Darren Criss watches Glee's "Never Been Kissed" IG livestream (11-09-20)

"Never Been Kissed REWATCH/REACTION
I haven’t watched my first episode of Glee in ten years. Had a lot of feels.
#Darreaction #10yearsofblaine" / chzcmdjj_z7
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[@oliviablumke1303]

petition for darren to rewatch the break up episode, the wedding episode, and the episode that sue traps klaine in the elevator

[@crowE8323]

Yes and the proposal episode 🥺

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Yes!!

[@jaydynnelson8406]

@@crowE8323 yasssss

[@jaydynnelson8406]

@Maya Rozen Yas!!!!!!

[@nicholeb7998]

Yessssssss!!

[@AutumnFoxes]

Darren should do a one-man remake of this episode and call it "never been Crissed"

[@jaydynnelson8406]

This comment needs more likes.

[@marinaeitler8145]

YOU ARE A GENIUS

[@jaydynnelson8406]

@@marinaeitler8145 agreed.

[@cheechee6473]

BLAINE ANDERSON I- I FREAKING LOVE YOU! I BROKE UP WITH DUMBLEDORE FOR YOU! NOTICE ME SENPAI! 😣😣😣😣

[@et-y6059]

y e s

[@YaDiva1973]

Darren Criss is truly the only person I could ever sit and watch while they watch TV. He’s just that beautiful and engaging.

[@sunshineh.a.7269]

Did they ever show blaines parents I don’t think they did.

[@YaDiva1973]

Not really. His mom, Pam was at the wedding, but not his dad. I think it was alluded to that his dad had left his mom at some point.

[@patstory1367]

Have you seen Aaron Tveit???????

[@tyra4452]

yup

[@rem7424]

Whoa imagine if Burt haven't met Carole and fell in love with Blaine's mom 😂

[@bluedancelilly]

At first I was like, "I wish he''d show the show as he watched it", but then I was like, "I have the entire series so memorized that I can visualize every moment just from sound."

[@its200am9]

Haha same

[@jaydynnelson8406]

@Sadie Campbell 😂😂

[@zawadiboyce2494]

Fr like idk how to feel that I knew and pictured everything that was going on in my head

[@ritapatrocinio2350]

YES

[@crisp8516]

He kept saying he didn’t want to bore us but I could literally watch him just rambling for hours on end

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Lol same

[@lizziekilburn2302]

So true for me too!!!

[@yo_itz_me2246]

The fact that Darren had to watch Cory, Mark and Naya is so sad.

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Yeah it really is 😔

[@carolbaskin1857]

Not so much mark tho.......

[@leannamorgan7930]

I mean every before everything w mark they were friends but yeah I get what you mean

[@jaydynnelson8406]

@@carolbaskin1857 for him it might be. Mark was still a friend. And I honestly don't think he was a bad person. I just think he did some *really really really* messed up stuff... But I do see what you mean.

[@gabbymannix]

@@carolbaskin1857 probably even worse tho just knowing how he was back then and then how he ended up

[@megan1634]

he’s the gleek of the week.

[@ajayjose8857]

I think u mean decade lol

[@cookdacat8684]

Gosh I miss that podcast

[@namelessperson3876]

im gonna make myself cry.... i just realised Darren had to rewatch this with his friends who passed away.... :((((

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Oh my gosh..... I didn't think about that until I saw this comment....

[@charlottebixler2634]

That's what I was thinking the entire time 😢

[@Sara-uq3tc]

Even I was thinking that, I actually cried when I saw this on his Instagram

[@marydavidwest439]

:(

[@KimPossible.]

Santana: You can't do a duet with yourself Darren Criss: Hold my Kombucha

[@kiki8792]

I miss Naya Ó╭╮Ò

[@mlodyfukaj]

Kim Possible love you for this comment haha ❤️😂

[@pfloydsux]

Didn't Kurt already prove you can with Le Jazz Hot

[@user-xb7hr6nf1y]

D : agh, Karofsky! Kurt : what is your problem? D : yea, what is your problem bro?

