WEBVTT - A Naya Rivera Tribute 0:00:01.720 --> 0:00:04.440 And That's what You Really Missed with Jenna. 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:07.080 And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast. 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:13.480 Welcome to you and That's what You Really miss Podcast. Today, 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:18.720 we have a really special episode today we are honoring 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:20.079 our friend Naya. 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:24.440 We knew before wrapping up our Glee rewatch that we 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:28.800 wanted to do something honoring Naya like we did with Corey. 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:33.080 Yeah, we felt like we obviously did a beautiful one 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:35.760 for Corey and everybody wrote in and you know, we 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:37.559 got to share that with all of you guys, So 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:39.559 we wanted to do the same thing for Naya. So 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.159 today we're going to be sharing some of our favorite 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:46.400 moments and memories, both on and off the set, and 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:50.879 we're also going to hear from some of our wonderful 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:54.360 friends who also want to share some thoughts and memories. 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:56.720 And we also know how much Naya and Santana meant 0:00:56.840 --> 0:01:00.279 to all of you listening who watch Glee, so we're 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.560 going to turn the podcast over to you guys as well. 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:06.320 There's just like so much stretch we could talk about Naya, 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:11.160 but to keep it compassion cohesive, obviously, you know, we 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:14.360 know she was a dear friend and on an off 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:18.720 screen she was so wildly talented Santana. I really grew 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:22.919 to be one of the most beloved characters on television 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:26.479 on our show and you know, spanning across all of TV. 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:28.920 Do you remember meeting her? 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:31.800 I remember, yes. I think it was. 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:36.119 When we also met Diana, like in passing really quickly. 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:38.840 But the first time I ever like talked to her. 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:41.600 And I think I might have told this at some point, 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.200 but just give you a quick version again. I was 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:48.720 lunch break during the pilot and I had figured out 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.640 somehow that my dad had helped her look at a 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:53.520 car because my dad was selling cars at the time, 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:57.480 and we both lived in Santa Crita, which most people 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:02.640 do not live in Santa Creta, and I sat down 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:06.400 with her at lunch and I was just like, I 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:11.440 think my dad might have talked to you at Mercedes 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:14.280 and he's like she was like, oh yeah, and so 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.600 like we just sat there and talked felt like we 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:20.400 had been friends for forever. And it was one of 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:24.280 those things where being like cast as a quote unquote 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:28.320 regular on a TV show and she necessarily wasn't. I 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:32.040 did not know her, and it was my first gig 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:36.920 like that that I was just trying to make friends, 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.639 and I wanted her to feel comfortable, and we had 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:42.440 this like sort of connection. It felt like high school 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:44.320 where it's like it's awkward, it's hard to make friends. 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:48.360 And she was so funny and obviously so smart. Like 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.440 from that one conversation, I was like, Oh, we're going 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:56.680 to be actual friends, and it like laid the groundwork 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.000 of like breaking that uncomfortable we don't know each other 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.679 bubble and right then you know it's also she is 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:06.959 a professional. She had worked for forever, like since a child. 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.200 So she also when you come in there those first 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.600 two days, you're not trying to, like, I don't know, 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.320 take up too much space, and so she was really quiet, 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:18.960 and so it was really fascinating to think about, you know, 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:22.720 how she was then to you know, the eventual Naya 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:27.240 on Glee she became. Do you remember meeting her. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.760 I don't remember the first time I met her. I 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:34.280 think it probably was the pilot as well, just like 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:38.640 I remember seeing them up on the balcony shooting filming, 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:43.080 and I remember them coming down in between. But we 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.680 were for a long time. We were kind of like 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:49.760 divided and not purposefully, but like we had all of 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:53.040 our scenes together as like the you know, the five 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.280 of us or six of us at that time, right, 0:03:57.160 --> 0:04:02.720 and then as the the Glee clubs started to grow 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:08.720 on screen, like I think, we didn't really know how 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.960 the show was going to play out, like storyline wise, 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.200 if we were gonna be spending time with these people, 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:15.520 if we. 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:16.839 Weren't right exactly. 