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Naya Rivera’s Ex Ryan Dorsey Speaks Out for the First Time About the Glee Star’s Tragic Death and Raising Their Son Alone

Naya Rivera's ex Ryan Dorsey is speaking out for the first time about the 'Glee' star's tragic death early five years ago, and how he's raising their son Josey as a single dad.

As Josey poses with his dad during their PEOPLE photo shoot at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, Calif., on Feb. 3, he comfortably strikes up conversation with the adults around him, cracking jokes and excitedly describing his favorite video games (Minecraft and Plants vs. Zombies, to name a few). While Dorsey has largely remained quiet in the years since losing Rivera — still beloved among fans for her role as outspoken cheerleader Santana Lopez on Glee from 2009 to 2015 — he finally feels ready to talk about the tragic events and what his and Josey’s lives have looked like since. He next appears as the mysterious Frank Whales in the Feb. 16 episode of the CBS hit Tracker — "I have a good face for crime, apparently," he jokes of often being cast as the bad guy — and has been in L.A. filming for a "very cool" Apple TV+ show he can't talk about just yet.

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