OMG you are hilarious. When Quinn said, "I'm bored" and you said "same" I had to pause I laughed so hard.
Joy2464
2025-08-22 02:43:33 +0000 UTC
Happy (belated) Birthday Brad! I turned 27 last week on Tuesday, I didn't realize how soon after yours was!
*Apologies in advance for what I'm sure will be a long comment*
Fun fact: The guy who played Henri St Pierre (guy with no thumbs) is actually John Lloyd Young. He's credited as the first ever guest star on Glee. JLY is the only actor to date to win the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards for Lead Actor in a single role (which you can only do if it's also your debut on Broadway) in 2006... can you tell I'm a theatre nerd yet? lol
He's one of the nicest people I've ever met in the industry, btw, side note. He's active on Instagram and actually takes time to get to know his fans both there and at meet & greets.
Anyway, I've seen him in concert many times and he's an AMAZING vocalist. He won all those awards as the first ever Frankie Valli in the musical 'Jersey Boys' on Broadway. He actually met and started dating Lea Michele when they both performed in the 2008 Hollywood Bowl production of Les Miserables. He was Marius and Lea was Eponine.
Timeline is unknown because they're both so private about it, but their breakup coincided with the first season of Glee and because Ryan Murphy is a diva that worships Lea Michele, it is a fair assumption that they shafted his guest star spot on purpose: they gave him one tiny solo in Poison, chopped off his character's thumbs, and cut him out of half the episode. When you look at the little behind-the-scenes teasers that they used to do for guest stars too, they only focus on Josh Groban and don't even mention him. He mentioned on social media (many years ago) that Naya Rivera was one of the only people on set that was nice to him.
Disclaimer: while Ryan Murphy & Lea Michele are/were divas, I can acknowledge they're very talented and I have enjoyed everything of their work that I have consumed so far. No shade there, I swear!