now that the little one there I've seen her in the hallways on pheromones yes
that's not yet before nae Rivera would star as the breakout character Santana
Lopez in nearly every episode of the hit television series Glee you know what
Santana fit is in great shape and your meanness only highlights your own
personal insecure and Rachel your mustache is thicker than a Middle
Eastern dictators before nae Rivera would win several Alma Awards a People's
Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award
that
before Naya Rivera would disappear while out boating with her son only to have
her body discovered days later know at this point we're all widely aware just
how much of a bummer this year has been and guys it's just really not getting
any better now it's been a minute since I had to make our last commemorative
video of a recent passing but honestly I could have gotten the entire rest of the
year without one of these and I've been all happier because of it now
unfortunately this wasn't to be the case and this past week we'll American
actress singer and model nee Rivera will she passed away during what appears to
have been a boating accident today our search teams have recovered a body in
the lake based on the location where the body was found
physical characteristics of the body clothing found on the body and the
physical condition of the body as well as the absence of any other persons
reported missing in the area we are confident the body we found is that of
Naya Rivera the talented actress was visiting Lake Piru with her
four-year-old son when she disappeared now her son Josie Dorsey was found
asleep on the boat safe but alone now from what he was able to tell
authorities it sounds like his mother saved his life from drowning by pushing
him onto the deck of the ship but she was unable to save herself as well now
it's a tragic end to the life of a young woman who had so much more to give the
world now after news broke that a body had been found well may his friends and
her co-stars they jumped onto social media to commemorate her life her fellow
Glee starred Chris coffer he wrote how can you convey all your love and respect
for someone in one post how can you summarize a decade of
friendship and laughter with words alone if you were friends with Naya Rivera you
simply can her brilliance and humor were unmatched Jane Lynch she also wrote rest
sweet Nia what a force you were love and peace dear family in a lengthy tribute
kevin mchale he expressed his feelings that she was clearly more talented than
the rest of us she was the most talented person I've ever known there's nothing
she couldn't do and I'm furious we wouldn't get to see more know despite
the tragedy of her passing it's heartwarming to see so many of her
friends come forward and express their memories ensuring that Nia's legacy will
live on one way or another hey guys by now you know
I am I'm here with a memorial video after the recent passing of Nair Rivera
and that these are always my least favorite videos to make because the pain
it's usually still so raw but just because someone's gone it doesn't mean
that they should be forgotten and today I want to remind you well what made
mayor Rivera so special in the first place so without further ado let's get
into her story that you got to do some movies maybe when you get old man Marie
Rivera was born in Santa Clarita California on January 12 1987 she was
raised in Santa Clarita is valancy a neighborhood and she lived in and around
Los Angeles for most of her life now her father Jorge Rivera is retired actor and
her mother Yolanda she is a former model ma is the oldest of three siblings her
young brother is NFL tight end Mikael Rivera who played for the Oakland
Raiders and the Jacksonville Jaguars also her younger sister his runway model
Michaela Rivera and with a pedigree like that it shouldn't come as any surprise
that Nia she got involved with show business from a very early age and I do
mean early never the time she was only eight or nine months old she was
represented by the same talent agency as her mother she appeared in Kmart
commercials when she was just a baby but her first real acting gig was
appearing as Hilary Weston in the royal family a sitcom from the early nineties
created by Eddie Murphy I'm gonna make some lemonade
go see your grandma despite receiving critical acclaim and doing well in the
ratings well the show was cancelled soon after star redfox suffered a heart
attack on set which they reportedly witnessed firsthand now between 1992 and
2002 she had numerous small roles in series such as The Fresh Prince of
bel-air Family Matters and you can Baywatch then in 2002 she earned a role
as a recurring character on the Bernie Mac show as well as guest appearances
and shows like eight simple rules at CSI Miami now in between those shows she
also spent time working as a telemarketer a nanny and she even worked
as a greeter at an Abercrombie & Fitch store but it was being cast on the
television series Glee that would turn niya into a superstar now in 2009 she
appeared in this series in a guest role but the confidence and the charisma she
brought to her character of Santana well it saw her promoted to a series regular
