Cory Monteith was cremated in Vancouver this week, but his dad, Joe Monteith, wasn’t invited to Tuesday’s ceremony.
The Glee star’s father is divorced from his mom, Ann, and claims he was left out of the family gathering. He told People he is "just totally, totally devastated."
“I was all ready to go, my suitcase was packed, I just needed to know where he was and nobody got back to me until after the fact," he explained. Regarding his son’s death, Joe also said he was “totally shocked” to hear he died of a deadly mixture of alcohol and heroin.
"I thought it was totally behind him ... I really don't know the whole situation and I can't comment when I don't know,” he said.
According to TMZ, on Tuesday, a private viewing of Monteith’s body took place before the cremation. Girlfriend Lea Michele, mom Ann and brother Shaun were all in attendance.
Joe told TMZ, “I always loved both my sons and am going to miss Cory very very much. I'm saddened at the fact that I couldn't have been there to see my son before he was cremated."
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