EXCLUSIVE! ‘Glee’ Insider: How Mark Salling’s Music Career Caused His Sudden Disappearance from Show
Mark Salling was conspicuously missing from Glee Oct. 12 - they shipped him off to ‘juvenile hall’ - and HollywoodLife.com has learned why he’s gone, and why he might not come back.
McKinley High School’s bad boy Puck (played by Mark Salling), was banished to juvenile hall in the first scene of the Oct. 12 episode of Glee - and it looks like neither Puck nor Mark will be on the show for the foreseeable future.
A source on the set tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively why Mark, 28, is out.
We’re told that Mark may have breached his contract by pursuing his own music career too aggressively. “Mark has been really focused on his own music and it’s actually gotten in the way of his Glee stuff,” our insider explains.
Mark has been very public about his rock-jazz fusion band, Jericho, which has released two albums, Smoke Signals in 2008 and Pipe Dreams just this month. According to our source, Glee execs are unhappy about Mark putting his music before the TV show - and were willing to axe his character to lay down the law.
Mark doesn’t appear to care. “His band means the world to him and he thinks that’s more important than the show at this point,” the source tells us, adding, “He’s young - and I think his team is giving him bad advice.”
We’re torn on the issue - as much as we love Mark’s commitment to Jericho, we want Puck back on our TVs every Tuesday night!
Hollywood Life, a.k.a. this is a bunch of crap and he's supposed to be in the next ep anyway.
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They was the first words out of Mr. Schuester's mouth last night on Glee: Puck was serving time in a juvenile detention center would would not be able to participate in the duets competition.
What happened to Mark Salling? Why was he absent from an episode that focused entirely on New Directions?
Sources tell Hollywood Life the actor may breached his contract by pursuing his own music career: “Mark has been really focused on his own music and it’s actually gotten in the way of his Glee stuff,” said this insider.
The actor hasn't been shy about promoting his Mark Salling Band, which has released a pair of albums. The source added:
"His band means the world to him and he thinks that’s more important than the show at this point."
So, does this mean we've seen the last of Puck? He has to return and make a play for Quinn now that Sam has made a move, right?!? Yes.
"Mark is gone for another episode, but he’s coming back for episode six,” an on-set source said. “He’s featured a ton in that episode - it’s basically all about him."
Phew.
TV Fanatic
McKinley High School’s bad boy Puck (played by Mark Salling), was banished to juvenile hall in the first scene of the Oct. 12 episode of Glee - and it looks like neither Puck nor Mark will be on the show for the foreseeable future.
A source on the set tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively why Mark, 28, is out.
We’re told that Mark may have breached his contract by pursuing his own music career too aggressively. “Mark has been really focused on his own music and it’s actually gotten in the way of his Glee stuff,” our insider explains.
Mark has been very public about his rock-jazz fusion band, Jericho, which has released two albums, Smoke Signals in 2008 and Pipe Dreams just this month. According to our source, Glee execs are unhappy about Mark putting his music before the TV show - and were willing to axe his character to lay down the law.
Mark doesn’t appear to care. “His band means the world to him and he thinks that’s more important than the show at this point,” the source tells us, adding, “He’s young - and I think his team is giving him bad advice.”
We’re torn on the issue - as much as we love Mark’s commitment to Jericho, we want Puck back on our TVs every Tuesday night!
Hollywood Life, a.k.a. this is a bunch of crap and he's supposed to be in the next ep anyway.
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They was the first words out of Mr. Schuester's mouth last night on Glee: Puck was serving time in a juvenile detention center would would not be able to participate in the duets competition.
What happened to Mark Salling? Why was he absent from an episode that focused entirely on New Directions?
Sources tell Hollywood Life the actor may breached his contract by pursuing his own music career: “Mark has been really focused on his own music and it’s actually gotten in the way of his Glee stuff,” said this insider.
The actor hasn't been shy about promoting his Mark Salling Band, which has released a pair of albums. The source added:
"His band means the world to him and he thinks that’s more important than the show at this point."
So, does this mean we've seen the last of Puck? He has to return and make a play for Quinn now that Sam has made a move, right?!? Yes.
"Mark is gone for another episode, but he’s coming back for episode six,” an on-set source said. “He’s featured a ton in that episode - it’s basically all about him."
Phew.
TV Fanatic