Be Well: 'Glee' Star Heather Morris Dishes on New Podcast 'The Bystanders'

<div class="block">Actor Heather Morris joined Cheddar News to talk about her scripted podcast <i>The Bystanders </i>where She acts as the writer, producer and host of the show. She also talked about her role on the hit show <i>Glee, </i>where she played the role of Brittany Pierce.</div>

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You may know our first guest from when she starred as the light on her feet. Cheerleader Brittany on the television series Glee. Well, this talented actress is now working behind the scenes as the writer, director and executive producer of the scripted podcast. The bystanders Heather Morris is here with us today. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. I uh I haven't spoken to another human this morning so I might sound a little, you know, are we gonna get to see your vocal warm ups then or? Ok. Look, I don't know if we can do that. It's this. Oh, there you go. Yes, I love it. I love it. Hopefully my double chin didn't make an appearance. My gosh, I love that and I loved you. And Glee. I was a gleek myself, saw all the episodes, talk to us about how this television show kind of pulled you into a household name. It must have changed your life. Oh, absolutely. I mean, it was, first of all, it was my first acting job ever. Um which is so wild that I got catapulted, as you said into this like huge realm of, of stardom. I hadn't done anything before. So it just came at me really fast. Um And once I settled into it and that, that role and that people started to recognize me. Um I have a family um, now and it just, it became a huge blessing in my life to get to meet people that were fans or also maybe somebody that they looked up to on the show from Brittany and Santana's relationship. It's just been such a blessing to, to be that for so many people. Now, that might have been your first acting role. But you were also a dancer for Beyonce. Go Beyonce. I mean, how do you not just like, leave it that high? I, I'm Heather and I was about to for Beyonce. I mean, well, you know, it's hard because it was 15 years ago. So I'm trying to be like, oh, yeah, it was only five years ago. I was super young. Do you know what I mean? But what was that experience? Like she is such a powerhouse and so inspiring. I feel like I took a lot of her work ethic into my future jobs and just how professional she was and knew exactly what she wanted wasn't a diva about it. She just was like, this is it, this is what I got and I'm ready to roll. Mm. Wow. That's pretty amazing. And now you're taking everything you learn and you're kind of transferring it into this podcast, the bystanders that you're working on, what can you tell us about it because it's like a zany dark comedy, right? Yeah, it's like a who done it. Um But it's an audio drama. So you're listening to, you're listening to a book on tape essentially. Um It's narrated by the beautiful crisp voice of Jane Lynch. Um Just, you know, Jane Lynch, I mean, she is, she is Sue Sylvester reincarnated as this narrator, this like 19 forties narrator. Um But it's so incredible. We study the bystander effect is a psychological phenomenon that studies like the more people that are involved in like an emergency, the less likely they are to help and it's been studied worldwide. It's just crazy how we've seen it with the so the um the social media age and people with their phones. Um And so we wanted to dive into that and just kind of see what it's like to be a bystander. So season two, we have this incredible cast. We have Margaret Cho Kathleen Turner again, Jane Lynch, Beth do Jello Trulia Luke Cook, Darren, Chris Wayne Knight. I mean, it's like, it's so incredible and um it, it just transforms you into this weird zany fun comedy with a bunch of music as well. A beautiful music, musical score. Have you ever been in a situation where you were a bystander and either had to decide to help or not help someone in a situation. Listen, I mean, it, it's like I'm waiting for that to happen now that I've done this job, now that I've made this, this wonderful podcast. I'm like, when, when's my turn to like, step in and help, you know, like, when can I be the hero of the story? Um So, yeah, I, I, not yet. Not yet. Thank you. Think you're a natural hero though. Is this something that you just would automatically jump into your character and wanna do? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Unless I have Children and I'm like, mama bear, like nobody's hurting my kids. And what is it like having that, you know, when you were doing Glee? Obviously, you, you weren't a mom yet. So now that you're a mom and you're also, you know, working on this show, what is that like for you to try to manage it all? I mean, it's pretty cool, Elizabeth because my oldest son thinks I'm the coolest person all that. And it's funny because it didn't happen when he was little. He doesn't even remember visiting me on Glee. And now I tell him I'm like, oh yeah, you came to watch me when I was on the show and he says what? And he talks about me all the time with his friends. I mean, I just feel pretty cool in that. It is and we've, we've taken our kids into work and, and it is a pretty cool feeling when you get that, you know, from, from your little ones. Yeah. So over you though, they still think you're cool. You're like, can I videotape you and, and watch that over and over again. So when you're 14 years, I don't feel like crap. Yes. Yes. Heather. It has been so lovely talking with you. We really appreciate your time. We wish you the best of luck. The second season of the bystanders now streaming on Apple Podcast. Yes. Thank you so much. Go listen, have fun. Use your headphones. Ok.