In a recent podcast, Lea Michele discussed her struggles following the death of Cory Monteith, revealing that her relationship with the Glee cast became fractured. After Monteith's passing, Michele felt immense pressure to keep working for the show's continuation while managing her grief. Although she mentioned feeling support from the cast and crew during this challenging time, she emphasized that it was difficult for her personally to connect with others, stating she was mainly focused on doing her job amidst the loss.
"I think it really fractured so much," she said. "I can't speak for everyone - I think that maybe, in some ways, it did for certain people. But for me, it was so hard to. I just completely broke. I was really in a one-track mind of just doing my job. It was way too much to try to process at a young age."
When Shane asked if the experience brought the cast closer, Michele said that wasn't the case for her. "I think it really fractured so much," she said. "I can't speak for everyone - I think that maybe, in some ways, it did for certain people. But for me, it was so hard to. I just completely broke. I was really in a one-track mind of just doing my job. It was way too much to try to process at a young age."
I was 26, and no one handed me a guidebook," she recalled about that time. "If we didn't show up for work, then people wouldn't have work to go to, and that was a lot of pressure for me, so I had to put my stuff aside and just show up, so that everybody could continue to work.
However, Michele clarified that she "personally felt a lot of support" from the cast and crew, who were "helping [her] to get through" in the beginning stages."
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