by season two after she transformed into an assertive and confident foil
for Lea Michele the lead character of Rachel if you watched the show you know
this already you know what just admit that even with all of your years of
singing lessons and dancing lessons and only child adoration from your de
Broadway dads that I am just as good as you know the characters contentious
on-screen relationship was reportedly something that would spill off the
screen and into real life now looking back on this show and a relationship
with Lea well Naya she wrote that in her 2016
memoir sorry not sorry dreams mistakes and growing up
one of the Glee writers once said that Lea and I were two sides of the same
battery and that about sums us up we were both strong-willed and competitive
not just with each other but with everyone and that's not a good mixture
as the show progressed though that friendship started to break down
especially a Sint Anna moved from a background character to one with bigger
plot lines and more screen time I think Rachel um I mean Lea she didn't like
sharing the spotlight despite their conflicts well nya she always maintained
that she held no ill-will towards Michelle and that rumors of their feud
were greatly exaggerated now as nya alluded to in the quote from
her memoir well at the start of the show her character was something of an
afterthought not much more than like a mean girl cheerleader
to gum up the works for the main characters but as the show of all
viewers were let in on Santana's softer side and she became a fan favorite
thanks in large part to her coming-out storyline where it was revealed that she
was a lesbian and in love with her best friend and fellow cheerleader Brittany
now fans of the show they ship this relationship so hard that they willed it
into existence and were rewarded with the first kiss between the two in
episode 4 of season 2 lady kisses mm-hmm it's a nice break anonymous scissoring
we should do I do it together as Glee mania broke out across the world
featuring live concert tours a slew of TV Awards and best-selling soundtracks
well many of the cast members featured on the show saw their solo musical
careers blossom as well and Naya well she was no different in 2011 she signed
a deal with Columbia Records and released her first single sorry in
September of 2013 now the song had featured rapper Big Sean and the two
they quickly struck up a relationship they got engaged that same year but
within a few months the engagement it was called off now on top of that
despite her deal with Columbia well Naya she never released her solo studio album
soon after splitting from Big Sean while Naya she ended up marrying her
on-and-off-again boyfriend I'm talking about Ryan
Dorsey in 2014 now I gave birth to their son Josie in September of 2015 but it
wouldn't be long before she filed for divorce for Bryan which was in 2016 now
this separation it was called off in 2017 but that same year Naya she was
arrested and charged with domestic battery following an altercation with
Ryan now the case it was dismissed after Ryan refused to press charges and the
couple eventually went their separate ways around 2018 and they split custody
of their son and I spoke about the love she has for her son as often as possible
when asked in 2017 what surprised her the most about being a parent well now
she had this to say the unconditional love you hear about it and you think
well obviously I'm gonna love my child but it's so deep even after Josie goes
to bed I find myself thinking of him and looking at pictures ahead and it almost
brings me to tears half the time because that love that I have for him is so
amazing there may have proved just how amazing that love really was by insuring
that the last thing she ever did on earth was save her son's life no Ventura
County Sheriff Bill Ayub well he reported on Monday he would be
speculation to say at this point there there are a lot of currents on the lake
that that appear particularly in afternoon we believe it was mid
afternoon when she disappeared the idea perhaps being that the boat started
drifting it was unanchored and that she mustered enough energy to get her son
back onto the boat but not enough to save herself
now that morning a body was discovered at the lake and was identified as Nyhus
there she and her son they had rented a pontoon boat the prior Wednesday and
then when she failed to return the boat on time well people were sent out
searching for them and they found her son alone on the boat now Josie told the
police who found him that after Naya got him back on the boat well he turned
around to look for her and saw she had disappeared under the surface of the
water detectives from our major crimes Bureau began working this case from the
onset their work on this case revealed there was no indication of foul play and
no indication this was a suicide this is a tragic end to a talented life but
there's no doubt that she gave her life to protect the one thing that was most
important to her and with that well I think we'll end this video here and you
know guys let's keep it classy in the comments down below
pay your respects if you feel so yeah
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