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Full interview from the QVC UK appearance Matt did on June 1st.

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Clips already released can be found in this post.

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Matthew Morrison sits in an upper-end hotel suite and considers his success. “I’ve sung for the President of the United States three times,” he says flashing a Hollywood smile so bright, you can actually see your own jealous face reflected back in it.

“The last time, he came over and hugged me excitedly and cried out ‘Matthew!’. I thought: ‘Cool, I’m on a first name basis with Barack!’”

The show that changed his life is Glee, in which he plays Spanish teacher Will Schuester, who empowers a disperate bunch of misfit kids through the medium of song and dance, kind of like Oprah with jazz-hands.

However, it is no mere TV series, it’s a bona fide phenomenon. To date, it has shifted over 1m copies of their attendant compilation albums (containing reworked versions of the likes of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Heads Will Roll); prompted an upsurge in choir attendance in the UK; and caused Glee flash mobs – outbreaks of formation dancing – in destinations as diverse as Brighton, Kuala Lumpur and Tel Aviv. Say what you like, but you don’t get that kind of impact from Waterloo Road.

Moreover, there are the swathes of obsessed young fans, Gleeks, some of whom have been camping outside his hotel this morning. “It’s like a whole Princess Di thing,” he cringes, slightly. “People following me in their cars or when I’m on the subway in New York, people will try and follow me home. I have to walk around my building and when I turn the corner, start running. Because I don’t want people to know where I live….”

Having just unleashed his debut solo album, it’s fitting that Morrison should be the first breakout star of the show. On set, he’s known as Triple Threat, in that he can sing, dance and act, something honed from his 10-years on Broadway, including stints in the original Broadway run of Hairspray and South Pacific.

Now a major league star, in the series, Mr Schue is the sugar to cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester’s spite. One song on his LP – My Name – deals with his fear of being typecast.

“Everybody thinks of me as him and nobody really knows who I am,” he says. “For my next film, I should be snorting cocaine with prostitutes or something.” He laughs: “I want angry letters from parents complaining, ‘Where’s Mr Schuester gone?’.

Growing up in Californian suburbia, Morrison’s family weren’t showbiz-minded. Instead, his mother worked in medical supplies while his father is that rare thing, a male midwife. “In my senior year of high school, I actually got to deliver a couple of babies myself,” he remembers. “There was a lot of blood and screaming and I thought: ‘okay, I’m going to sing and dance for a living’.

Now 31, in retrospect, he is glad he got to live out his twenties in relative anonymity. “I’m glad I got to do all the fun crazy stuff you should go through out of the public eye,” he considers. “I look at my castmates and they’re so young and have never gotten to experience a life without being in the limelight.”

Although it has myriad detractors – including vocally Brett Easton Ellis and the Kings of Leon (who prohibited the show from covering their material) – one thing that even Glee’s stanchiest detractor cannot deny is that it is tackling taboo issues. In a country where last year there was an epidemic of suicides among gay teens, there’s something faintly heroic about a US primetime show tackling homophobic bullying through the character of Kurt Hummel. Is Glee capable of resetting the US’s moral compass?

“I’m happy to be part of a show that does say something,” states Morrison, proudly. “I get letters from families who watch Glee together and at the end, talk about teen pregnancy or whatever has been raised that week. Perhaps we’re helping to make attitudes more liberal.”

When Morrison started work on his album, he initially envisioned the direction to be a cross between Justin Timberlake and Michael Bublé – “Bublake, I called it”. With the help of consummate producers such as Eg White, he crafted a CD of blue-eyed, well-executed Mother’s Day Pop. “I had to write the songs myself,” he claims. “Because otherwise, it would just end up being another Glee CD.”

Featuring a couple of stardust cameos – from Elton John and Gwyneth Paltrow – expectations are high, reflected in the ambitious choice of venue for his first Manchester gig – the Apollo. If past experience is anything to go by, expect the Gleeks to be out in force.

“We live in a world where everyone has a camera on their phone,” he sighs. “I’ve had to make a couple of rules. I love fans, but the only places I won’t take pictures are while I’m eating or working out. Who wants a photo of me all sweaty?”

“Dating is impossible – I never meet any normal women, only actresses. I’d love to meet a doctor or lawyer – someone who could challenge me on an intellectual level.”

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