Glee actress Lea Michele in tearful tribute to boyfriend Cory Monteith at Teen Choice Awards

 
Lea Michele: dedicated her award to boyfriend Cory Monteith
David Gardner12 August 2013

Glee actress Lea Michele made her first public appearance since the death of her co-star and real-life boyfriend Cory Monteith to make a tearful tribute to him at last night’s Teen Choice Awards show in Hollywood.

Tribute: Cory Monteith played Finn Hudson in the show Glee

She dedicated her Choice TV Actress in a comedy award to the 31-year-old actor who died from an overdose of heroin and alcohol in Canada a month ago.

Tearful: Lea Michele, with Jenna Ushkowitz, dedicated her award to Cory Monteith
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“For all of you out there who loved and admired Cory as much as I did, I promise that with your love we’re gonna get through this together. He was very special to me and also to the world,’ she said in an emotional acceptance speech.

Group hug: Jenna Ushkowitz, Lea Michele, Amber Riley and Kevin McHale after accepting the comedy award for Glee
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Wearing a necklace that spelled ‘Cory,’ she went on to say that ‘we were very lucky to witness his incredible talent, his handsome smile and his beautiful, beautiful heart so whether you know him personally or just as (his ‘Glee’ character) Finn Hudson, Cory reached out and he became a part of all of our hearts.

One Direction entertain the audience at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, California
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‘I just wanted to be here today to personally thank all of you and tell everyone out there how much all of your love and support has meant to me over these very past difficult few weeks,’ she added.

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Other members of the Sky show’s cast spoke of Monteith as they accepted the award for choice TV comedy.

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‘Cory was like a brother to us,’ said Amber Riley. ‘He was always ready to sign an autograph or take a picture with a fan, and he loves you Gleeks.’

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Co-star Jenna Ushkowitz added: ‘We know that Cory would have wanted us to dedicate this award to you guys.’

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The star-studded awards show kicked off with a performance by One Direction, who sang their latest hit ‘Best Song Ever’ before returning to the stage to collect four awards, - Choice Music Group, Tour, Single and Love Song.

The biggest winner was ‘Pitch Perfect’ which won eleven awards, including favourite film comedy, and co-stars Rebel Wilson - wearing a tight-fitting pink wetsuit - and Skylar Astin won for Choice Actress and Actor in a comedy.

Lucy Hale, who hosted the award ceremony, on stage at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City
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‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’ claimed nine wins.

Max Greenfield and Lily Collins, in an unusual assymetric dress, on stage
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Teens aged 13 to 19 have the say in who gets to take home the colourful surfboard in 42 categories across television, music, film, sports, fashion, comedy and web videos.

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Other winners at the Gibson Ampitheatre in Los Angeles included Ashton Kutcher, who got a lifetime achievement award, Selena Gomez, the TV show ‘Pretty Little Liars’, Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ star Jim Parsons, Bruno Mars and Sandra Bullock.

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