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:20.719 So I felt very divided, Like you know, I felt like, oh, yeah, 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:22.719 we have our little like underdog group and then they're 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.680 the cheerios. It felt like kind of like that, you know, 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.359 the sentiment of like high school a little bit. But 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.479 as like the Glee Club grew and they became a 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:36.440 part of the Glee Club, we have new directions, we 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:40.279 were like, oh, like we're a unit, Like we're starting 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:48.279 to really like meld. And so I remember us like 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:56.520 bonding over sushi as we do, and I remember spending 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:58.479 a lot of time with her, But like again, like 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.400 during the touring period between the pilot and like shooting 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:08.960 and filming the series, they were a part of the show, 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:11.520 I remember, but they weren't being asked to do all 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.440 the press that we were being asked to do. And 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.400 I remember that creating like this tiny divide, and I 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.640 was like that feels so weird, right, because they are 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.640 a part of the show. But then I remember like 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:24.719 doing award shows together and they did get invited and 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.240 it was so exciting, but like they didn't get all 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.360 of the perks of like being a series regular, where 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:32.000 like you get makeup and hair. So I remember our 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:33.960 first girl and Globes. I invited her to come over 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.159 and get her hair and makeup done too, So she 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.320 came to my house and like brought her dress and 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:40.599 like came in the car with me, because like this 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.680 was also new for us. Anyway, they get to sit 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.680 at the table with us, right exactly, So like I 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.359 just remember being like, you're you're all a part of this, 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.880 and like us having kind of bonding over this experience 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:58.120 of like not being the star of the show but 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:02.039 also being there. Like I remember feeling this feeling that 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:04.560 like God there. And I remember sitting with her in 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.800 a boots somewhere, might have been like Sushi Roku or 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:11.440 something on Third Street, and we were like chatting about 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.599 how and I remember being like, I'm I have so 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:17.960 much talent to offer and like feeling a little bit 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.279 like not complaining, right, not complaining about being undervalued, but 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.560 like being like I just have a lot to give 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.560 and I know it, so like she always I remember 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.880 just knowing that she always knew that she had a 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:34.400 lot to give. And that's like kind of how we bonded. 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:37.440 And then obviously there's like the outside part of that, 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:40.599 which was like she grew to be so appreciated on 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.800 that show and so valued and like really people got 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:46.560 to finally see her in the light that she deserved. 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:48.960 But like on the outside, then we were also had 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:50.800 this like you know, we all kind of bonded, and 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.400 we would go to Vegas together for her birthday every year, 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.480 and like we were always going, you know, going out 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:58.600 before a rap party. We'd go eat dinner and then 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.120 go to the wrap party. And it's it's like, I 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:03.960 don't know, there's so many of those early memories were 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:08.080 tagged with like nine and I doing like little one 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.840 off things before the Vagley thing. I don't know if 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:12.400 that makes sense. 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:16.960 Yeah, totally. She was sort of like our resident party planner. 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.520 Obviously we've talked about Snick's miss, but she was so 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:25.640 good at making creating social situations, yes, for all of 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:29.760 us to like going to dinner or lunch or having 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.120 people over at her house and having game nights and 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.520 things like that. She was so good at getting all 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:36.680 of us together, and she loved to cook. She like 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.440 cooked for us with chickens, and like that's when those memories, 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:42.000 like the most valuable memories we all have together would happen. 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.080 Yeah, And so if it wasn't for. 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.040 Her, like I think we were all a bit more 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.200 maybe like low key or I was definitely more of 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:51.280 a homebody, but like. 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:54.840 She would get people together, yes, right fully, because it 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.360 was always like she would post those events and those 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:00.760 like social events and then the next day like something 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:04.200 to like talk about. Like it just created this like 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.920 really good vibe of like friendship on set. 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:19.480 I didn't know that story about her telling you she 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:25.600 had so much more to give, which makes obviously she did. 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.800 But you know, when you think about how her journey 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:34.079 from like doing her Monica impression from the Boy's Mind 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.560 on set and us getting Ryan to like watch it 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.640 because like, oh my gosh, she's so funny when she 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:41.719 didn't really have a lot to do yet on the 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:45.000 show and like, oh my god, she can sing. Yeah, 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.120 we didn't know, and then watching her sort of like 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:52.040 fight her way yep. To get more in that way. 