What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Heather Morris called a Glee fan "offensive"
for how they handled her late co-star Mark Salling in a cast photo.
Before we get into this story, I wanted to issue a trigger warning right away because
we will be discussing some heavy topics like suicide and child pornography possesion, so
please only continue watching if you feel comfortable doing so.
Mark Salling, who played Noah Puckerman AKA Puck on Glee, was arrested for possession
of child pornography in December 2015.
According to Page Six, a search warrant found more than 50,000 child pornography images
on Mark’s computer and thumb drive.
Mark pleaded guilty to the charges but died by suicide in January of 2018, before his
sentencing, which was set for March of that year.
At the time, Mark’s former co-star Heather Morris took to Instagram to remember him with
this quote that says, “One day you'll make peace with your demons, and the chaos in your
heart will settle flat. and maybe for the first time in your life, life will smile right
back at you and welcome you home.”
And now, almost three years after this death, Heather called out a fan on Twitter for covering
Mark’s face with a vomit emoji.
It all started when fellow Glee cast member Kevin McHale, who played Artie Abrams, reposted
a fan tweet about the ten year anniversary of “a very glee christmas” episode.
Alongside the fan post and images, Kevin wrote “This album goes hard tho.”
But upon taking a closer look at the photos used in the original tweet, you can see that
Mark’s face is covered by the vomiting emoji.
Heather was quick to defend Mark writing quote, “the vomit face on Marks face is offensive.”
This sparked a major online debate with some people agreeing with Heather and others saying
that it’s difficult to defend someone who had been arrested for possession of child
pornography.
Let’s start with the people who agree with Heather.
One person wrote quote, “I agree Heather, I find that disrespectful too.
Despite what happened he is still your cast member and your friend who you lost.”
Another fan added, “Agreed.
Mark was their friend & as messed up as his choices were, he was still a person with a
family & people that loved him.
Separating a person’s behavior from who they are & still loving them, despite their
shortcomings, is the mature thing to do.
So yes, I agree with Hemo.”
And this person said, “Mark needs to rest, get his name out of your mouth if you decide
to criticize!
His mistakes were horrible but nobody here has the right to judge what he did or did
not do.
He was undergoing treatment and does not deserve even more of this hate after his death.”
But others came in and fiercely disagreed with Heather like this person who wrote, “i'm
sorry Heather but child pornography looks a lot worse to me.
The vomit face could be even considered a nice gesture.”
Another person chimed in saying, “You have children, little children and you are standing
up for Mark?
A man who was about to go to prison for exploitation of children, and had a ton of evidence of
that on this computer and in his home.
It’s not like it’s a rumor it was true.
Love the character not the Actor.”
And this Twitter user wrote, “i know he was your friend, but he wasn't a good person,
and you have kids, I can't believe you're being serious right now.”
And many other fans shared that they were disappointed in Heather for defending Mark
and that they’re still disgusted by Mark’s actions.
It’s not completely clear where Kevin McHale, who shared the original tweet, stands on the
matter…
But he did like a fan's tweet that hinted at why he shared the tweet in the first place.
The fan wrote quote, "I agree that cancel culture is toxic in most cases, but in this
one...
There are just some things in life you simply don't do.
And I hope anyone that feels like they need to do that gets the help that they need instead/before
doing something that will impact lives beyond their own."
Heather hasn’t spoken out again since her one and only response to Kevin’s tweet,
but we will keep you guys posted if we hear anything else.
If you want more on the Glee cast, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
Also, let us know down in the comments below what you think of all this regarding covering
Mark’s face.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on Instagram @Sussan_Mourad, bye guys!