[@rhettmitchell]

Literally got to that part as I came across your comment omg 😅

[@anabelraley3493]

“Im on the screen now thats me“ omg that was adorable

[@namelessperson3876]

i love the way Darren goes “oh this person” every time he sees someone as if he doesn’t know they were on the show 😂

[@fannithesloth2278]

It‘s Darren singing a duet with his 2010 self for me

[@mcmw1022]

Mostly I'm just heartbroken to hear we could have had s2 hair all along

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Same!!! I *loved* his hair then!!!

[@noash9325]

So true. But at least we know the reason

[@bensmith4759]

It’s so sweet listening to him talking about Chris :3

[@kateb1761]

"good old chord... taking his shirt off" theres some backstory there and Im dying to hear it

[@Aconitums_Poisoned_Art]

*Cory

[@harrystylesfan4812]

@@Aconitums_Poisoned_Art *chord

[@Aconitums_Poisoned_Art]

@@harrystylesfan4812 *char

[@harrystylesfan4812]

@@Aconitums_Poisoned_Art lmao what-

[@Aconitums_Poisoned_Art]

@@harrystylesfan4812 lmao idk I think I was sleep deprived or smth

[@scintillatingsinger9585]

Darren : How much sex is in this show? Me : ummm.... you yourself where involved in quite some action

[@logannew7560]

Flashbacks and vaporub

[@Charlie-qm9ej]

@@logannew7560 NO NOT THE VAPOUR RUB 😭

[@mediocretriplethreat]

also darren: was a supporting character in hollywood

[@Dira091998]

This felt like I was facetiming Darren 😍

[@adayinthelifeofgeorgia3844]

Same

[@ilikeamsr9033]

i know and i would say things that just corresponded and it was funny

[@jaz8969]

omg me too

[@paigekennard2229]

My mom came in the room while I was watching and thought I was on ft

[@Nicooomarz]

Hearing the actual story of the hair and thinking about all of the headcanons about why Blaine's hair got more and more slicked back as the show progressed (because of Blaine wanting to control at least one thing in his life (wahoo! blangst!!)) is kinda hillarious.

[@kaitlynjones6356]

this has the same energy as a theatre kid going back and watching dvds of old high school performances

[@cansukuuurt]

He kept saying he is scared that he might bore us but he didn’t know that i can watch him for hours even if he don’t do or say anything.

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Same

[@RafaelPacheco2000]

It’s so sweet listening to him talking about Chris :3

[@jaydynnelson8406]

@Sadie Campbell lol

[@charlenerafferty3534]

@Sadie Campbell why do they not talk anymore is because of toxic fans

[@vivianthong5656]

I really hope they’re still good friends in private. It’s very possible they could be and don’t want to announce it to the world

[@rishiheda8186]

@@charlenerafferty3534 yes. Those CrissColfer people were so rabid and so toxic, Darren and Chris couldn't even make posts about each other on social media. This is why you should not ship real people. It makes the people uncomfortable, it can break friendships and harm relations

[@charlenerafferty3534]

@@rishiheda8186 I never ship characters in real life it's nuts to do it

[@ellieconner6603]

EVERY TIME HE WHIPPED OUT THE GUITAR I LOST IT

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Same!! I legit squealed every time he sung!

[@nehamaw]

Do u have the times?

[@akebaedwards1007]

I loved the curly hair without the hair gel.

[@kiki8792]

You should see him in Avpm

[@chensharabi1808]

darren criss: "its a silly show" OH GOOD MORNING HONEY WHERE HAVE YOURE BEEN?

[@shaytzir]

lol I read your comment and had to look at you username to make sure you're israeli ;)

[@noash9325]

Can I get a five more hours of darren talking about glee?? That would be totally awesome

[@alexispaten1329]

Haha... I see what you did there

[@jaydynnelson8406]

🤣🤣 I get the reference!

[@anangel705]

And Joey talking about his glee appearence/time on the show though it was just for one ep/song.

[@lexihall7383]

You didn’t

[@kiki8792]

I FOUND this very refreshing

[@selinathwaites8144]

Fun fact...Teenage Dream went to #1 on iTunes within minutes of it airing on TV

[@acciosharpie4441]

the original version or the glee version?

