1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: And That's what You Really Missed with Jenna. 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 2: And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast. 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to you and That's what You Really miss Podcast. Today, 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: we have a really special episode today we are honoring 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: our friend Naya. 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 3: We knew before wrapping up our Glee rewatch that we 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 3: wanted to do something honoring Naya like we did with Corey. 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, we felt like we obviously did a beautiful one 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: for Corey and everybody wrote in and you know, we 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: got to share that with all of you guys, So 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: we wanted to do the same thing for Naya. So 12 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: today we're going to be sharing some of our favorite 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: moments and memories, both on and off the set, and 14 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: we're also going to hear from some of our wonderful 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: friends who also want to share some thoughts and memories. 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 3: And we also know how much Naya and Santana meant 17 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 3: to all of you listening who watch Glee, so we're 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 3: going to turn the podcast over to you guys as well. 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: There's just like so much stretch we could talk about Naya, 20 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: but to keep it compassion cohesive, obviously, you know, we 21 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: know she was a dear friend and on an off 22 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: screen she was so wildly talented Santana. I really grew 23 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,919 Speaker 1: to be one of the most beloved characters on television 24 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: on our show and you know, spanning across all of TV. 25 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: Do you remember meeting her? 26 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: I remember, yes. I think it was. 27 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 3: When we also met Diana, like in passing really quickly. 28 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 3: But the first time I ever like talked to her. 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 3: And I think I might have told this at some point, 30 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 3: but just give you a quick version again. I was 31 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 3: lunch break during the pilot and I had figured out 32 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 3: somehow that my dad had helped her look at a 33 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 3: car because my dad was selling cars at the time, 34 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 3: and we both lived in Santa Crita, which most people 35 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 3: do not live in Santa Creta, and I sat down 36 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 3: with her at lunch and I was just like, I 37 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 3: think my dad might have talked to you at Mercedes 38 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 3: and he's like she was like, oh yeah, and so 39 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 3: like we just sat there and talked felt like we 40 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 3: had been friends for forever. And it was one of 41 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: those things where being like cast as a quote unquote 42 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 3: regular on a TV show and she necessarily wasn't. I 43 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 3: did not know her, and it was my first gig 44 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 3: like that that I was just trying to make friends, 45 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 3: and I wanted her to feel comfortable, and we had 46 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 3: this like sort of connection. It felt like high school 47 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: where it's like it's awkward, it's hard to make friends. 48 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 3: And she was so funny and obviously so smart. Like 49 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 3: from that one conversation, I was like, Oh, we're going 50 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 3: to be actual friends, and it like laid the groundwork 51 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: of like breaking that uncomfortable we don't know each other 52 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 3: bubble and right then you know it's also she is 53 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 3: a professional. She had worked for forever, like since a child. 54 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 3: So she also when you come in there those first 55 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 3: two days, you're not trying to, like, I don't know, 56 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 3: take up too much space, and so she was really quiet, 57 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 3: and so it was really fascinating to think about, you know, 58 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 3: how she was then to you know, the eventual Naya 59 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 3: on Glee she became. Do you remember meeting her. 60 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: I don't remember the first time I met her. I 61 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: think it probably was the pilot as well, just like 62 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: I remember seeing them up on the balcony shooting filming, 63 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: and I remember them coming down in between. But we 64 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: were for a long time. We were kind of like 65 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: divided and not purposefully, but like we had all of 66 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: our scenes together as like the you know, the five 67 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: of us or six of us at that time, right, 68 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: and then as the the Glee clubs started to grow 69 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: on screen, like I think, we didn't really know how 70 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: the show was going to play out, like storyline wise, 71 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: if we were gonna be spending time with these people, 72 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: if we. 73 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 2: Weren't right exactly. 