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"Glee&amp;#039;s Naya Rivera has admitted that she was not accepted by her more popular peers during her teenage years.  In an interview with Fitness magazine, the actress revealed that she identifies more with the Fox comedy&amp;#039;s nerdy characters than her own role of popular cheerleader Santana.  &amp;quot;In high school I was most like [Glee&amp;#039;s nerds] Artie and Rachel,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I knew what I wanted, like Rachel, although I wasn\u00E2\u20AC\u2122t as obnoxious. But like Artie, I was a nerd, always trying to fit in and get my hair to lie flat.&amp;quot; Rivera further remarked that she tried to overcome her social awkwardness by joining her middle school&amp;#039;s softball team, but found that she was easily intimidated by the larger players. The star explained: &amp;quot;My dad always wanted me to be sporty, so I tried softball. I was 12 and tiny, and all the other girls were huge and looked 25. I was too afraid of the ball to bat.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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