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:56.160 It's almost like she was it was almost undeniable, right, 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.280 like at some point people were going to figure it 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:03.719 out it was the show or somebody else, like that 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:06.800 talent was gonna have to come out somewhere, right like, 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.920 and so if it didn't come out on screen first, 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.800 like kind of like Heather and Brittany S. Pierce, like 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:18.480 that was created behind the scenes because Ryan saw the 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:22.960 undeniable talent that these people had that was like, let's 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.400 use it, you know what I mean, like learning about 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.840 the superpowers that we had, I think, and that was 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:31.160 really like to your point about like the monica of 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.400 it all. Like she would just sit backstage with that 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:36.920 cackle and make us laugh like so much. 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:42.720 Insane, Like she she was so funny. It's I can't 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:45.000 sometimes I get you know when I think if I 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:48.360 heard now and I'm just like pissed, I can't hear 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:53.439 her like take on something that's going on stupid or big. 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:54.920 Yeah, Like I was. 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:56.719 Thinking of times like early in the Pandemic where I 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.640 would call her and like talk about something and she 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:04.440 would just have some wild yeah They're like oh, I know, well, 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:06.440 you know it was crazy to me is like, obviously 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:09.840 when they hired her, they did not Santana as she 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:13.920 ended up being did not exist, and they did not 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:18.400 know the talent that Naya possessed at the time. And 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:25.960 to think about how powerful she is and was in 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:30.160 that part, I mean she was always powerful, like she 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:31.199 was tiny. 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.080 But mighty mighty. 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.760 Oh yeah, And the fact that they had her to 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:44.199 handle such a difficult role, powerful role, complicated role and 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:46.880 just an expert I think one of the best actors 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:50.000 I've ever seen, one of us singers I've ever heard, 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.559 and she never talked like it was always shocking. I 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:55.360 think that going back and watching it now, yes, because 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.360 you know, people ask us like, oh, how did she 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.240 handled the responsibility of playing like you never know? 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:02.320 You would never know. 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:05.720 She came on set and she had fun and she 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:09.360 was professional, like she showed up, she knew her stuff, 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:13.080 she delivered a hundred times over. But like you never 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:15.840 saw it on set where she was like making you 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.360 feel or think that she was working really hard. She 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:20.920 just kind of did it. And then she would do 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:24.120 it and you'd be like, wow, that's crazy, that just 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.320 came out of you and that you just did that. 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.640 And then you'd watch it and be like wow, everybody 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.920 gets to see this now and experience this, and it 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:34.880 translated from the work to the screen to the audience. 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:39.440 But like you never saw it, like she never presented 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:41.920 it to the world like in that way like I'm 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:43.120 working really hard. 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:47.440 She never sought like attention for it. She never she 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.400 never wanted to be She just wanted to be like 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:54.000 utilized for her gifts, and she was. And it's like 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.080 when you challenge her, when you give her a lot 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:59.400 to do, like that was yeah, yeah, I never I 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.920 never heard of like her process, her working her like 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:04.720 if anything was too much or too hard. 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:07.240 Never, no, never ever ever, no, no no. 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:10.080 And her and Chris were similar in that way where 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:14.960 they like were silently like lethal yes, and that's like 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:18.800 they were. But they're both so so talented and have 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:22.200 really heavy stuff to do, yep, and you never saw 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:25.560 them like working on it or like they would just 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:27.200 show up and. 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.480 Deliver and just deliver. And that didn't mean that they 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:31.280 weren't working on it, but they just didn't. They didn't 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.160 feel like everybody needed to be a part of that 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.880 process or like be proving something, you know, they just 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:37.319 did it. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:41.640 That's how like they both, and I especially like we 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:46.480 learned from her in those ways of her like subtlety, 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:49.600 how friendly she was with every cast and crew. She 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:51.920 got along with everybody. Everyone left it. 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:54.079 The crew really loved her. 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.400 She brought so much joy to that set, and even 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.679 in like the hardest of times, like things would be 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.360 like she was so unafraid that like if there was 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:05.240 tension on the set, like because you know, sometimes there 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:08.440 was like between anybody, like if you're just like get 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:11.600 me out of here, this day is like awful, she 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.680 would never be afraid to like cut the tension with 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:16.240 a joke that would like make you laugh and be 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:18.480 like right, You're totally right, you know what I mean. 