74 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: So I felt very divided, Like you know, I felt like, oh, yeah, 75 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: we have our little like underdog group and then they're 76 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: the cheerios. It felt like kind of like that, you know, 77 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 1: the sentiment of like high school a little bit. But 78 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: as like the Glee Club grew and they became a 79 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: part of the Glee Club, we have new directions, we 80 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: were like, oh, like we're a unit, Like we're starting 81 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: to really like meld. And so I remember us like 82 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: bonding over sushi as we do, and I remember spending 83 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: a lot of time with her, But like again, like 84 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: during the touring period between the pilot and like shooting 85 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: and filming the series, they were a part of the show, 86 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: I remember, but they weren't being asked to do all 87 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: the press that we were being asked to do. And 88 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: I remember that creating like this tiny divide, and I 89 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: was like that feels so weird, right, because they are 90 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: a part of the show. But then I remember like 91 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: doing award shows together and they did get invited and 92 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: it was so exciting, but like they didn't get all 93 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: of the perks of like being a series regular, where 94 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: like you get makeup and hair. So I remember our 95 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: first girl and Globes. I invited her to come over 96 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: and get her hair and makeup done too, So she 97 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: came to my house and like brought her dress and 98 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: like came in the car with me, because like this 99 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: was also new for us. Anyway, they get to sit 100 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: at the table with us, right exactly, So like I 101 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,359 Speaker 1: just remember being like, you're you're all a part of this, 102 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: and like us having kind of bonding over this experience 103 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: of like not being the star of the show but 104 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: also being there. Like I remember feeling this feeling that 105 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: like God there. And I remember sitting with her in 106 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: a boots somewhere, might have been like Sushi Roku or 107 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: something on Third Street, and we were like chatting about 108 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 1: how and I remember being like, I'm I have so 109 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: much talent to offer and like feeling a little bit 110 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: like not complaining, right, not complaining about being undervalued, but 111 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: like being like I just have a lot to give 112 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: and I know it, so like she always I remember 113 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: just knowing that she always knew that she had a 114 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: lot to give. And that's like kind of how we bonded. 115 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: And then obviously there's like the outside part of that, 116 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: which was like she grew to be so appreciated on 117 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: that show and so valued and like really people got 118 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: to finally see her in the light that she deserved. 119 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: But like on the outside, then we were also had 120 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: this like you know, we all kind of bonded, and 121 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: we would go to Vegas together for her birthday every year, 122 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: and like we were always going, you know, going out 123 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: before a rap party. We'd go eat dinner and then 124 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: go to the wrap party. And it's it's like, I 125 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: don't know, there's so many of those early memories were 126 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: tagged with like nine and I doing like little one 127 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: off things before the Vagley thing. I don't know if 128 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: that makes sense. 129 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, totally. She was sort of like our resident party planner. 130 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 3: Obviously we've talked about Snick's miss, but she was so 131 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 3: good at making creating social situations, yes, for all of 132 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 3: us to like going to dinner or lunch or having 133 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 3: people over at her house and having game nights and 134 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 3: things like that. She was so good at getting all 135 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 3: of us together, and she loved to cook. She like 136 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 3: cooked for us with chickens, and like that's when those memories, 137 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 3: like the most valuable memories we all have together would happen. 138 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, And so if it wasn't for. 139 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 3: Her, like I think we were all a bit more 140 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 3: maybe like low key or I was definitely more of 141 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 3: a homebody, but like. 142 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: She would get people together, yes, right fully, because it 143 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: was always like she would post those events and those 144 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: like social events and then the next day like something 145 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: to like talk about. Like it just created this like 146 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: really good vibe of like friendship on set. 147 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 3: I didn't know that story about her telling you she 148 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 3: had so much more to give, which makes obviously she did. 149 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 3: But you know, when you think about how her journey 150 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 3: from like doing her Monica impression from the Boy's Mind 151 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 3: on set and us getting Ryan to like watch it 152 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 3: because like, oh my gosh, she's so funny when she 153 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 3: didn't really have a lot to do yet on the 154 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 3: show and like, oh my god, she can sing. Yeah, 155 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 3: we didn't know, and then watching her sort of like 156 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 3: fight her way yep. To get more in that way. 157 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: It's almost like she was it was almost undeniable, right, 158 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: like at some point people were going to figure it 159 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,719 Speaker 1: out it was the show or somebody else, like that 160 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: talent was gonna have to come out somewhere, right like, 161 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: and so if it didn't come out on screen first, 162 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: like kind of like Heather and Brittany S. Pierce, like 163 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: that was created behind the scenes because Ryan saw the 164 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: undeniable talent that these people had that was like, let's 165 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: use it, you know what I mean, like learning about 166 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: the superpowers that we had, I think, and that was 167 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: really like to your point about like the monica of 168 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: it all. Like