Why was cory monteith fired

Before the tragedy, things looked bright for the show. It had gotten a two-season pickup—Murphy said he plans to honor that commitment—and Monteith figured to be a major part of the story line after coming through a rehab and telling Murphy he felt that working on the show would only help his long struggle to stay sober. When I heard what was happening to him, I organized an intervention and got him into rehab last March. We socialized and we also fought, because while he was a lovely sweet guy, he was also a leader on the set, a strong personality and the only analogy I can think of is that he felt like an older son to me.

We were not going to put a stupid TV show before his sobriety. I assured him he was not fired, that his job was secure, that he would leave today. He went with a whimper and not a bang and it was very emotional. On one hand, he was thrilled that people wanted to take care of him, though he also felt shame and regret.

We had experts in the room and tried to let him know this was a disease. Lea Michele. Matthew Morrison. Bill Goldberg. July 14, , PM. In this article:. American film and television screenwriter, director, and producer. American actor, dancer, singer-songwriter, and war criminal.

Celebrity In The Know by Yahoo. Rolling Stone. Politics The Daily Beast. News Men's Health. Celebrity People. Celebrity Yahoo Life. Science Time. Monteith's character, McKinley High quarterback and glee-club member Finn Hudson, has died two weeks before Thursday's episode Fox, 9 p.

The cause is unspecified -- "that doesn't matter," former classmate Kurt Chris Colfer says -- but his high-school family gathers to grieve. The episode, titled The Quarterback , was "incredibly difficult" for all to work on because of people's feelings toward Monteith, who was "the most kind, the most generous" man, who "never had a bad word for anybody," executive producer Ryan Murphy says.

It was very hard," says Murphy, who wrote the episode with fellow executive producers Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. It's amazing performances across the board. Share this article via comment Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter. More Stories. Today's Best Discounts.