Lea Michele shared an emotional reminiscence about her “Glee” co-star and former boyfriend Cory Monteith whereas making her long-awaited return to the live performance stage final week.
Michele kicked off her “An Night With Lea Michele: Life in Music” tour with a July 20 efficiency at Metropolis Vineyard in Washington, D.C. Moments earlier than her tender rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Make You Really feel My Love,” the actor and singer opened up about performing the music for the primary time in 2013 for “The Quarterback,” a particular “Glee” episode that was devoted to Monteith, who died that yr of a drug overdose.
Michele mentioned that “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy requested her to decide on the music that her character, Rachel, would sing to honor Finn (Monteith) on the episode.
“I don’t even keep in mind what I used to be listening to on the time. Like, nothing. I used to be simply in such a gap,” Michele instructed the group, as seen in fan footage of the live performance on social media. “I’m grateful that [Murphy] requested me. As a result of it wanted to be one thing that felt actual for me.”
She went on to clarify that she and Monteith had listened to the music throughout their time collectively. A number of the anecdotes she’d shared with Murphy after Monteith’s loss of life wound up inspiring scenes in “The Quarterback,” too.
“Numerous what I say to [Matthew Morrison’s] character in that classroom had been precise phrases I mentioned to Ryan after every little thing,” she mentioned.
Watch a clip of Lea Michele’s July 20 live performance speech beneath.
Although Michele mentioned the “wild and onerous” expertise of performing “Make You Really feel My Love” helped her to simply accept her loss, she’s by no means watched “The Quarterback” episode in its entirety.
“It’s the one one I’ve not seen,” she mentioned. “As a result of I feel if I don’t watch it, it simply type of seems like Finn remains to be there. So this [song] may be very particular.”
Earlier this month, Michele honored the ninth anniversary of Monteith’s loss of life on Instagram with a throwback picture displaying the couple collectively on the “Glee” set in New York. She captioned the picture merely with a coronary heart emoji.
Although the precise timeline of their relationship is unclear, Michele and Monteith met whereas filming the premiere season of “Glee” in 2009, and confirmed they had been a pair about three years later.
In 2019, Michele married husband Zandy Reich in Napa, California. She and Reich welcomed a son, Ever Leo, a couple of yr later.
“An Night With Lea Michele: Life in Music” will conclude subsequent month with a cease in Nashville. Simply weeks later, Michele will be a part of the forged of Broadway’s “Humorous Lady” as Ziegfeld Follies comic Fanny Brice.
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