DEMI LOVATO TEAMS UP WITH CAST OF ‘GLEE’ FOR GLAAD AWARDS SPECIAL TRIBUTE

GLAAD HAS announced that “the cast of Glee will reunite during the virtual ceremony for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday, April 8 for a special tribute to the legacy of the late Naya Rivera’s character Santana Lopez. The tribute will honor the ten-year anniversary of Santana’s coming out as lesbian in the GLAAD Media Award-winning series and spotlight the character’s impact on LGBTQ teens and Latinx LGBTQ representation on television.”

The cast of Glee is reuniting at the #GLAADawards on April 8th to honor the legacy and impact of Naya Rivera and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her character Santana Lopez coming out. https://t.co/B9m6X6xpA7

— GLAAD (@glaad) March 24, 2021

Demi Lovato, who played Santana’s girlfriend on Glee, will introduce the special tribute during the awards, which will feature your favorite Glee cast members Jacob Artist, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Vanessa Lengies, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Alex Newell, Amber Riley, Harry Shum Jr., Becca Tobin, and Jenna Ushkowitz.

“The tribute follows Rivera’s tragic death in July 2020. She and her son were swimming at Lake Piru in Ventura County, Calif., when she accidentally drowned. Her body was recovered exactly seven years after Cory Monteith (who played the beloved Finn Hudson) died due to an accidental overdose.”

I’m honored to join the cast of Glee at the upcoming #GLAADawards to pay tribute to the legacy of Santana Lopez, who was played by the most incredible, talented, and beautiful Naya Rivera?? pic.twitter.com/0KV50nK53v

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) March 24, 2021

“GLAAD is partnering with Google to exclusively premiere the ceremony on GLAAD’s YouTube on Thursday, April 8 at 8pm ET. The event will also stream on Hulu on April 8 starting at 10pm ET, and will be available to stream on-demand on Hulu until the end of June.”

GLAAD previously announced that Niecy Nash will host the virtual ceremony and there’s an impressive list of special guests! You can also click here for a full list of nominees.

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