Chris Colfer Sits Down with Piers Morgan
The 'Glee' star talks about the show's impact on everyone, including himself

Who else gets to say they've been interviewed by CNN before they were of legal drinking age?

Chris Colfer, who turns 21 today, opens up in an interview with Piers Morgan about how the show has changed his life without even realizing how much it would affect viewers everywhere.

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He points out that the struggles he had to go through were quite parallel to what Kurt Hummel, the character he plays in Glee, experiences in his small-town high school. It's hard to believe that Kurt was not even a real character until Chris came along and impressed the show's creator Ryan Murphy and led him to come up with the alter ego.

Despite being a role model, a television star, a Golden Globe winner, and having a slot in TIME Magazine's list of Most Influential People, Colfer reveals that he still comes across bullying from different sources around him. He discusses that some of the drawbacks that come with fame includes being a public figure that is vulnerable to any kind of hurtful criticism, especially from anonymous ones on the Internet, which Chris now learns to avoid.

When asked by Morgan if his Golden Globe win was a form of "payback" for all the people who tortured him, Colfer tries to be discreet, but then responds, "Yes! Oh, God, yes! Yes! And those individuals, I just -- it's almost like you want to say, 'Suck it' to them, like, right there."

Watch Chris Colfer's full interview airing tonight on Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN at 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time



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