she would just sit backstage with that 169 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: cackle and make us laugh like so much. 170 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 3: Insane, Like she she was so funny. It's I can't 171 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 3: sometimes I get you know when I think if I 172 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 3: heard now and I'm just like pissed, I can't hear 173 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 3: her like take on something that's going on stupid or big. 174 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I was. 175 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 3: Thinking of times like early in the Pandemic where I 176 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 3: would call her and like talk about something and she 177 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 3: would just have some wild yeah They're like oh, I know, well, 178 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 3: you know it was crazy to me is like, obviously 179 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 3: when they hired her, they did not Santana as she 180 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 3: ended up being did not exist, and they did not 181 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 3: know the talent that Naya possessed at the time. And 182 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 3: to think about how powerful she is and was in 183 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 3: that part, I mean she was always powerful, like she 184 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 3: was tiny. 185 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 2: But mighty mighty. 186 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, And the fact that they had her to 187 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 3: handle such a difficult role, powerful role, complicated role and 188 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 3: just an expert I think one of the best actors 189 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 3: I've ever seen, one of us singers I've ever heard, 190 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 3: and she never talked like it was always shocking. I 191 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 3: think that going back and watching it now, yes, because 192 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 3: you know, people ask us like, oh, how did she 193 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 3: handled the responsibility of playing like you never know? 194 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 2: You would never know. 195 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: She came on set and she had fun and she 196 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: was professional, like she showed up, she knew her stuff, 197 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: she delivered a hundred times over. But like you never 198 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: saw it on set where she was like making you 199 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: feel or think that she was working really hard. She 200 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: just kind of did it. And then she would do 201 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: it and you'd be like, wow, that's crazy, that just 202 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: came out of you and that you just did that. 203 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: And then you'd watch it and be like wow, everybody 204 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: gets to see this now and experience this, and it 205 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: translated from the work to the screen to the audience. 206 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: But like you never saw it, like she never presented 207 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: it to the world like in that way like I'm 208 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: working really hard. 209 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 3: She never sought like attention for it. She never she 210 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 3: never wanted to be She just wanted to be like 211 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 3: utilized for her gifts, and she was. And it's like 212 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 3: when you challenge her, when you give her a lot 213 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 3: to do, like that was yeah, yeah, I never I 214 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 3: never heard of like her process, her working her like 215 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 3: if anything was too much or too hard. 216 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: Never, no, never ever ever, no, no no. 217 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 3: And her and Chris were similar in that way where 218 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 3: they like were silently like lethal yes, and that's like 219 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 3: they were. But they're both so so talented and have 220 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 3: really heavy stuff to do, yep, and you never saw 221 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 3: them like working on it or like they would just 222 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 3: show up and. 223 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: Deliver and just deliver. And that didn't mean that they 224 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: weren't working on it, but they just didn't. They didn't 225 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: feel like everybody needed to be a part of that 226 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: process or like be proving something, you know, they just 227 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 1: did it. 228 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 3: That's how like they both, and I especially like we 229 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 3: learned from her in those ways of her like subtlety, 230 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 3: how friendly she was with every cast and crew. She 231 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 3: got along with everybody. Everyone left it. 232 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 2: The crew really loved her. 233 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: She brought so much joy to that set, and even 234 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 1: in like the hardest of times, like things would be 235 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: like she was so unafraid that like if there was 236 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: tension on the set, like because you know, sometimes there 237 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: was like between anybody, like if you're just like get 238 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: me out of here, this day is like awful, she 239 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: would never be afraid to like cut the tension with 240 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: a joke that would like make you laugh and be 241 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: like right, You're totally right, you know what I mean. 242 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: Like it was just like never never afraid to say 243 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: what she was feeling or thinking or like want to 244 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: make somebody laugh, even on set, like watching her do 245 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: do Valerie, or watching her do any of these like 246 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: huge numbers, Like I don't think I realized the gravity 247 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: of like how that was going to translate on screen 248 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: until we got to the tour and I saw her 249 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: do it live night after night, Like that's when I 250 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: think it really translated for me. I knew she was talented, 251 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: and I knew she was like going to be huge. 252 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: I just didn't I think being able to witness it 253 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: from behind on stage and watch her do that day 254 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: after day and night, like I was like, Oh, that's 255 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: a different kind of I don't know, it's just very special. 