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.960 Like it was just like never never afraid to say 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.200 what she was feeling or thinking or like want to 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:29.520 make somebody laugh, even on set, like watching her do 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:33.200 do Valerie, or watching her do any of these like 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.480 huge numbers, Like I don't think I realized the gravity 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:38.880 of like how that was going to translate on screen 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.160 until we got to the tour and I saw her 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.600 do it live night after night, Like that's when I 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:46.160 think it really translated for me. I knew she was talented, 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:48.640 and I knew she was like going to be huge. 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.280 I just didn't I think being able to witness it 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:55.160 from behind on stage and watch her do that day 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:58.120 after day and night, like I was like, Oh, that's 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:02.760 a different kind of I don't know, it's just very special. 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:06.439 It was very special to watch. What's interesting to me? 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:10.160 I had forgotten about this or I because she was 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.800 so funny and so seemingly casual, like we were saying, 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.680 like you wouldn't ever see her sort of like put 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:21.200 on the presentation of working hard. There would be times 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:23.800 where I'd be like, can you throw in this dance move? 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.880 Like can you do this thing? And she would do 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:31.040 it sometimes, but it's like she would never do it 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.560 to the extent where it compromised what she was doing 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.200 in the scene, like or I might go overboard and 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.560 do it just to try to make her laugh. Yeah, 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:41.320 she would do it maybe to see if I could laugh. 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:45.080 But she was very very serious about like what she 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.360 was doing all the time, like when the camera was on, 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.120 and it's easy to forget about that because she was 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:58.920 so disarmingly like jovial when the camera was off, and 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:00.960 even like during the tour or when I would ask 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:02.840 her like you know, she would tell me to do 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:04.440 certain things and I would be like, can you throw 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:05.320 this in and she'd be. 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:06.840 Like, no, no, no, I can't do it. It's gonna throw me. 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:10.480 And she wanted to be perfect. She wanted it like 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.600 she wanted to dance correctly, sing correctly, and like not 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.080 mess with it. And even you know, doing scenes. It's 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:19.800 like when we had our one scene together and it 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:26.040 really bothered her that she kept cracking and she she 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:30.520 was very, very very professional. Yeah, very and so it's 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:35.280 it's such a lesson to like that balance of you know, 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.720 being fun, being the person you want on set, and 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:41.960 then also being the most professional when that camera is on. 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.200 And like just how you were saying, how you know, 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:47.320 if there was tension or people got in little TIFFs, 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.520 that she would crack a joke or something. But she 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:52.400 also would be the first to like charge full steam 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:56.080 ahead to speak up for people or situations that didn't 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:59.040 feel feel right right, and she would she didn't care, 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:05.080 like she may face the brunt of the blowback from 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:09.480 doing things like that, right, she didn't care. And I 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:11.480 learned that, you know, I've always said I've learned from 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:14.240 all the girls on the show to like learn how 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:18.280 to speak up for myself. Obviously she was a huge 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:22.000 part of that. She was like fiercely loyal to all 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:25.200 of us and protective of all of us. And when 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:28.360 you know, she felt like we should speak out for ourselves, 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:32.600 she would she would encourage that. And I think something 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:36.800 else that was really important for me to see was 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:38.600 how she would call herself out just as much as 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:42.200 she would call anybody else. And it was it was 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.120 wild to see that, you know, when somebody is if 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.400 she got into it with somebody and I would ask 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:51.240 her for the story or and I would maybe saw 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:52.360 it and I would talk to her out and she 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.800 would be like, yeah, I shouldn't have said I did that, 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:57.360 and I said this thing and that thing and that was. 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.480 Not okay, Well you're right, And I think that just 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:04.280 speaks to like how self aware she was. Like it's 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:08.360 so it might be, you know, like she would say 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.720 things that would not be how somebody would normally handle 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.320 something right like it would it's always it's not always 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.159 the way that somebody would handle something. But she was 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:21.600 so self aware of herself and everything around her, and god, 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:24.880 she was so smart and so fast, Like I mean, 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.960 you you said this before, She's like whip smart. It 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:33.040 is actually yeah, every joke, every serious moment, Like she 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:36.280 just she saw a situation, she clocked who she was 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.359 in that situation, but then she clocked who that person 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:40.359 was in that situation, and like if there was some 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.440 kind of like something that went down, she'd be able 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:45.879 to give you the recap in like thirty seconds in 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:49.360 the most seamless way, and you're like, she's right, You're right. 