"Glee" Star Heather Morris Reveals How Her Father's Death Pushed Her into Show Biz

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"Glee's" Heather Morris Reveals How Dad's Death Led to Her Touring With Beyonce
Posted on Nov 2nd 2011
Contessa Gayles


"Glee's" resident funny girl and dancing diva Heather Morris has admitted that a dark time in her life actually led her to the fame she's enjoying now.

The now 24-year-old star tells Seventeen magazine that as a teen, her father's death resulted in Heather turning to dance as a coping method. That escapism became a serious passion for Heather, who worked hard on her talent and eventually scored gigs as a backup dancer for both Beyonce and Tina Turner before landing her current role on "Glee".



"It made me grow up in a different way," Morris explained.

"My mom and I are really close because of it, so I'm glad I have a good relationship with her, but I definitely went through a lot of phases. At times, I didn't care at all and I went to school in my pajamas and I cried, but then I cut it out and I focused on my dancing. I was in dance class all the time."





Heather's public revelation about losing her father follows yesterday's (Nov. 1) news of her former "Glee" co-star Charice, 19, tragically losing her own father to a violent stabbing incident.

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