256 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 1: It was very special to watch. What's interesting to me? 257 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: I had forgotten about this or I because she was 258 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: so funny and so seemingly casual, like we were saying, 259 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: like you wouldn't ever see her sort of like put 260 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: on the presentation of working hard. There would be times 261 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: where I'd be like, can you throw in this dance move? 262 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: Like can you do this thing? And she would do 263 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: it sometimes, but it's like she would never do it 264 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: to the extent where it compromised what she was doing 265 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: in the scene, like or I might go overboard and 266 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: do it just to try to make her laugh. Yeah, 267 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: she would do it maybe to see if I could laugh. 268 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: But she was very very serious about like what she 269 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: was doing all the time, like when the camera was on, 270 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: and it's easy to forget about that because she was 271 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: so disarmingly like jovial when the camera was off, and 272 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: even like during the tour or when I would ask 273 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: her like you know, she would tell me to do 274 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: certain things and I would be like, can you throw 275 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: this in and she'd be. 276 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 3: Like, no, no, no, I can't do it. It's gonna throw me. 277 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 3: And she wanted to be perfect. She wanted it like 278 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 3: she wanted to dance correctly, sing correctly, and like not 279 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 3: mess with it. And even you know, doing scenes. It's 280 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 3: like when we had our one scene together and it 281 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 3: really bothered her that she kept cracking and she she 282 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 3: was very, very very professional. Yeah, very and so it's 283 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 3: it's such a lesson to like that balance of you know, 284 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 3: being fun, being the person you want on set, and 285 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 3: then also being the most professional when that camera is on. 286 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 3: And like just how you were saying, how you know, 287 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 3: if there was tension or people got in little TIFFs, 288 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 3: that she would crack a joke or something. But she 289 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 3: also would be the first to like charge full steam 290 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 3: ahead to speak up for people or situations that didn't 291 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 3: feel feel right right, and she would she didn't care, 292 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 3: like she may face the brunt of the blowback from 293 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 3: doing things like that, right, she didn't care. And I 294 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 3: learned that, you know, I've always said I've learned from 295 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 3: all the girls on the show to like learn how 296 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 3: to speak up for myself. Obviously she was a huge 297 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 3: part of that. She was like fiercely loyal to all 298 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 3: of us and protective of all of us. And when 299 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 3: you know, she felt like we should speak out for ourselves, 300 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 3: she would she would encourage that. And I think something 301 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 3: else that was really important for me to see was 302 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 3: how she would call herself out just as much as 303 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 3: she would call anybody else. And it was it was 304 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 3: wild to see that, you know, when somebody is if 305 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 3: she got into it with somebody and I would ask 306 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 3: her for the story or and I would maybe saw 307 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 3: it and I would talk to her out and she 308 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 3: would be like, yeah, I shouldn't have said I did that, 309 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 3: and I said this thing and that thing and that was. 310 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: Not okay, Well you're right, And I think that just 311 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: speaks to like how self aware she was. Like it's 312 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 1: so it might be, you know, like she would say 313 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: things that would not be how somebody would normally handle 314 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: something right like it would it's always it's not always 315 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: the way that somebody would handle something. But she was 316 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: so self aware of herself and everything around her, and god, 317 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: she was so smart and so fast, Like I mean, 318 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: you you said this before, She's like whip smart. It 319 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: is actually yeah, every joke, every serious moment, Like she 320 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: just she saw a situation, she clocked who she was 321 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: in that situation, but then she clocked who that person 322 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: was in that situation, and like if there was some 323 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 1: kind of like something that went down, she'd be able 324 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 1: to give you the recap in like thirty seconds in 325 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 1: the most seamless way, and you're like, she's right, You're right. 