remember Cory being upset because he had to turn down movies,” Cory’s former roommate, Justin Neill, reveals in The Price of Glee. “And I specifically remember this being after season 2 where he wanted to enjoy some part of life and he’s just nonstop going, going, going. Cory just seemed like he was just getting more and more neurotic and more isolating. I really didn’t know what was going on with him.”
*Set decorator says Mark was “a bit off.”
Even earlier than Mark Salling’s authorized troubles, Glee set decorator Barbara Munch reveals that Mark was “a bit off. He wasn’t just a regular young man. He had some issues going on. It seemed obvious, but it was really none of my business what they were.” Mark notably lied throughout his Glee audition and stated he was 19 as an alternative of 26.
Mark was arrested for possession of kid pornography in 2015. He pleaded responsible two years later in a plea deal. Ahead of a sentencing listening to, Mark died by suicide on January 30, 2018. He was 35 years previous.