The Price of Glee: 7 biggest bombshells

• The Price of Glee debuted on Monday and revealed the gritty behind-the-scenes.
• Similar to how Lea Michele and Cory Monteith’s characters dated on television.
• They also grew close off it, however, not everyone was in favor of their relationship. “

The Price of Glee, which debuted on Monday, revealed the gritty behind-the-scenes drama surrounding the show, including the tragic deaths of Cory Monteith, Naya Rivera, and Mark Salling.

Even though the popular Ryan Murphy-directed FOX series ended its run in 2015, it is still a hotly debated subject. By speaking with former cast members, crew members, and journalists who covered the television phenomenon, as well as relatives, friends, and publicists of Glee cast members, Investigation Discovery’s three-part docuseries tried to offer new light on that discussion.

Any of the cast members, including Kevin McHale, who said he and his co-stars purposefully chose to “have nothing to do” with the series, were conspicuously absent.

Less tactful than McHale, The Price of Glee co-star Chord Overstreet referred to it as “bulls—-” and said, “I think anybody who knows anything about that show and experienced it doesn’t have anything to do with [the docuseries] from what I know.”

According to his friend Frederic Robinson, Monteith was worried about keeping a good reputation in the early seasons of Glee.

“When he got the part, he was supposed to be this good kid playing this role. He didn’t want his past getting out,” Robinson said. “The beginning of his success with Glee, we were really being told, ‘Don’t let it out that he’s got the drugs and alcohol problem.'”

Although it could have been kept a secret from the general public, Monteith had no trouble telling his close friends, such as his roommate Justin Neill, about it.

“When Cory moved in, it was New Year’s Eve 2008. The next day, he said it in such a flippant manner, something about drug use and he wanted us to know right away that he had a past, he’s sober now, and that this is a big part of his life,” Neill recalled.

The documentary claims that Monteith began skipping school at age 13 to consume narcotics, barely a few years after his parent’s divorce. He continued to steal “huge quantities of cash” from his family frequently while attending a dozen schools, including programs for problematic teenagers. He entered a drug rehab facility in 2001 after his mother and friends staged an intervention when he was 19.

It wasn’t until the conclusion of Glee’s second season that Monteith opened up about his difficulties, confessing in an interview that he did it to avoid being mistaken for his all-star quarterback character Finn Hudson.

“I feel like I had to step in at some point and relate to people with my experience and where I come from,” he said.

Lesley Diana, Monteith’s publicist, added that the actor wanted to go public to help those who could be in a similar circumstance by demonstrating that it is possible to overcome obstacles and succeed in life.

Similar to how Lea Michele and Cory Monteith’s characters dated on television, they also grew close off it, however not everyone was in favor of their relationship.

“I did not understand the two of them together,” said Garrett Greer, an assistant to the executive producer of Glee. “I had friends who lived in New York and grew up with Lea, so I was very aware of her reputation. She had a rep for being a little bit difficult.”

“The fact that they ended up dating intrigued me. I was genuinely shocked “Barbara Munch, a set decorator for seasons 1 and 2, were included.

Neill, Monteith’s former roommate, claimed that as the popularity of Glee soared and the shows following grew, Monteith battled with stardom.

“There was a period where it seemed Cory was getting increasingly isolated,” he recalled. “He just got to the point where he just hated fame. [He said], ‘I’m just so tired, I want to rest for a bit. I’m sick of the singing of these songs,’ and I remember him specifically saying, ‘I wouldn’t wish fame on my worst enemy.'”

Neill continued, “I’d seen the fame, but I didn’t realize how hard it was for him until then. I think with that level of fame, you lose sight of who you are. To every single person, he wasn’t Cory anymore. He was now Finn. We just knew he wasn’t in the best place.”

In the second episode of The Price of Glee, Neill explained that Monteith had grown weary of Glee’s tight schedule and desired more career independence. He had to decline movies because he was becoming more anxious and lonely, the man claimed.

Nevertheless, Neill did add that “Even if he disliked celebrity, he was aware of his good fortune. He never considered it a given.”

As social media increased in popularity alongside the program, the Glee actors were prepared to conquer new platforms. However, the competition wasn’t always friendly, according to the docuseries’ experts.

Season 3 hair department head Dugg Kirkpatrick remarked, “I would frequently see the actors gathered talking about how many people they acquired as followers, and it was a competition.”

“They had to tweet at first every day. Lea was the one who truly knew the numbers “Kirkpatrick thought back.

According to journalist Andy Swift, “the violence started practically right away.”

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