326 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: Like it was really amazing. And I think that's like 327 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: why I respected her so much was because she was 328 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: so aware and rounded. Yet there's this element to her 329 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: that's like a little bit out there and a little 330 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,360 Speaker 1: bit in the clouds, but not in a bad way, 331 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: just in a way that's like, wow, I wish I 332 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: could kind of be like that. It was like aspirationally 333 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: sometimes and like she's just she was just so like 334 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 1: without a doubt herself all the time. Oh yeah, she 335 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: had no choice and exactly, and that was so admirable 336 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 1: in so many ways. And yet like she knew who 337 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 1: she was and she knew when she was wrong, she 338 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: knew when she was right even more so, and that 339 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: was just like she's just one of a kind. 340 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 3: And she knew she could depend on us, like she 341 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 3: was an open book. And when she trusted you, she 342 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 3: gave you all of it. And so there were no 343 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 3: walls up. If there's ever a time when I felt 344 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,199 Speaker 3: like maybe there, you know, something was going on, we 345 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 3: could snap each other out of that. 346 00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 2: Yep. 347 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,199 Speaker 3: And like seeing her with her family again, all those 348 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 3: qualities that she had with us, she had them tenfold 349 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 3: with her family. 350 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: Totally loyal, rejective. 351 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, and we all feel like family with her family 352 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 3: because of that. And she brought us in to all 353 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 3: of that. And when my family would visit, she would 354 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 3: treat them like they were her family. I think they 355 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 3: would go for any of our families. And she made herself, 356 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 3: She made herself so memorable and you know, unforgettable and 357 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 3: a vital part of like my nieces and nephew's memories 358 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 3: of the show growing up and my family and my 359 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 3: experience there were like you said, she was one of 360 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 3: a kind and always herself. 361 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: When I think about like the fans and how they 362 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: related to Santana so deeply, like resonated with her character 363 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: and who she was and her talent, you know, like 364 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: in tandem with that, Like I think I want all 365 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: of you guys to just hear over and over again, 366 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:15,959 Speaker 1: like how awesome and incredible and special Santana was. Nya 367 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 1: was just the same, And I think you guys know 368 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: that that at this point. Like I think that they 369 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: mirror each other in a lot of ways. They're also 370 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 1: different in a lot of ways, but like they the 371 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: I think the thing that brings it all together is 372 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: like that Nya and Santana were both one of a kind, right, 373 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: Like they were both so special and on screening off 374 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: like when they say like, oh we were you know, 375 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,959 Speaker 1: be worried about meeting your heroes. Like I think if 376 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 1: anybody met Naya, they would feel like it was a win, 377 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: not a loss. 378 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that, Like I think Santana was probably 379 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 3: a little more from like abrasive than Naya Nyaga. 380 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: An elevated version of yes exactly. 381 00:20:54,520 --> 00:21:00,160 Speaker 3: But that power, Yeah, that like steadiness that Santana has 382 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 3: is all Naya. And the openness that I feel like 383 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 3: Santana has with her emotions and Naya yeh all day. Yeah, 384 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 3: And the fact that Nya could do those insane monologues 385 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 3: written by Ian and could make them funny and have levels. 386 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 3: Here my favorite thing besides her obvious insane talent. Hearing 387 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 3: Naya tell a story like monologue for you for five 388 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 3: to ten minutes, Kelly and I would talk about like 389 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 3: I can't wait to hear it, like Naya's version of 390 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 3: what happened or she went to this thing. 391 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 2: I can't wait to hear about it. 392 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it would just be the most elevated, truthful 393 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 3: and like funny, funny version of whatever you're going to hear. 394 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, wild insane. 395 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 3: And I just you know, we're so lucky that she 396 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 3: did get so many opportunities on the show to showcase 397 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 3: her talent, extraordinary talent in so many ways. And we 398 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 3: do get that for forever, in a terrible situation where 399 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 3: I wish, you know, she was here and making more 400 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 3: things and giving us more, many more things to watch 401 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 3: and fawn over. 402 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 2: At least at a minimum, we have, you know, all 403 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: of this. 404 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 3: And yeah, it's been I was worried about coming into 405 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:33,239 Speaker 3: this rewatch. You and I talked about it about how 406 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 3: it would be to watch her right, and it's been 407 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 3: such a gift. 408 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: It is such a gift, such a gift. Well, we 409 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: talk about her a lot. We talked about Santanna a lot. 410 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: You guys talk about her a lot, so obviously we 411 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: wanted to give this episode to you guys, and also 412 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: we wanted to talk about her because you know, we 413 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: talked about Santanna, but just to give Niah her own 414 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: like moment. But in addition to us, we've asked some 415 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 1: of our fellow cast member and Glee family to send 416 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: us some of their favorite Nya memories. So let's kick 417 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: it off with the one and only. 418 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 4: Heather Morris, one of my favorite memories of Naya. And 419 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 4: this is shuffling through probably hundreds of memories, but I 420 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 4: think I really love this one because it's just such 421 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 4: a simple memory of Nya. And I think those ones 422 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 