Journalist Allison Hope Weiner is a special correspondent to Deadline and files this exclusive breaking news that executive producer Ryan Murphy stopped work on a Glee post-high school spinoff after three of the show’s stars feigned ignorance over his plans to have them leave the original series at the end of Season 4 and star in the series. We’ll be posting Weiner’s full interview with Murphy shortly:
Glee Executive Producer Ryan Murphy told me in an exclusive Deadline interview that up until a few weeks ago he was working on a planned scripted hourlong spin-off to Glee. But after several of the show’s stars claimed surprise at Murphy’s announcement that this year would be their last on the first series, he opted to put the new show on hold. Murphy told Deadline that as early as March of this year, he talked to Glee stars Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith about a possible spin-off in which their characters would graduate from high school and go on to college at NYC’s Juilliard which he called. Murphy said he opted to include the actors in the plans for a spin-off because he wanted their input on how they saw their characters changing and because he wanted to know whether they’d be willing to relocate to New York to film the series. Here’s what he says happened:
Allison Hope Weiner: So what is accurate and inaccurate about Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith staying, leaving, what they claim, and what you told them?
Ryan Murphy: I said two things in an interview: I said, yes, they are graduating and they will not be back on the show for Season Four. And when I did that interview, what was happening was we were asked to investigate doing a spin-off and it was a spin-off specifically for three of them, Chris, Cory and Lea. In March, Brad Falchuk and I started talking to all three of those actors about it because you can’t make people do spin-offs. So, we went to them and asked, ‘What do you think about this? Are you interested? If you are interested, what would you want your character to do? Where do you think we should shoot it?’ So, it was a discussion with all three of those actors about it. At the time, all three of them expressed interest. ‘Yeah, that sounds good. It’s good to graduate. It’s good to grow the characters. It’s good to not have to sit in that choir room. It’s good to sort of expand and continue the evolution of these people.’ They were involved in the process for 3 to 4 months to the point where we were even talking about cities and relocations and we called Juilliard and what would that mean and how would we do it. So, for any of those actors to say, ‘I found out that I was fired off the show from Twitter,’ is absolutely 100% not true. None of them were fired. It was never about that. We were going to do a spin-off where the three of them were going to go on. They all knew what was happening, they all had approved it, they all said they wanted to do it. Some of them had different caveats. Some of them, to be honest, were not thrilled about moving to a different city. Some had families here and some had families elsewhere. I feel sensitive about that. So then what happened was it blew up and a lot of articles were written about it. Some people were writing they’re not on the show so that means they must be fired. Well, no. That was 100% incorrect.
Weiner: How did it get so wrong?
Murphy: I think that some of those actors’ representatives spun it in a certain way, to be quite honest, I don’t understand. We weren’t allowed to talk about a spin-off. It was too premature. We didn’t want to do it then. The idea was to do it this fall when Glee gets back on the air. Then, to pick up and read the actors saying, “We found out we were fired from Twitter.” All of us, the studio, the network, were like, ‘OK, that isn’t exactly cool,’ because we involved all three of them in that decision. So then what happened is that we decided, ‘OK, let’s not do it.’ So that’s where we are today. Maybe we’ll talk about it in April or May, but for now let’s just concentrate on making Season 3 the best that we can do. When I say they’re seniors and they’re not coming back to the show, what I did not say is they’re not coming back to the show because there will be another show. What Brad [Falchuk] said this weekend at Comic-Con is now correct: they’re graduating. What we wanted is to get people away from this idea that the actors were fired which is ludicrous. Nobody was fired. They were talked to for months about the show.Weiner: Do you think the actors were trying to position themselves for pay increases for a possible sequel?
Murphy: No, it wasn’t even to that point. We wanted to get those actors on the same page creatively. If they all agreed creatively, we would then move forward. We don’t have a deal with the network. 20th TV doesn’t have a deal with the network. I think what happened is Chris Colfer did an interview and the timing probably was a little bit unfortunate. I think that he was getting a lot of calls with people saying, ‘You’re fired. You’re fired.’ And all of them knew they weren’t fired, but it was an awful thing to read. And I felt for them. And they couldn’t come out and say, ‘No, we weren’t fired. We’re talking about a spin-off.’ Because we told them not to. And this has blown up. So now we’re not doing the spin-off. It’s not my call. Those actors have a contract for seven years. So just because they’re graduating and so many of them are beloved, if they don’t go to New York, maybe they’ll do something else. We haven’t even thought of that.Weiner: So is anyone getting things ready for a spin-off?