[@selinathwaites8144]

@@acciosharpie4441 the glee version

[@annatimberlake7]

Within 4 minutes of airing

[@monique3984]

28:56 the harmonies with his past self......chills

[@DeeL3]

Nice to hear him praise Mark as a wonderful musician, despite everything else about him towards the end. . .he still had a beautiful voice and was great on guitar.

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Very true.

[@olivia-vy6uq]

fr

[@lol-uz7bl]

true

[@dianasolano6854]

I loved when he said that, such a lovely moment

[@piperwright7358]

Time stamp?

[@0rainydayz443]

My jaw hurt from smiling after this.

[@sabri5088]

Same

[@candyb2205]

His eyes are so pretty, can't breathe 😍😍😍

[@kiki8792]

He is so pretty I can't breathe🙈

[@nopoop630]

I have the scenes memorized so I'm literally seeing it right now

[@chloebarnsley5202]

Haha same he kept on saying like pause it now but I wasn't watching cause I knew it all by heart

[@kumaniasha]

honestly? same

[@taccos3524]

Glee feels so awkward when you can only hear it, but I also know exactly what’s going on and what’s happening next so

[@ashleysheree7057]

When he just casually and beautifully sings "What's going on Sam? He's been talking bout Beast during sexy time" lmao I love him

[@jaydynnelson8406]

😂😂 that made me laugh *way* to damn hard lol

[@justinn9342]

i was like why are his nails so light, but it’s white nail paint

[@justinn9342]

i love that he is reacting to glee episodes. now i want to re watch it

[@beepbiopp6788]

He said what I was thinking the whole entire show! "How are they nerds? Clearly everybody likes them."

[@cookdacat8684]

“He’s been talking bout beiste during sexy time...” -Darren Criss 2020

[@anikoleS]

Who wants to see his reaction watching his first kiss with Chris? Klaine's first kiss?

[@caitlinneal7359]

Him grabbing the guitar was the most Darren Criss thing XD

[@keikustar]

love darren only just now conceptualizing juniorgate

[@jaydynnelson8406]

I legit see u everywhere lol

[@keikustar]

@@jaydynnelson8406 i am everywhere

[@jaydynnelson8406]

@@keikustar 🤣🤣🤣 true

[@reeanne8701]

what's juniorgate?

[@keikustar]

@@reeanne8701 oooohhh boy. juniorgate is what we call the awful shitshow that followed the writers deciding that Blaine was a junior at the start of s3. originally, Blaine was supposed to be a senior (as was said in the script) when we meet him in s2, to present an older guy to be a sort of mentor to Kurt, who was a junior. eventually the fandom kind of assumed he was aged down when it was revealed Darren would be a series regular come s3. Everyone was fine with him being in the same grade as Kurt- that wasnt an issue at all. but then they had Blaine be one year younger than Kurt, which completely flipped basically everything we knew about his character and his relationship. fandom was RIOTING over this. people took it SO seriously. it was a shitty thing to do from a writer's standpoint, but to some people who had spent months of their lives writing fanfiction and meta that was now completely invalid it was like a personal attack lmao. but it was really more about the inconsistency in writing that everyone was upset about. but it was an awful era in the glee fandom wank that reached through to the producers of the show, so for Darren to like, only NOW be mentioning it 8 years later is wild.

[@charlenerafferty3534]

It was nice to hear him talking about Chris they had brilliant chemistry I knew they got on

[@bonniemessick2513]

The best chemistry by far!!!

[@seerpou]

watching glee in 2020 is realising the thing you loved so much is so ✨problematic✨

[@surzeekanimations]

To be fair, it was a different time. Glee would be incredibly problematic if it was made in 2020 😬

[@TigerPrawn_]

It's amazing how much societal progress has been made in basically just over 5 years (because even the lat seasons were problematic)

[@emilyvp]

Thats true! But the show was mostly satire so some of it was intentional and ironic. (Cant speak for all of it though 🥴 definitely still problematic)

[@jjk4754]

ik it was problematic but it was portraying what kids and society were like at the time, apart from a few, it's not like the actors were problematic they were just acting as kids that didn't know any better

[@antwonejones914]

When he screamed karofsky after pushing kurt it made me smile😂😂

[@jilliannixon305]

Darren: Oh right Karofsky was being a bully. Me: The real bully was Blaine and Dave’s relationship in season 6.

