“Glee” alum Kevin McHale angrily called out fans who say the show is cursed following the deaths of three main cast members.
The 38-year-old actor, who played Artie Abrams on the Fox hit, went off in a post on X shared Wednesday.
“Let me log off today because the way too many of you talk about real people who have passed as a ‘sacrifice’ or a ‘curse’ in regards to a tv show is f–king diabolical and untethered from any sort of humanity or reality,” he wrote.
“Get f–ked,” he added.
Fans supported him in the comments, with one user writing, “It’s a reminder that real tragedies aren’t plot devices. Turning someone’s death into ‘proof’ of a curse or a TV show’s mythology can erase the fact that they were actual people with families, friends, and lives beyond the entertainment people consumed.”
Another comment reads, “I cannot even fathom what that’s like when you and your other cast members have lost your sweet friends the way you have. People act like what it said on the internet doesn’t affect people in real life. It makes me sad.”
Three cast members on the Fox show — Cory Monteith, Mark Salling and Naya Rivera — have died.
Monteith died in July 2013 at 31 years old. The Canadian actor was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room, with the coroner later ruling his death as accidental and caused by using intravenous heroin combined with alcohol.
Salling died in January 2018 at 35 years old, a month after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. His death was ruled a suicide.
Rivera tragically died in July 2020 at 33 years old, and her death was ruled a drowning. Rivera used all her strength to push her then 4-year-old son, Josey, back on their pontoon boat they rented on Lake Piru in Ventura County, California, after it drifted. Though she was able to save her son’s life, she didn’t have the energy to save herself, Ventura County Sheriff William Ayub said in a press conference at the time.
Talk about “Glee,” which aired for six seasons between 2009 and 2015, has revived after co-creator Ryan Murphy told People Tuesday he’s considered rebooting the show.
“That show is interesting because it’s come back around,” he reflected. “So many young people now watch it. And I’m like, ‘Maybe we should revisit that show.’”
“My nostalgia and love for that show is enough that I’m like, ‘Well, maybe people would like to see a new incarnation of that in some capacity,’” he continued. “So yeah, I love that show and I loved what it became and what it meant to so many people.”
“Glee” also starred Lea Michele, Darren Criss, Dianna Agron, Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Heather Morris, Jenna Ushkowitz, Harry Shum Jr. and Chord Overstreet — to name a few.
The musical dramedy won six Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
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