Naya Rivera Interview at the At&t Store in San Jose

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Naya Rivera: I feel lucky to play 'Glee's' Santana‎

"I didn't know where they were going to take the story line, but I ended up having a lot of fun playing with it," she tells the L.A. Times. "I've gotten to show off different sides of who Santana is, and I've gotten an overwhelmingly great response."

"Who knows if the writers would have taken that relationship so seriously if there hadn't been such an outpouring for them to get together," she says.

"I didn't think it was going to go this far," she says of Santana's self-discovery. "But I'm glad that it did, because there have been a lot of fans who have expressed that they've been going through similar situations in their lives. I've heard from girls that are in high school, they're 16, 17, and they're like, 'I came out to my mom,' or 'I came out to my friends, and thank you for helping me do that.'"

Of course there are others, like former "Saturday Night Live" comic Victoria Jackson, who have criticized "Glee" for its gay themes and characters.

"We just laugh it off," says Rivera. "Everyone's entitled to their opinions, but I know that for those of us who play gay characters on the show, we feel very happy and honored and lucky to be a part of that. I think the show is just as much revered for that as we are chastised, so it evens out."

Source: CNN

Naya Rivera Talks Santana Lopez Spoilers with AfterEllen

AE: We all know that Santana is a girl who will do anything to get what she wants but it looks like she’s not going to get Brittany.
NR: Yes.

AE: How is she going to move on from that? Can she and Brittany still be friends?
NR: I feel like they still are friends and in the prom episode that just aired … that was right after she sang "Songbird" to her and continued to pour her heart out to Brittany and still didn’t get what she wanted. I think they’ll always be friends and I think that Santana values Brittany’s friendship above everything else, which is the softer side of [Santana]. I would like to see her find love outside of Brittany and I think that we had to deal with the hurt of being rejected to get to the softer side of this really hard and bitchy character.

AE: So you don’t want to see Santana play the field a little bit?
NR: I want to see her get in a relationship. I think that that’s something that hasn’t been explored. We’ve never seen her in a relationship with anybody and we’ve never really seen her give herself up and put someone else’s needs before her own and I think that would be a cool thing to explore.

AE: I personally don’t want Santana to get too soft. I like bitchy Santana, too!
NR: Oh no! Trust me, Santana will never get too soft and that’s the best thing about her. Ryan Murphy loves that she’s a raging bitch and I love the fact that she just says whatever she wants but people get it. It’s not that she’s mean for no reason. She gets what she wants.

AE: Your scenes with Heather Morris are just amazing. Do you spend a lot of time talking about how you’re going to play your scenes or is it more organic than that?
NR: It’s really just our chemistry and I think that we kind of feed off the same things and portray those things the same way. We just gel really well when we work together and I think that’s how ‘Brittana’ took off so much in the first place is that we have a really great working chemistry.

AE: Would Santana ever go back to boys even if it were in a conniving fashion or is that completely in her past?
NR: At this point….look…[laughs]…Santana will use anything that she needs to use if it’s a dire enough situation but I think we all know now that the boy thing is not where she’s truly at.

AE: We have two episodes left in the season. What is coming up for Santana?
NR: I will say that I love the last episode because it’s that end-of-the-season thing and there’s closure with every coupling and love triangle; there’s a resolution. There’s a resolution between Brittany and Santana and you get where they stand at that point. I think it’s sweet and everyone will be happy with where they go.

Naya Rivera Hosts the 22nd GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco

Naya Rivera to Host GLAAD Awards

Naya Rivera, who plays cheerleader Santana Lopez on Fox's hit musical series "Glee," will host the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation [GLAAD] Media Awards' San Francisco ceremony this year, the organization announced on Wednesday.

The ceremony, which will take place May 14 at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, will also honor "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall with the Golden Gate Award. The honor goes to "professionals who, through their work, have increased the visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community."

Source: TheWrap

Naya Rivera visits The Wendy Williams Show

Chord Overstreet & Naya Rivera Get Cozy In Vegas

In new photos obtained by RadarOnline.com, Glee star Naya Rivera is caught holding hands and getting very close with new cast member, Chord Overstreet.

The photos were taken at The Bank nightclub in Las Vegas over the weekend where Naya was celebrating her 24th birthday and show other cast members Cory Monteith and Kevin McHale at the soiree as well, but none got cozier than Chord and Naya.

Naya Rivera and Heather Morris want onscreen relationship

Naya Rivera and Heather Morris, who play Santana and Brittany in Glee respectively, have previously seen their characters share intimate moments on the show.

But now they have revealed that they would like to see the pair begin a proper relationship.

Speaking to E! Online, Rivera said: "It's so complicated. It keeps changing! I think ultimately they are best best friends, and as far as [Santana's] sexuality, that's one of the great mysteries of the show and I appreciate that. But I would like for them to maybe pick a side."

However, Morris added that Brittany's relationship with Artie (Kevin McHale) is currently an obstacle to such a storyline taking place.

"Naya and I will sit down in seats next to each other and the director will be like, 'No, you have to go sit next to Artie'. And we don't have conversations anymore. It's weird. It's weird because [Brittany] has a boyfriend now," she told the news provider.



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10 Things You Didn't Know About Naya Rivera

Heather Morris & Naya Rivera: Before They Were Famous

Heather Morris & Naya Rivera portray the fan-favorite cheerleaders Brittany & Santana on Glee-- but what was life like before they were famous?


Here are clips from Heather when she briefly appeared on So You Think You Can Dance.





Naya also recently appeared on MTV's When I Was 17, where she talks about her jobs before acting, wanting to be like Paris Hilton, and being kicked-out of her school's quad where the cool kids hung out.

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Naya Rivera - "When I Was 17" Preview

Naya will be on an episode of MTV's 'When I Was 17'. Her episode airs November 27th, at 11am on MTV.

MTV Shows

New Photo Shoots from Cory, Chord, and Naya

New Picture from Twitter of Chris, Naya and Heather

New twitpic from Cory's twitter of Chris, Naya and Heather.



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