Murphy: We were. Not now.Weiner: You’re just putting it on hold in terms of sending them to a place like Juilliard?
Murphy: That was the original place. That was what [last season’s] whole New York Episode was about, the finale. But to be honest, since then because of the press and because of the perception and because Brad and I have had another show picked up, we have simply stopped with everyone’s understanding. You know, I had dinner with Lea last night where we talked about it. We don’t know what we’re going to do. We were going to start talking about it in September and now we’re not. We’re going to talk about it in April. The thing that I really wanted to reiterate was that no one was ever going to be fired. And the actors were very involved in the idea. Cory was discussed. Chris was discussed. We talked to Naya. We talked to the kids. And I think that the media has glommed on to this idea that we were graduating them and firing them and bringing in like Glee Project kids.Weiner: I don’t think that’s fair about the media. These kids said things.
Murphy: Maybe they did. If they did, I think that I can say on behalf on Brad and myself that if they tried to spin it that they were under the thumb of the evil showrunners who were trying to manipulate them, I say, ‘Well, I’m sorry about that. They know that’s not true.’ But I don’t think that they think that. I don’t think Chris and Corey and Lea think that. I think it was a story that, because the truth couldn’t come out, blossomed into a thing. I’ve learned a lesson from this experience. I’ve learned to really really monitor what I say. Before I didn’t do that. My bad. Stupid. Particularly what has happened with Glee. I just read an article that Glee is one of the most discussed shows on the Internet between the blogs and the recap. Fans are excited. If I don’t keep them excited and involved, that’s my job. Glee is not Super 8 trying to keep something secret. The monster here was the spin-off and now it’s enough.Weiner: I want to be clear about this: it’s still going forward or it’s not?
Murphy: We were actively talking to actors, we were actively writing, we were actively getting ready to pitch. OK, here’s the three actors, and they want to do it, so here’s the story for them. Now that that has collapsed. We’re not talking about it, we’re not pitching it. We’re not doing anything for the next several months except for this third season. I would prefer and I know Brad would prefer and I think the actors will prefer to roll up our sleeves and do a really good season and if there is a spin-off, talk about it in April. Could we do a spin-off? To be quite honest with you, maybe. Some of the actors that we discussed doing spin-offs do not want to do a spin-off. It’s hard to do a spin-off on a show where an actor says no. And if there’s no spin-off, then we’ll announce that there’s not. But as of now, I can tell you I’m not working on it.
Sounds like a lot of back peddling and double talk to me. I may be No One Of Consequence, but it kind of seems like Ryan Murphy might be burning some bridges around town, which would seem a poor idea since the plan with Glee looks a lot like “let’s exploit it for all we can right now, because it won’t be around for long”.
I don’t think it will be around for long either. Season 2 was quite a let down from Season 1. Though perhaps the $$ being made by the sale of recordings and concerts will make up for a show that is both weak and completely off course.
With a Glee concert movie coming out in a 2 weeks, this is how you are promoting it?
This will amplify the bad press and overshadow all cast appearances / publicity for the movie.
And it collapsed why? Hurt feelings?
So they were going to give everyone the spin off that they wanted but because Chris and everyone threw a fit about them being fired they aren’t? And now they are graduating and getting nothing? Its really going to be stupid to keep the show going without the 3 of them as the main characters. The spin off was a great idea, a way to keep everyone interested in the brand if Glee failed without the old cast. Looks like I still get to stop watching after next season!
Sad thing is that only Ryan is throwing a fit.
Chris never said he found out he was FIRED on Twitter.
He was in fact very diplomatic and only said he found out about an announcement which was the THR article Ryan srewed up.
TO me it sounds like they don’t want to do the spinoff!! They (or more likely Lea) either want to finish their contract on Glee or move onto something else. Maybe Ryan was trying to force them to decide to do the spinoff by announcing that they will not be on Glee after season three so they better do the spinoff
actually lea is from NYC. so im sure she was very excited over a possibility of moving to where her family is full time. I personally think it was chris, since his family is in cali. Corey is from canada and is a bit rebellious so im sure he would love to come to ny. Chris is probably the cry baby, Diva!
Except the most likely explanation is that Ryan made the whole thing up about someone not wanting to move. It wasn’t Chris, who just said in a TV Guide interview that he wouldn’t have said no to a spin off. He also hinted in an interview BEFORE this whole thing happened that people shouldn’t worry even if characters were graduating. Oh, and P.S., just because someone doesn’t want to move it doesn’t mean they’re a “diva.” People are entitled to live where they want to live and work what they want to work.