[@charlenerafferty3534]

I agree 👍

[@natashadarko3066]

Really should have been Sebastian

[@jilliannixon305]

@@natashadarko3066 omg yeah I never thought about that. 😱That would have given some TEA

[@bonniemessick2513]

I always thought he cheated with Sebastian, I was horrified when it was Kurt's bully. One way for Blaine to punish Kurt for the breakup!!

[@solaceseries]

agreed

[@Dira091998]

Anyone else crying during the teenage dream part?

[@charliep123]

I remember the first time I watched this episode when Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand and pulled him down the hallway I started reciting his proposal speech.

[@TigerPrawn_]

"...it was like I was waiting my whole life to find you" ♥️ Or something

[@mediocretriplethreat]

i honestly thought it was matthew morison reading the gleecaps

[@VultureAndCheetah]

I thought it was him at first and then it changed to someone else, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS IAN. Mindblow.

[@liviciousx]

So did I, but at the same time, I also thought it wasn’t him 😭😭

[@maleahogden3975]

SAMEEEEEEEEE I WAS LIKE WHY IS MR SHOE DOING ALL OF THEMMMMM

[@zoeisabella4978]

omg idk who you are but you obviously also love colleen so hiiiii

[@mediocretriplethreat]

@@zoeisabella4978 hello fellow cookie!

[@emmaschragel4402]

Yes Darren the timeline is messed up. In the episode “2009” they go back to basically before the pilot and kind of during the pilot. But Blaine is in a warblers outfit already at the coffee shop which means that he had to have transferred to Dalton like within the first couple weeks of his freshman year out of his old bully school

[@Spoiledbabe1011]

No because the Lima bean was a place that students at dalton hanged out at so it makes perfect sense for him to be there

[@crowE8323]

Honestly my headcanon was always he was the same age as Kurt and after the Sadie Hawkins attack he spent time in the hospital and got behind on school and had to redo a year. I know there's no actual basis for that lol

[@kevinworrall5851]

@@Spoiledbabe1011 I think they mean Blaine had already transferred from somewhere else in his freshman year to Dalton because of bullying in a whole other school. Seriously is it really easy in America to transfer schools or something? Lol

[@kevinworrall5851]

@@crowE8323 I support the theory

[@TigerPrawn_]

Don't even try to make sense of the plots in glee...just don't 😄

[@AnaBeatrizAraujoGomes]

"it's very scandalacious" HHAHAHAHAAHHA I LOVE U

[@jaydynnelson8406]

I f*cking died laughing!!

[@Loveboylove1989]

Seeing ”Blaine” swear so nonchalantly is absolutely HYSTERICAL to me for some reason. 😂😂😂

[@miag8534]

This is so late but you gotta appreciate that Darren criss was the only one who ever sang live on glee that second performance of teenage dream...

[@astridmtz4712]

Yaaas. And Against All Odds, and a bit of Not While I'm Around and Suddenly Seymour.😍

[@elliebebb2899]

Uh, he was not. Amber sang and im not telling you in season 1

[@jessali_]

@@elliebebb2899 But they dubbed Amber's live performance with the recorded version, unfortunately. Darren was the only one whose live performances we actually got to hear. I wish we could have had more of it by other actors (Amber's live version of And I Am Telling You, in particular! :O ).

[@sweetyalex99]

They also all sang ride wit me live, not a full on performance but yeah

[@pfloydsux]

Lea sang On My Own and The Climb

[@jesswilliams722]

you can tell he is genuinely so thankful he got to be in glee and be a part of such a show and it makes me so soft

[@averysanders8865]

I've never noticed how truly amazing Darren really is. It sounds so boring when you imagine sitting there for an hour watching some guy watch a show but Darren makes it so entertaining. The chance to meet him or even talk to him over social media would be the best thing that could ever happen to me.

