Co-Stars Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz share their shock as Amber Riley reveals the stunning ‘Glee’ storyline that she nixed in each its graphic kind and a extra subdued take.

The revelation took her co-stars Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz without warning because the singer and actress broke it down on the most recent episode of their podcast about their time on the present, And That is What You REALLY Missed.

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“There was speculated to be an episode the place she misplaced her virginity to Sam,” mentioned Riley of the character performed by Chord Overstreet, per Us Weekly. She mentioned she informed govt producer Brad Falchuk, “Completely not.”

Based on Riley, Falchuk then instructed that as a result of she’d rejected the “full-blown-sex scene,” how about another. “He mentioned, ‘Effectively, what if we simply you recognize, have you ever guys maintain palms and stroll into the room after which like shut the door?’”

She wasn’t too eager on that concept, both, although, providing Falchuk one other undoubtedly, “No.”

McHale was impressed with Riley’s fortitude in pushing again on one thing she wasn’t snug, telling her, “Wonderful. Respect.”

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“I mentioned, ‘I’m not doing it. I don’t ever inform you guys ‘no.’ I don’t combat about something… However, this?!?” Riley recalled. It wasn’t even simply the scene particularly, however what that might imply shifting ahead for her character, who was a virgin on the time on the present.

“It simply would have been so awkward, and I really feel like it might have learn awkward,” she mentioned. “I additionally simply really feel like, yeah, it wasn’t what my character would have achieved. I simply didn’t really feel that method.”

Particularly, she did not perceive why Mercedes would not “keep on with her weapons” from when she’d mentioned on Season 5 she meant to attend for marriage.

Mercedes and Sam did get entangled romantically on the present, with Riley saying it was a optimistic expertise as a performer. “He is simply so candy,” she mentioned of Overstreet. “It was very a lot so like his character. He’s like boy Bambi.”

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That helped her navigate the oft-discussed challenges for younger performers to painting a romantic relationship on TV. “I used to be at all times the type of one that generally was very career-focused and pushed,” defined Riley. “I didn’t date quite a bit generally, so, like, dwelling that out on tv was awkward.”

She was additionally involved about how that relationship would progress and the way her character can be perceived and offered as a “greater woman on tv.”

“So that you wanna type of shield that, and I believe they did a superb job,” she mentioned. “I believe they did a extremely nice job [with] even exhibiting highschool relationships [because] they’re not that deep. They’re very surface-level, you recognize what I’m saying?”