Actually I would guess that Lea was probably very happy to move to New York back to her home. Corey probably not so keen as he’s never going to be a Broadway actor and most the TV work is California or Vancouver. And Chris, as someone who’s in the process of writing a TV series for Disney which is based in California and with a family who are also California based (especially with a special needs sister who’s in and out of hospital) probably had even less desire to go live in New York at this point in his life.
As people we have the oportunities and choices about where we move and different things either convince us to go or keep us where we are and those choises are our own and are all valid. you just have to decide what meens most to you; your job or your family. And both options are the right one, just at different points in your life.
Having second thoughts about leaving his sister who suffers from severe epilepsy miles behind. Yeah…what a “diva” indeed.
Is this now Ryan Murphy wants to clear the air? This is semantical, round talk nonsense and makes him look even worse than the initial interview because at least he had time to mull it over and prepare for this one. He is a very talented producer, but he needs to stick to that and stop doing interviews. Amazing that Fox isn’t keeping him on a tighter leash.
You are so right. I applaude him for co-creating glee but he needs to shut up!
So last week Falchuk seemed to try to throw the Hollywood Reporter under the bus and now it seems Murphy is trying to throw the actors under the bus, implying that they’re dumb or mistaken.
I don’t want a spin-off either – especially as Murphy’s Mary-Sue writing has destroyed Kurt and the less Rachel, the better – but the biggest message I got from this was a tantrum. “They talked about this in public, so no spin-off for them!”
Kurt and Rachel are the best characters on Glee and if it hadn’t been for the amazing acting skills of Chris, Lea, Santana, Cory and Max Adler, season two would have been a complete flop. Chris Colfer is the most talented actor by far and he thoroughly deserves his Emmy nomination and also I think he should win it. For Ryan Murphy to imply that the cancelling of the spin-off is in any way due to Chris, Lea and Cory is a complete insult. Chris did not make that twitter comment. When he was asked about how he found out it was going to be his last season on the show Chris says that he heard about Ryan’s ‘announcement’ on twitter. Chris NEVER said that he heard he was Fired on twitter. The interviewer hadn’t even asked Chris that question. That was the media putting a sensationalist spin on what he said.
Chris, had no choice, but to speak out the day after Ryan released his ill-timed announcement because Chris was nominated for an Emmy the very next morning, so he had to give interviews for that. Chris had heard about the announcement from the tweets that were being sent to him by fans who were extremely angry and upset over what Ryan had said in his interview, that Chris, Lea and Cory were going to be graduating and they wouldn’t be returning in season 4. This was why Chris mentioned twitter. The interviewer had been talking about Ryan’s announcement and then asked Chris how he had learned that it was going to be his last season. Chris obviously thought she meant in relation to Ryan’s interview, so he said that he heard about the announcement last night on twitter.
Chris had no idea that Ryan was going to make this dramatic announcement, but he then had to face the media who had also latched onto Ryan’s interview and were already writing articles about how the three actors had been ‘FIRED” from the show. So the media were already in a sensationalist frenzy. Chris should have been answering questions simply about his Emmy nomination, but instead he found himself fielding questions about Ryan Murphy’s interview. Chris did really well, especially, as we now know that he had been ordered by Ryan Murphy not to say anything about the spin-off talks, so it was really hard for him to answer the interviewer’s questions without giving anything away. What he did was, he defended Ryan Murphy and basically said in every interview that he was fine with any decision Ryan made about his character on Glee. He was extremely loyal to Ryan and to Fox studios. He showed complete trust in Ryan. I cannot believe that Ryan is trying to place the blame onto the actors, when it was his own badly mis-guided and tactless announcement, that seemed designed to cause the sensation that it did, that was the root of all the media frenzy in the first place. Then to release the above article and mention that FOX STUDIOS and himself had decided not to do the spin-off because of the ‘uncool’ twitter comment, it seems obvious that Ryan was just going on the media hype and believing that. He himself is always complaining that the media twist everything he says, yet he believed them when they said that Chris said that he found out he’d been fired over twitter. The interview evidence that Chris didn’t say that is easily accessible, it’s all there on youtube for one, yet Fox Studios and Ryan Murphy do not seem to have watched any of Chris’ Emmy nomination interviews, because if they had they would have seen that Chris did not say anything like that. I think also that because the access Hollywood interviewer then went on to say in her interview with Ian Brennan, that Chris had said he found out he was LEAVING over twitter (which Chris hadn’t said to her), Ian probably went and told Ryan and they didn’t bother to check the Access Hollywood interview with Chris to make sure what the interviewer had said to Ian was true. So Chris has found himself being blamed for something that was in no way his fault, by the man he has always looked up to and admired (how hurtful is that) and there are articles appearing now about how Chris was the one who caused the spin-off to be shelved because of his ‘moaning’. It’s so ridiculous and unfair to Chris who was his normal, down-to-earth, funny, friendly and kind self in all his Emmy interviews and all of this could have been avoided if Ryan had been a little more careful in what he said in his original interview.