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:54.600 Like it was really amazing. And I think that's like 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:58.000 why I respected her so much was because she was 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:02.560 so aware and rounded. Yet there's this element to her 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.280 that's like a little bit out there and a little 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.360 bit in the clouds, but not in a bad way, 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:09.200 just in a way that's like, wow, I wish I 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:11.399 could kind of be like that. It was like aspirationally 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:18.560 sometimes and like she's just she was just so like 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:23.919 without a doubt herself all the time. Oh yeah, she 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:29.080 had no choice and exactly, and that was so admirable 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.360 in so many ways. And yet like she knew who 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.399 she was and she knew when she was wrong, she 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:38.040 knew when she was right even more so, and that 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:40.240 was just like she's just one of a kind. 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:45.800 And she knew she could depend on us, like she 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.399 was an open book. And when she trusted you, she 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:50.960 gave you all of it. And so there were no 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.720 walls up. If there's ever a time when I felt 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.199 like maybe there, you know, something was going on, we 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:57.399 could snap each other out of that. 0:18:57.880 --> 0:18:58.200 Yep. 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:01.199 And like seeing her with her family again, all those 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:03.160 qualities that she had with us, she had them tenfold 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:03.760 with her family. 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.280 Totally loyal, rejective. 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:10.200 Yeah, and we all feel like family with her family 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:13.639 because of that. And she brought us in to all 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:17.080 of that. And when my family would visit, she would 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:19.119 treat them like they were her family. I think they 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:22.800 would go for any of our families. And she made herself, 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:29.919 She made herself so memorable and you know, unforgettable and 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:34.280 a vital part of like my nieces and nephew's memories 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:36.480 of the show growing up and my family and my 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:39.159 experience there were like you said, she was one of 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:41.160 a kind and always herself. 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:52.320 When I think about like the fans and how they 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:56.840 related to Santana so deeply, like resonated with her character 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:02.280 and who she was and her talent, you know, like 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:06.720 in tandem with that, Like I think I want all 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:09.520 of you guys to just hear over and over again, 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:15.959 like how awesome and incredible and special Santana was. Nya 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:17.679 was just the same, And I think you guys know 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:20.240 that that at this point. Like I think that they 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:22.560 mirror each other in a lot of ways. They're also 0:20:22.560 --> 0:20:25.640 different in a lot of ways, but like they the 0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:28.840 I think the thing that brings it all together is 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:32.000 like that Nya and Santana were both one of a kind, right, 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:35.560 Like they were both so special and on screening off 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:37.840 like when they say like, oh we were you know, 0:20:37.920 --> 0:20:39.959 be worried about meeting your heroes. Like I think if 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:43.160 anybody met Naya, they would feel like it was a win, 0:20:43.320 --> 0:20:43.879 not a loss. 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:47.919 Yeah, I think that, Like I think Santana was probably 0:20:47.960 --> 0:20:52.280 a little more from like abrasive than Naya Nyaga. 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:54.320 An elevated version of yes exactly. 0:20:54.520 --> 0:21:00.160 But that power, Yeah, that like steadiness that Santana has 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:05.159 is all Naya. And the openness that I feel like 0:21:05.160 --> 0:21:10.960 Santana has with her emotions and Naya yeh all day. Yeah, 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:15.800 And the fact that Nya could do those insane monologues 0:21:16.000 --> 0:21:20.560 written by Ian and could make them funny and have levels. 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:26.399 Here my favorite thing besides her obvious insane talent. Hearing 0:21:26.520 --> 0:21:30.400 Naya tell a story like monologue for you for five 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:33.560 to ten minutes, Kelly and I would talk about like 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:36.760 I can't wait to hear it, like Naya's version of 0:21:37.240 --> 0:21:38.600 what happened or she went to this thing. 0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:39.639 I can't wait to hear about it. 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:44.480 Yeah, yeah, it would just be the most elevated, truthful 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:51.400 and like funny, funny version of whatever you're going to hear. 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:56.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, wild insane. 0:21:56.600 --> 0:22:01.439 And I just you know, we're so lucky that she 0:22:01.600 --> 0:22:05.040 did get so many opportunities on the show to showcase 0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:08.200 her talent, extraordinary talent in so many ways. And we 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:12.800 do get that for forever, in a terrible situation where 0:22:12.840 --> 0:22:17.040 I wish, you know, she was here and making more 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:20.760 things and giving us more, many more things to watch 0:22:20.880 --> 0:22:21.680