Glee’s Naya Rivera opens up about terminating her pregnancy in 2010
She became a mum to Josey Hollis Dorsey in September 2015, but this was not Naya Rivera's first pregnancy.
Opening up in her memoir, Sorry Not Sorry, the Glee actress reveals that upon learning she was expecting Ryan Dorsey's child back in 2010, the actress chose to terminate the pregnancy.
While now happily married to Ryan, the actress had, at the time, just ended their relationship and made the decision to seek an abortion without telling Ryan of her pregnancy.
In an incredibly revealing excerpt of her book, 29-year-old Naya reflects on the termination – which took place a day before filming an episode of the show – and explains that she chose to reveal her decision in an attempt to support other women.
Speaking to People magazine in the run-up to the book's release, she said: "It was very scary to open up about everything, It's not something a lot of people talk about, but I think they should."
"I know some people might read it and say, 'What the Hell?' But I hope someone out there gets something out of it," she added.
Naya, who played Santana Lopez in the hit musical show, married Ryan in 2014 before welcoming their son a year later.