[@megan1634]

best livestream ever. can’t believe i was watching a glee cast member (my favorite cast member i should mention) watching an episode of glee!

[@Megglee]

I’d kill for a joint rewatch with Chris & Darren JS.

[@seppyq3672]

I thought this was him watching the movie Never Been Kissed. I was confused why he wanted to watch that movie live. Lol

[@lauralockman8472]

Same here

[@evetyler05]

When Darren started singing not alone. I screamed.

[@rohinirenee]

He is adorable and Darebear you're not short I agree with you.. People just stop harassing my baby.. he's a baby.. An average height baby and not tiny.. the other guy was too tall.. I love you my Darebear

[@fatalimmortality801]

I mean he's a full grown man not a baby lmao

[@rohinirenee]

@@fatalimmortality801 Wow.. You're absolutely right! Thank you so much for stating the obvious. I mean, without you granting me wisdom I would have never realised that Darren's over 30.

[@sarah-zv3bv]

i could listen to him talk about glee for days

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Same.

[@tikitorch4022]

THE FACT THAT HIS NAILS ARE PAINTED AND HES COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE- I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

[@stephaniel2850]

He paints them all the time ^__^ At some point over this past summer they were yellow and it made me happy :D

[@heatherglover7789]

28:36 - when he picks up that guitar and sings, I got butterflies!!!

[@abbeyc_]

his reactions make me laugh and they are so genuine.

[@OneSicKid]

done my daily search for glee reaction, didn't expect to be watching darren criss react lol.

[@lol-uz7bl]

i love how he has so many nice things to say about the others

[@teagan6430]

“I probably talked about this ten years ago and y’all are probably to young to remember this” me being 11 and obsessed with glee while also watching every single interview I can find

[@jennilocke]

Glee was such a fever dream

[@alexispaten1329]

Me over here freaking out because he mentioned Starkid and Not Alone

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Okay but.... Can we PLEASE talk about his Nailsssss!!?! Like, I'm a minute and 32 seconds into this, and I CANNOT STOP OBSESSING over how freaking beautiful they are!(or how beautiful he is lol.)

[@Hungergamesluvr]

I really just watched an hour of this man watching television... and I'd do it again.

[@Dira091998]

I hate myself for missing this live stream 😭

[@harlee2083]

I FEEL UR PAIN

[@carebear27203]

Me too

[@jaydynnelson8406]

SAMEE

[@mirirodriguez3919]

Yeess me too

[@kiki8792]

I just hate myself :-)

[@et-y6059]

Not used to Darren swearing wow

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Lol I am. There are actually compilations of it. Lol he swears quite a lot lol

[@stephaniemajors7697]

Like a sailor unfortunately. I kinda wish that he wouldn’t drop f bombs so much. I can’t watch this around my kids because of that.

[@Jaxbeth]

Yeah, he grew up in San Francisco and was part of theater groups here. SF kids hear colorful language from birth, and double that in the arts world.

[@TigerPrawn_]

@@stephaniemajors7697 headphones?

[@charlenerafferty3534]

He's human we all swear at some point

[@elitettelbach4247]

I love how much he talked up Max Adler

[@effiehagan654]

Darren Criss singing harmony to himself. Amazing

[@micaelafernandez408]

that dislike is from Sebastian edit: those dislikes are from fake accounts of Sebastian...

[@jaydynnelson8406]

🤣🤣 yep. Or Karovski Idk how to spell his name lmaooo

[@bigheartsmallbody7658]

Darren talk about CHRİS MY HEART .58:53

[@charlenerafferty3534]

I hope there friends it's good to hear that he always loved Chris that must mean they r friends

[@vivianthong5656]

I really hope they are still good friends in private. Like even catching up every couple months or so

[@boeluvslis]

*watches cory run over a mailman* hahaha thats funny

[@jaydynnelson8406]

🤣🤣😂😂

[@dianeandrzejak2221]

Did anyone else happen to think that Cory’s character Finn prophesied a lot of Cory’s real life?