4: are really important because our lives at that moment in 423 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 4: time were so chaotic and so busy, and so I 424 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 4: remember from the beginning, Nya was always obsessed with food, 425 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 4: and like loved really good food. We'd go to restaurants 426 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 4: and she'd find good restaurants with great food. 427 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 2: She loved to cook. 428 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 4: I would go over there and she would have like 429 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 4: a full spread of food. It was amazing. I think 430 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 4: that's why her and Telly were so close because of 431 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 4: their love for food. But I remember it was like 432 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 4: season four or five, I can't remember which one. I 433 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 4: think it was after Eli was born, and we were 434 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 4: sitting in the auditorium in the audience in the chairs, 435 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 4: watching some sort of performance, and she had brought a 436 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 4: three ring binder with like clear plastic covers inside and 437 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 4: magazines with like food magazines and recipes, and she would 438 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 4: shuffle through them, and I just remember sitting next to 439 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 4: her and looking at her do this. She was shuffling 440 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 4: and like picking her recipes and her favorites, and then 441 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 4: she would tear it out and she would put it 442 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,959 Speaker 4: in the binder and we would sit there and like 443 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 4: just salivated all the food that we would find in 444 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 4: all the recipes that we're getting. 445 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: So to this. 446 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 4: Day, I have a white three ring binder that I 447 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 4: keep and it's my recipe binder, and I do the 448 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 4: same thing. Obviously, I don't always print have magazines, but 449 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,439 Speaker 4: I like to print out my recipes and put them 450 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 4: in my binder, and I always think of Nio when 451 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 4: I do it, and it's just so comforting. 452 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: Thank you, Heather. We love you very much. We know 453 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: how much you loved Naya. 454 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 2: And here is Paris Barclay. 455 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 5: Here's my thing about Naya. I don't know anyone in 456 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 5: the world, I mean literally in the entire world who 457 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 5: could have done what she did. I mean, it's if 458 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 5: you take a part the talent and there and put 459 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 5: it into little boxes. Her ability to dance, her ability 460 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 5: to be funny, her ability to be dramatic, her ability 461 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 5: to sing. I mean, it's not just a triple threat. 462 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,719 Speaker 5: It's a quadruple threat. And there are no weaknesses in 463 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 5: any of those categories. Plus, I always found she was 464 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 5: a lovely person to me. She was incredibly respectful, She 465 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 5: committed to every single thing she did. Her relationship, her 466 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 5: love relationship with Heather was completely real to me. The 467 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 5: way they looked at each other, the way they kissed, 468 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 5: it was to me, it felt really authentic and really real. 469 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 5: And I just thought, there's nothing this girl can't do. 470 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 5: And that's why her loss is so difficult, because she 471 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 5: would have had an enormous career, just an enormous career. 472 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 5: And it pains me to not have her because I 473 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 5: would love to be doing some other show with her 474 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,959 Speaker 5: some other time. But we do have the things we 475 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 5: have and the moments that we have, and we have 476 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 5: you know, dance with somebody, which was hilariously great with 477 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 5: her in Heather and I just think there can't be 478 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 5: enough enough tribute to her. I seldom have seen like 479 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 5: that in my thirty years of doing this. It's hard 480 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 5: to think of another person who could do everything she did. 481 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 1: Thank you, Paris, I wholeheartedly agree with everything that you said. 482 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: And one of our dear friends and cohorts in Snacksmus 483 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:00,160 Speaker 1: also tell Because. 484 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 6: Naya Rivera was my best friend, we became a part 485 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 6: of one another's lives. We became part of one another's families. 486 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 6: We spent holidays together, we took trips together. We spent 487 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 6: every day together at work or at home. I have 488 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 6: so many memories of her, But the memories that come 489 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 6: up most often, and the ways in which she's still 490 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 6: such a part of my life, are in the words 491 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 6: that she made up or we made up invented, the 492 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 6: turns of phrase, the funny little sayings, the jokes, the commentaries. 493 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 6: So whenever I'm saying anything that was something that passed 494 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:50,919 Speaker 6: her lips, it feels like she's right. 495 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 2: Next to me again. 