Sounds like Murphy is punishing the three “graduates” for the media miscommuniation. “There was going to be a spinoff but not now” — he’s petulantly freezing them out.
Extremely immature. I hope Lea, Chris and Corey get amazing new job offers.
I’ve seen Ryan on the Glee Project and he’s not a likeable guy, seems like an egomaniac. “Petulant” is the perfect word in this context.
Really? I find him on the Glee Project aware that he’s dealing with kids and showing of concern for them. I think that whole creative staff has been really good with them, in fact.
I would have had a lot more respect if he had said “Yeah, I planned on introducing a bunch of new characters, and graduating them. They’d be pissed for a while, but then years from now, everytime people saw them they wouldn’t say “Oh Glee” and they’d thank me for not being typecast. Or I guess I could make them all rock stupid and flunk all of them, but then they’d be academically ineligible to compete.. and that’d be a shitty show. So, I wanted them gone. For them and the show. But the network is too much of a p—y to deal with potential change. ‘
really? passing the blame onto the actors and/or their reps for this mess? classy.
When Chris Colfer gave those interviews to the press on the morning the Emmy nominations were announced, he was on the set of Glee. Two of the executive producers were there with him. They did not correct his misapprehension that he was being written off the show. It’s pretty shameful to blame the cast when it was Ryan Murphy’s own interview answers that gave them the impression they were being written out.
amen. the show runners have no one to blame but themselves for this mess.
I really can’t stand Ryan Murphy anymore. Chris did not say that he learned that he was fired on twitter. He said that he was anxious and stuff. I thought that he handled all of the interviews rather well. Ian was right there when Chris was giving the interviews. If what Chris was saying was so bad, then Ian should have took him aside and told him how to handle the situation. I can’t believe that Ryan just blamed this mess on him.
Exactly. Chris was on the Glee set, next to two of his bosses, as he gave those interviews (during which he never said he was “fired,” by the way, Ryan Murphy). They should have told him that Ryan Murphy was just being his usual idiotic self again and not to worry. And why didn’t they? Because they likely had no idea what was going on either.
Ryan Murphy should be ashamed of himself for trying to pin the blame on a young actor that had no idea what was going on – just that his boss said in a magazine that he wouldn’t be back for season four. Chris Colfer said nothing but nice things about the show and his bosses during those interviews, even though apparently they can’t extend him the same professional courtesy.
Chris has always been incredibly respectful and grateful to Ryan Murphy in previous interviews. I agree when you see the actual interview that Chris gave regarding his emmy nomination, when asked about the THR article he never uses the word fired and instead tries to handle a difficult situation gracefully. I hope Ryan does really realize that Chris never had any ulterior motives and is a person of integrity.
I absolutely agree with this, knowing a few crew members and the horror that is RM, how dare he try and throw Chris under the bus. Ryan why are you trying to sink your own ship? SHADDUP ALREADY!
Cory, Lea and Chris in an Glee New York spin-off! I don’t have much trust in Ryan Murphy but my wish to see my favorite three actors from Glee for more years is getting me excited! It’s much better than having them stay in Lima Ohio even after their graduation.
Now it’s the cast fault. Just stop doing interviews.
I hope that there’s no spin-off where Finn goes to Julliard lol
And if in the end of season 3 Rachel isn’t on a plane to NYC I will be so mad.
I agree I’d like to see the three of them have a spin off and some of the other cast. It’s become more about the adults and less about the kids. The original cast members made the show click, adding some of the others – boring. The writers really screwed season 3.
