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griff1014 t1_j0w7d3p wrote

Reply to comment by North_South_Side in Glee star Jenna Ushkowitz warns viewers over new docuseries Price of Glee by Collective1985

Wanna help a brother out and give me the TL;DR?

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monsieurxander t1_j0wije2 wrote

She had an overall positive experience on the show and thinks people should be wary of focusing too much on the salacious drama. She lowkey plugs her podcast with Kevin McHale where they will "set the record straight.'

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sleepyotter92 t1_j0ygptl wrote

lol multiple people, especially extras, talked about their awful experience on the show. the extras mainly had issues with leah michelle, who's an utter diva. pretty sure her and naya hated each other's guts because naya wasn't there to put up with leah's bs.

kevin and jenna are still milking the glee fame just like jonathan bennet is still milking the mean girls fame. they got nothing else notable in their careers so they gotta keep that fandom happy to keep the money flowing

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MNGirlinKY t1_j0zpjme wrote

Well the extras kind of win on this one because Lea Michele just ruined her entire face with some very bad plastic surgery.

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adamfrog t1_j14jtak wrote

Well shes also probably achieved all her dreams and made a ridiculous amount of money

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jdbrew t1_j0yzd7q wrote

Having a positive experience does not negate the negative.

I have a family member who was a side character who became a sort of beloved side character and they brought him back multiple times. He was a teenager, about 14 at the time, and was getting into experimenting experimenting with drugs and alcohol and they not only allowed him to get drunk before shooting his scenes, they provided him the alcohol and encouraged it. Not that this was the make or break instance for him, but he went onto abuse alcohol until he ended up in the hospital one night after nearly dying. He’s been sober about a year now. But I always wonder what it would have been like if he wasn’t encouraged to get raging drunk before shooting.

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HappyThreatening t1_j10cmdb wrote

Wait, they encouraged him to get drunk before shooting scenes for Glee? That sounds like something that would happen way back in the day, not in the 2010s. How damaging! Good for him on his sobriety.

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monsieurxander t1_j12dssq wrote

During the second season, cast was drinking so much the producers staged an intervention. And then wrote a thinly veiled episode calling them out for drinking.

If this happened, it was on fellow cast members behind the backs of production.

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TanonBeiste t1_j2fper8 wrote

There were no side characters around that age during the show’s tenure. Josie Totah (who joined in the very last season) was the youngest cast member and was 11-12 during filming

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peanutdakidnappa t1_j0yejbn wrote

Kevin McHale the hall of fame nba player?

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sleepyotter92 t1_j0ygkkd wrote

no, the gay singer who played a kid in a wheelchair

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peanutdakidnappa t1_j0zuuej wrote

Thanks lol, I never watched glee and only know nba Kevin McHale. I was just thinking why the fuck would she have a podcast with nba Kevin McHale

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