496 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 3: Love you, Kelly and one of our best friends, megsd 497 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 3: Megan Doyle, my. 498 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 7: Fondest memory of Naya is she gave everything she did 499 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 7: one hundred and ten percent. If she was given a 500 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 7: three page monologue, which she was pretty much every day, 501 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,640 Speaker 7: she'd show up and nail it on the first take, 502 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 7: and she made it look easy as hell. Most people 503 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 7: tend to downplay their birthday, but Naya totally owned the 504 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 7: fact that she loved her birthday, and she always planned 505 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 7: a wild trip for everyone to celebrate her. This usually 506 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 7: involved a talent show where she sat there and had 507 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 7: everyone perform in her honor. On her birthday. She was 508 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 7: the queen and we were her jesters, and honestly, I've 509 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 7: never laughed so hard in my life. The irony is 510 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 7: that we were all performing for the most talented person 511 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 7: in the room, and yet she was absolutely tickled. Her 512 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 7: snicks miss parties were obviously legendary. She had carolers and 513 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 7: elves and Sanna and missus claws. Her individual Halloween costumes 514 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 7: were always next level, though I'd say the best Halloween 515 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 7: we ever had was when we were all dressed as rugrats. 516 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 7: We had a party bus take us around town and 517 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 7: we even carried a playpen with us. She really loved 518 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 7: any excuse to celebrate and bring everyone together. And it 519 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 7: wasn't just parties where she gave it her all. If 520 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 7: you were lucky enough to make Nia laugh, she threw 521 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 7: her head back and cackled with her whole soul. There 522 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 7: was no better feeling. Her fearlessness was contagious. Having Nia 523 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 7: in your corner rooting for you and your success was 524 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 7: just the best feeling. 525 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: We have the one and only Sugarmna here to share, 526 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: Vanessa Lenji's. 527 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 8: Kevin and Jenna asked me to do a voice note 528 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 8: for a memory or a remembrance of Nya. And I'm 529 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 8: sitting here and I'm eight months pregnant, and my mind 530 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 8: originally goes to her laugh and her joy and her talent, 531 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 8: and I'm thinking about listening to her and Kelly make 532 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 8: jokes about anything in the laughter that came from it 533 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 8: and the sound of her laugh. Or I'm thinking about 534 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 8: trips to Mexico we took, and funny things that happened, 535 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 8: like you know, Paaras sailing with Britt Parks and crashing 536 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 8: into a family on the beach, and thinking about set 537 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 8: and how funny she was and how she always had 538 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 8: something to say about what was going on that was 539 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 8: so cutting and true, but also. 540 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: You know, wise and brilliant. 541 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 8: And then I was thinking about all the time since 542 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 8: we finished filmingly and her becoming a mom, and just 543 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 8: with what I'm understanding of myself going through this process now, 544 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 8: I think that I wanted to remember her as a 545 00:30:54,120 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 8: wonderful mother and a loving mother and a fun mother. 546 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 8: And I know that she was close with her mom 547 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 8: and her sister and family was really important to her, 548 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 8: and I feel lucky that I knew that side of 549 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 8: her too. And I think that Nya, and I'm sure 550 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 8: I've said this before, is someone irreplaceable on the planet. 551 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:34,239 Speaker 8: She was a unique individual who was outstanding and as 552 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 8: a friend, as a talent, as a beauty, as a mother, 553 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 8: as a family member, as a partner, just an incredible, 554 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 8: irreplaceable human being. 555 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: And I love her. I love you, Naya. 556 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 8: We carry you with us everywhere we go. 557 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: You've left a legacy, we have the icon and legend. 558 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: Jameinch to share her favorite memory of Nia. 559 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 9: It was the episode after Corey died and I had 560 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 9: a scene with Nya and as Sue Sylvester, I say 561 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 9: something just horrible about Finn played by Corey and Nya 562 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 9: grabbed me by the collar and threw me up against 563 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,960 Speaker 9: a wall. I mean it was I was scared. It 564 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 9: was powerful, it was real, and she meant it. And 565 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 9: I was very impressed with her, her commitment and her 566 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 9: strength because I'm a big girl. Also, I remember how 567 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 9: she would have these monologues and she'd be word perfect 568 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 9: in first take. 569 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 2: She was a real pro. 570 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 9: So missed. 571 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: Thank you to everyone in our Glee family who shared 572 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: your Naya memory with us, and all of you, Like 573 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: we said, we just we felt like this podcast wouldn't 574 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: be complete without just sharing our wonderful memories and reflections 575 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:23,920 Speaker 1: on the amazingly talented but also incredible human Nya bus 576 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: and was. So we obviously know how much Naya and 577 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 1: santanamental of you guys, as well as the fans, and 578 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: so we wanted to give you guys the space to 579 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: share some of your thoughts and your tributes to Nayas 580 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 1: as well. So next episode it's for you, and we're 581 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: turning things over to you guys. 582 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 2: We love you, Naya. 583 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 3: That's what you really miss Thanks for listening and follow 584 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 3: us on Instagram at and That's what you really miss pod. 585 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,239 Speaker 3: Make sure to write us a review and leave us 586 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 3: five stars. 587 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 2: See you next time.