Amber Riley Refused to Film ‘Full-Blown Scene’ Where Mercedes Had Sex With Sam

[hewontgo]

Amber Riley revealed that she put her foot down when Glee writers crafted a sex scene for her character Mercedes Jones. https://t.co/x4PfiHcxYj
- Us Weekly (@usweekly) March 2, 2024

Amber Riley, 38, revealed during the Glee recap podcast, that she put her foot down when Glee writers crafted a sex scene for her character Mercedes Jones.

“There was

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[a_files06]

I was annoyed at how useless all of Sams ships were. They should've just stuck to their guns and made him gay in S3.

Also reminds me of them not wanting to up him to series regular and so he refused to come back. Good for him sticking to his guns....so they really punished him long term by making him into Brittany 2.0.

I was definitely a Santana/Sam shipper for the 5seconds it lasted.

[kingsuperman]

I’m curious if Sam was ever meant to be gay, or people got their wires crossed talking about it before s2 aired when Blaine and Karofsky were the gay characters in Kurt’s storyline.

[gratuity]

I remember three different rumors surrounding this, and the rumor was basically yes, Sam was supposed to be Kurt’s new love interest but this was changed because of one or some combination of the following:
1. Jane Lynch accidentally let it slip in an interview about Sam being Kurt’s new love interest and Ryan Murphy got mad so changed the plan
2. Colfer didn’t want his love interest to be more attractive than him (lmao)
3. Chord Overstreet and Dianna Agron had a lot of chemistry so they pivoted

no idea how true any of this is, but that’s what I remember from back in the day lol

[a_files06]

Chord confirmed it:

Overstreet plays McKinley High's new quarterback, Sam Evans, on the show. He said the show's producers initially intended to cast him as the romantic interest of show regular Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), but noticed the natural chemistry he shares with castmate Dianna Agron, who plays Quinn Fabray, and adjusted his storyline accordingly.

https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/10/audio-glees-chord-overstreet-says-sam-went-gay-straight/

[barbychanftw]

They ruined Sam/Quinn pretty quickly when they made Quinn cheat on him with Finn, so they should have done Sam/Kurt like they originally planned. I also wish Quinn had been a lesbian, I didn't like her with any guy she was with, tho I liked watching Cory and Dianna together because they were my favorite cast members when I was into the show.

[notoriousreign]

lol it's wild how much chemistry Santana and Sam had. I thought he had good chemistry with Rachel too but of course they had that happen in the weirdest possible way. Ahh Glee...

[waxandstrings]

wait, how did sam and santana have chemistry? i'm genuinely trying to remember any genuine moment they had to display their chemistry in the 3 seconds they were together as revenge and i'm blanking lmao

[tadpool]

I dont remember any chemistry between them either lol

[notoriousreign]

That little wave they did in the restaurant to each other, I was assuming something more would happen there but alas.