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Matthew Morrison Reveals He Was Going to Quit ‘Glee’ Before Cory Monteith’s Death

The actor admitted that following his co-star’s passing, he understood why he couldn’t leave the musical comedy series just yet in a new interview.

Matthew, 45, explained that he had already asked to leave the show, but once Cory died, he knew that he had to stay in a new interview on the And That’s What You Really Missed podcast on Thursday, February 2015. FOX Image Collection via Getty ImagesMatthew said that when Cory died at 31 in July 2013, the people working on the show said that they couldn’t take him out of the series. He said that it was a matter of “trying to reconcile my own wants and selfish needs with the grief of losing an amazing friend.” Despite the conflicting emotions, the actor said that he was still dedicated to the work.

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