Glee Boss Received Death Threats

Ryan Murphy reveals haters have ‘come after him’…

Glee creator Ryan Murphy has admitted he has received death threats due to the show’s content.

“I think any time you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and say they are as normal or as worthy as acceptance as others, the people who are on the fringe don’t like that and they will come after you,” Ryan said in a new interview. “And they have come after me.”

But he admitted he had “screwed up in hindsight” with some storylines, explaining that the Glee was originally meant to be a post-watershed show. "Ninety per cent of what the show has to say is so positive, I feel stupid and bad that the 10 per cent would exclude a portion of the episode," Ryan said. "There are specific episodes where we did push it too far.

"I think the condom demonstration was a road too far. I think showing a kid masturbating was a bridge too far. You know, when you're creating a show you're in the middle of it and then you hear the comments."

The Glee boss added that he received a lot of flak when news broke that the show’s three main stars, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith, would graduate from McKinley High and wouldn’t return after series three. “I was, for a solid week, the Anti-Christ,” he said.

It was later revealed the reports had been exaggerated and that the stars would return in some capacity. 

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