Lea Michele has stepped out in public for the first time since boyfriend Cory Monteith’s death, wearing a necklace with his name around her neck. Wearing dark sunglasses, the 26-year-old actress was pictured sitting inside of a friend’s car on L.A. on Sunday.
The same day she was seen out for the first time, she broke her silence on his untimely passing.
With a picture of the two together in happier times, she tweeted:
Thank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love & support. Cory will forever be in my heart. pic.twitter.com/XVlZnh9vOc
— Lea Michele (@msleamichele) July 29, 2013
NY Daily News notes Michele has been relying on her Glee family as support following Monteith’s accidental overdose on heroin and alcohol.
She and series co-creator Ryan Murphy planned a memorial for the cast and crew of the show for last Thursday.
An interview she did with Marie Claire Mexico before his death surfaced, with the actress gushing "He is the best person I know, he has made my life so incredible, and I am so thankful for him and not only to have him as a partner but also as a coworker."
image: Marie Claire Mexico