'Glee' stars Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale describe one episode as 'dark and morbid' to watch after Cory Monteith’s death

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Almost ten years after the death of Cory Monteith, two of his ‘Glee’ castmates have shared how they felt rewatching one episode of the TV series.

Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale spoke about season 3, episode 9 while on their podcast ‘And That’s What You REALLY Missed’, which aired on Monday, January 7.

Cory Monteith’s character’s dad died due to drug overdose

The January 2012 episode was about Monteith’s character Finn Hudson knowing about his father’s death, one year and seven months before his drug overdose death in July 2013, Us Weekly reported.

In the show, it was shown that Finn believed his father was a war hero but later he found out that he lost his life to drugs.

In the episode, Finn’s mother told him, “He died in Cincinnati after being dishonorably discharged.”

She added, “Honey, he had a drug problem that he tried to get over when he came home — for you, mostly — but then he would just disappear for a day or a week sometimes. One day, he just didn’t come back. It was an overdose.”

Finn’s mother also shared that she did not reveal the truth initially “because your dad was so much more than the last few months of his life.”

Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale express how they feel

Commenting on the episode, Ushkowitz said, “We probably don’t remember it because we thought it was just another storyline for Finn that was really well done [at the time].

“But in hindsight, the whole through line of this storyline — every line that he said about it — really just struck a different chord that resonated or mirrored his life too closely. It was just really sad to watch.”

McHale then noted, “Yeah, it felt really dark and morbid watching it. But obviously, there was no way to know what the future was going to be. .. it just felt very eerie.”

Ushkowitz opens up about Monteith’s death

This came after in 2022 Ushkowitz opened up about Monteith’s death.

She told Us Weekly, “Finn was the heart of the show and Cory was the heart of our group.”

“I feel like when Cory died, the show died with him in many ways. It became a different show … it was really hard to do and it was never the same, for me at least,” the 37-year-old added.