'The Value of Glee' docuseries was an exploration of the behind-the-scenes drama and tragedies that struck the 'Glee' forged throughout and after the present.
Nobody can doubt the facility Glee had when it premiered in 2009. The musical comedy collection grew to become a worldwide phenomenon and thrust the forged into superstardom. Over the course of Glee’s run and after it got here to an finish, the forged skilled devastating tragedies and surprising scandals.
The Value of Glee is a three-part restricted collection that took a deep dive into the highs and lows of Glee. Check out the most important moments of the collection, which premieres January 16 at 9 p.m. on ID and can be capable of stream the identical day on discovery+.
*Naya Rivera’s father warned her to not soar off the boat earlier than her demise.
Naya Rivera’s father, George Rivera, speaks out for the primary time about his daughter’s tragic demise in July 2020. In The Value of Glee, George returns to Lake Piru for the primary time since Naya drowned after a time out with her son, Josey.
Earlier than Naya and Josey went out on the boat, Georga reveals that he was FaceTiming along with her “making an attempt to speak her via form of the pitfalls of making an attempt to anchor your boat.” He admits that he bought 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 final time I talked to her,” he says.
*Naya Rivera’s father had “no hope” after she went lacking.
“I knew instantly once I bought the cellphone name in Knoxville that it was over with,” George says about when he bought the decision about Naya going lacking. “You don’t discover a drifting 5-year-old youngster asleep on a ship on the finish of a lake with out his mom 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 demise. She was 33 years outdated.
*Cory Monteith’s buddy reveals his heartfelt final message to him earlier than his demise.
Stephen Kramer Glickman opens up about his friendship with Cory previous to the actor’s demise. Stephen reveals they might talk through e-mail. When Stephen requested Cory how issues have been, Cory responded, “Life has been past actual for me. Daily higher than the final.”
Stephen calls the message “haunting.” He provides, “That was my final message from him earlier than he handed.” 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 prior to now about his struggles with substance abuse.
*Cory Monteith’s roommate reveals Cory grew to become extra “neurotic” after season 2.
“I do bear in mind Cory being upset as a result of he needed to flip down films,” Cory’s former roommate, Justin Neill, reveals in The Value of Glee. “And I particularly bear in mind this being after season 2 the place he wished to take pleasure in some a part of life and he’s simply nonstop going, going, going. Cory simply appeared like he was simply getting an increasing number of neurotic and extra isolating. I actually didn’t know what was occurring 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 only a common younger man. He had some points occurring. It appeared apparent, nevertheless it was actually none of my enterprise what they have been.” Mark notably lied throughout his Glee audition and mentioned he was 19 as a substitute of 26.
Mark was arrested for possession of kid pornography in 2015. He pleaded responsible two years later in a plea deal. Forward of a sentencing listening to, Mark died by suicide on January 30, 2018. He was 35 years outdated.