The Price of Glee: Cory Monteith, Mark Salling & Naya Rivera

Cory Monteith and Fame

Monteith’s former roommate Justin Neill made several revelations about the late actor’s history with addiction and mental health issues.

“He just got to the point where he just hated fame, ‘I’m just so tired, I want to rest for a bit. I’m sick of singing of these songs,'” he shared. “I remember him specifically saying, ‘I wouldn’t wish fame on my worst enemy.'”

“I’d seen the fame, but I didn’t realize how hard it was for him until then,” Neill shared. “I think with that level of fame, you lose sight of who you are. To every single person, he wasn’t Cory anymore. He was now Finn. We just knew he wasn’t in the best place.”

Kirkpatrick also detailed an alleged conversation he shared with Monteith prior to his death. “He wasn’t drinking, he didn’t have any drugs in his system,” he noted. “And then the very last couple of days that I saw him, he was different. He was under the influence of alcohol.”