[@surzeekanimations]

EXACTLY

[@amylmoquin519]

I wonder if Darren and Max ever watched "The Cough Syrup" scene on KZbin and seen all the wonderful and well deserved things said about that scene and performance.

[@jessicadelarosa9823]

I love the eye contact between Kurt and Blaine in this. Blaine is looking at Kurt the whole time

[@mikhyahaustin8]

Yoooo him talkin about his hair i literally said the same fucking thing like he looked so damn good in the the first season like the looser look chef's kiss

[@thebeaverfamily1418]

I seriously love how you had nothing bad to say about anyone. It was all just love 💗 we need more people in the world like you Darren

[@cassie9414]

I love that he has Iqbal Theba (principal Figgins) on his shirt lol

[@Gineke1994]

I want Darren to watch all his work and talk about background stories on set. Such a great funny storyteller.

[@charlenerafferty3534]

Chris colfer as Kurt Hummel is my no 1 favourite character from the pilot till the end he was cute very smart quick witted I was shocked when Dave kissed Kurt Darren was perfect as blaine and I'm glad klaine get nominated for the on-screen chemistry cause there chemistry was amazing I'm glad they won favourite on-screen couple cause klaine are cute together and blam for favourite bromance that was good too

[@ThatRomyKate]

Oh man, I was *obsessed with Glee back when it was on, so much so that I kind of can't watch it now - I think I overdosed on it. But I'd forgotten what a sweetheart Darren was and it's lovely to see him talk about the show. I wish I'd known about his concert, I'd have loved to see it. :)

[@gemmabicknell105]

I loved Blaine’s hair in his first few episodes/ first season . Near the end of the series it just looked really wet and weird

[@joeymillerr5380]

I love how he talked about Mark a little and laughed at his lines bc even though he was bad person he was still human and his character was so good

[@olivia-vy6uq]

i like how pointed out how good of a musician mark was despite everything. i feel so bad he has to watch 3 of his friends who passed away ):

[@222chrissy]

HAHAAHAAHHA when kurt is like "im not challanged in the least here' and hes like ooo what does that mean is he going to go somewhere else? as if thats not the reason we even meet blaine in the first place because kurt goes to dalton😭

[@DewStorieisabandfreak]

thank you for recording it so I can rewatch this livestream all the yime!

[@alasiiaa_1637]

i watched this whole live stream with the biggest smile !! it was so sweet

[@shelleyUSATX]

I truly loved all of you in Glee. My favorite show EVER and I'm a bit old lol, but when I got cancer, my daughter brought home the Glee Concert she made me watch it over and over. She said it was the only time I would smile. I was in horrible pain and she was correct, I smiled. The song by Kurt, I wanna hold your hand, was her song to me and made me cry. Anyway, I just want to say, thank all you for helping me live.(Truth) I'm not trying to get any reaction from anyone. I just wanted you sweet kids to know. You helped this old momma, I was happy just watching. I'll never be able to tell you how much you did for me. God bless.

[@lmani]

Thank you for posting thiss

[@kurtsiecolferites2160]

This episode came out on my birthday and I remember that meant so much to me to see my favorite character Kurt finally find happiness. I knew Kurt and Blaine were made for each other instantly. Darren made Blaine so incredible. His charisma and charm were instantly magnetic and his chemistry with Kurt\Chris was off the charts. Thank you for giving us Blaine, Darren!

[@justinn9342]

Okay i’ve watched glee two times but now i’m gonna watch it for the third time😂

[@Bianca-ik2bh]

This was great! Thank You so much! 🙏🏻❤️

[@faizahnc1565]

I smiled for the entire hour watching this... he's so funny to watch

[@Lia-oh4kz]

Thanks for sharing!!!This was so great to watch.

[@Soph_-vj5vr]

I watched this this morning it was late here in the uk and I was surprisingly asleep! But he’s amazing ramble for hours DC we love you!

[@zendasmith5491]

What a great hour! Thank you so much for this! Looking forward to DECAID !!

[@LM-vt1hx]

Thank you for posting! He is always so entertaining to watch and his philanthropy is truly admirable.