Overview
- On July 29 Kevin McHale posted on X that calling the deaths of former costars a “sacrifice” or “curse” was “fucking diabolical” and urged people to stop.
- McHale’s message followed renewed attention to the series after creator Ryan Murphy said he had considered revisiting Glee, which brought the original cast back into online conversation.
- The three high-profile cast deaths are documented as separate events: Cory Monteith died in 2013 of an accidental overdose, Mark Salling died by suicide in 2018 after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material and admitting possession of about 25,000 images, and Naya Rivera drowned in 2020 while saving her son.
- Responses to McHale’s post were divided on social media with many fans supporting him for defending the memory of the dead and some critics disputing his tone, while the 2023 documentary The Price of Glee is cited as a catalyst for renewed scrutiny.
- No formal reboot has been announced and former cast members say sensational theories risk hurting survivors and families and could shape how any future talk of a revival is handled publicly.