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"Cory Monteith had a hand in shaping girlfriend Lea Michele&amp;apos;s memoir, Brunette Ambition,  before he passed away last July. The Glee actress opened up about the process behind compiling her first book while speaking with bestie Jonathan Groff for a book signing Q&amp;amp;A Wednesday, May 21, at Barnes &amp;amp; Noble Union Square in NYC.\r\n&amp;quot;I did write a lot in the book about you coming out to me,&amp;quot; Michele, 27, said to Groff, &amp;quot;and what that was like.&amp;#x201D; (Glee guest star Groff came out publicly in 2009, announcing he was &amp;quot;gay and proud.&amp;quot;)\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I remember Cory telling me when he read the book, &amp;apos;You have to be&amp;#x2026; You&amp;apos;ve got to be careful because you&amp;apos;re talking about someone.&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Heeding her late boyfriend&amp;apos;s advice, Michele &amp;quot;edited down that chapter a lot.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I think when you&amp;apos;re writing a book, it&amp;apos;s very important to think about the people [you&amp;apos;re] talking about,&amp;quot; the singer-actress explained. &amp;quot;I really wanted to talk about everyone a lot.&amp;quot; Going against her nature of wanting to spill details, Michele said she remains coy when asked about her fellow Glee costars. &amp;quot;You have to take into consideration: How will I affect them?&amp;quot; Michele told the crowd.\r\n\r\nIndeed, Michele has remained mum about Naya Rivera&amp;apos;s abrupt departure from the Fox show last month. As previously reported, rumors abounded that Rivera was fired after a disagreement with producers and that she complained to show runners about Michele&amp;apos;s standout role.\r\n&amp;quot;A little regret if anything,&amp;quot; Michele explained of her new book, was: &amp;quot;I do wish I could have gotten a little bit deeper in the Glee chapter&amp;#x2026; there&amp;apos;s so much that I wanted to talk about it.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThat same chapter was also the most difficult to write.\r\n&amp;quot;There was so much,&amp;quot; Michele recalled. &amp;quot;To put into words what the past 6 years has been like&amp;#x2014;on a show&amp;#x2014;was really hard. It&amp;apos;s been hard for me to explain what these experiences were like [and to put them] into words.&amp;quot;\r\nThough Michele made very few mentions of Monteith in her first book, she ended up dedicating it to the late actor, thanking him for being her biggest fan.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Maybe years down the road, I&amp;apos;ll be able to really, really say what it meant to me,&amp;quot; she mused. For now, as she&amp;apos;s shooting the sixth and final season of Glee, &amp;quot;It is very hard to comment on the experience.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I mean, I&amp;apos;m 27, so I think I&amp;apos;ve got some time for that.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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