Oh yes! I’m hoping this spin-off happens too. The chemistry between the three of them, especially between Chris Colfer and Lea Michele is amazing and I think this would be a phenominal show. I just hope that Ryan can remember that these are kids he’s talking about and trying to place the blame on them is, as the Fox studio bosses put it ‘not cool’. Chris Colfer, I feel coped extremely well with a very difficult situation and showed great respect and trust for Ryan Murphy. He has often in the past had to field difficult situations and I think, because he’s always been able to manage it, Ryan and Fox forget how young he is because he does have a ‘maturity beyond his years’. What he doesn’t have however is vast amounts of experience. I have to say though that his responses to the questions were very well done and he managed to make sensible and also witty replies, without giving anything away. Also the unfortunate Twitter statement which has been credited to Chris wasn’t even made by him. Chris talks about hearing the announcement on twitter, not of leaving the show. Anyway, let’s hope that Ryan will realise that and not take it out on Chris in season 3. Chris is a very watchable and talented actor and is probably the most talented actor our screens have seen in a long, long time and I for one want to see lots more of his character Kurt in season 3. So Ryan had better not reduce his storylines or his screen time. That would be unfair as Chris actually did nothing wrong!!!
So now Ryan is blaming Lea, Cory, and Chris for this mess. He should have just kept his mouth shut and none of this would have happened.
After this interview I’m not so thrilled about a spin-off.
Murphy seems to not really care about it either.
I really hope Chris Colfer will find a more decent employer in his future…poor kid.
I want this guy to eat crow so badly. He’s Troy Duffy with a successful project. Seems like a huge asshole.
THIS comment.
you took the words out of my mouth
*claps*
Direct quote from the original Hollywood Reporter story:
“Murphy acknowledged that while he hasn’t discussed graduation plans with Monteith yet, he presumes he’s aware that Finn will be among those graduating. ‘He knows he was a sophomore when the show started.'”
Well, which is it? Either he didn’t discuss graduation plans with him or he spent months discussing a spin-off with him. Sorry, but I call BS on everything Murphy is now saying.
Thank you! I thought the same thing! He was very clear that Corey wasn’t consulted. Separately/furthermore – Chris never said he was fired. And I quote:
“I found out yesterday on Twitter. Yeah, I found out that they made that announcement. I didn’t necessarily know that it was going to be our last season next year, I knew something like that was coming up eventually. I mean, we can’t be there forever. I don’t necessarily want to leave so soon, but I mean, it’s fine.”
Reading these comments knowing that he knew their might be a spinoff, they make perfect sense and he was clearly being protective of the information Ryan asked him to hold confidential! Ryan sounds like such an A**H***.
It sounds like Ryan Murphy is frightened by NBCs Smash possibly being a success. Why else would he want to do a spin off that takes place on Broadway.
Ryan Murphy is so full of it. He and Brad Falchuk need to get together and get their stories straight before they do any more interviews. It’s becoming quite pathetic now. I am no longer a fan of the show because of this mess they made. Lea, Chris, and Cory should get out while they can.
I really think they should fire Lea, Chris and Cory – these kids will be unemployed for like 5 seconds – and try to find talent to fill their shoes on Glee.
Even more crap from the master of spin (“master” in this context meaning “most frequent user” not “most adept user”). Ryan Murphy is scum. He has been caught lying to media about Glee spoilers on countless occasions for no other discernible reason than to feed his own ego and amuse himself. He comports himself poorly. This interview is woefully catty (way to dismantle that stereotype about gay professionals, Ryan!), but the cherry on top is when he has the gall to claim that all this spin – which is clearly an engineered response to protect his own image – is for the kids’ own good! I don’t know why the media still puts up with him or takes his words with any validity. And in a game of he said/she said, I would believe anyone before I’d believe him.
Why is he angry with Chris? He did absolutly nothing wrong!
Please Ryan stop the bashing and PLEASE don’t make it sound like it’s Chris fault that there will be no spin-off.
He was so thrilled about it in his Emmy interview with Tom O’Neil (from gold derby). That’s all just very sad.
less is more when speaking publicly about internal squabbles. period.
I don’t know mr murphy but in each and every interview he comes across as a spoilt, prissy and petulant man who simply lacks good manners.
Spot on… and that’s how he comes across on The Glee Project too
Just interviews? He comes across that way on the Glee Project every week. They’re weekly cuts are a joke and represent exactly what’s wrong with reality TV — it’s NOT and has never been real. It’s so obvious that Cameron has “the look” Ryan and Brad want and talent is secondary — having to watch this for work makes me scream at the TV every week when I see talented kids like Marissa let go while one-trick ponies get a pass.
Ryan Murphy just needs to stop talking. He shouldn’t have gone around telling everyone that Lea, Cory and Chris were not going to be on the show after next season without sitting down with them about how they could publicly respond to the story. He’s a publicity whore who rarely takes credit for all the damage he’s done to this show in such a short amount of time.
so now the actors are the bad guys about? cory didn’t said anything at all and lea said on her twitter that ‘everything was alright and was part of the plan’.
if chris colfer said something ok, but the other two were quiet about.
Well, he had to say something.
Chris was asked about it while doing press for his Emmy nomination.
Let’s not forget he’s the youngest actor in the cast.
Very classy to blame him for…? Yeah, for what exactly?
Saying he was bombarded by Twitter fellows about an announcement?
He only told the truth AND even defended the assumed decision his boss made.
Ryan Murphy is an absolute lying jerk. The more he runs his mouth, the more I detest him. I wish Lea, Cory and Chris weren’t even coming back to season three, if this is the kind of environment they have to work in. I cannot believe the nerve of him, as he now throws the actors under the bus to cover up his own stupidity.
P.S. Ryan, none of the actors ever said they were “fired,” but keep making up lies, because that’s what you’re good at. You’re sure as heck not good at running a show.
When the story first broke, Lea Michele did tweet that she knew about graduating and it was fine and everything would be fine. I’m guessing he’s mainly talking about Colfer’s complaints. But really, it doesn’t matter, because this is just more douche-baggery from Ryan Murphy. If he hadn’t prematurely floated the “graduation/leaving the show” story, none of this would have been an issue. Not only is the Glee product in terrible shape these days, but Murphy doesn’t even know how to diplomatically handle the press or, apparently, his cast. Seems a piss-poor showrunner to me.
I don’t even know why he’s dragging the actors into it. Chris Colfer was nothing but supportive in his interviews (great timing btw, the news breaks when the kid has to give a whole bunch of interviews for his emmy nom), the only thing he gave was the great “twitter” headline that the fans and media went off on. That was unfortunate, but hey, here’s a crazy idea, pull him aside before those interviews and tell him what’s going on. Logic!
It sounds like no one is talking to anybody. Murphy is clearly reacting to what the MEDIA is saying instead of talking to the people involved and fixing this mess.
Chris Colfer didn’t complain at all. He was in an untennable situation. He had no choice but to answer the questions put to him by the interviewers and Chris answered those questions as best he could with the restrictions placed on him of not being able to talk about the spin-off. He was completely loyal and backed up whatever decisions Ryan made and managed to give those answers without giving anything away. He handled the situation extremely well. He didn’t even say that he heard that he’d been fired/was leaving on twitter. He said he’d heard of the announcement on twitter and it was the interviewer who then said that Chris had said that he’d found out he was leaving the show through twitter.
This is the youtube link to that interview footage,
and this is the link to the interview where Chris makes the twitter comment
So it was actually the interviewer that made that comment and not Chris. Chris was put into a situation that anyone would have found hard to handle, but he coped with it brilliantly. Unfortunately, due to Ryan’s comments in his interview announcement the previous day, the media and fans were already in a frenzy and were I think just looking for something else to fuel that frenzy and the twitter comment was fuel enough. Poor chris is being blamed for something he firstly did not say and secondly for trying to handle a situation that he should not have been placed in in the first place. Ryans constantly veiled comments about the kids who complained or spoke out about leaving the show, etc could only really be referring to Chris, as Cory had said nothing and Lea had given rather diplomatic tweets. Neither of them had been thrust into the media spotlight the following morning and been left to handle the situation as best they could. If they had I don’t think that they could have handled it any better than Chris and quite frankly I doubt either of them could have handled it nearly so well as Chris. Have Ryan Murphy and Fox not even watched the interviews Chris gave to decide whether or not he caused all the problems they are effectively blaming him for? Did they just go on what they were hearing in the media and then decide that Chris hadn’t been ‘cool’ about it and therefrore they were pulling the plug on the spin-off. How unprofessional is that? I really feel that they have been completely unjust and have treated an actor, who has only shown them respect and complete loyalty, in a disgusting manner. Chris is only 21 years old, yet he always handles himself in such a mature, intelligent, kind and down-to-earth way and Ryan and Fox should be thanking Chris for handling those interviews so well under the circumstances and not using him instead as the scape-goat for their own incompetence.