Chris Colfer, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith will leave "Glee" at the end of the season

The current cast of the Popular American musical comedy and drama TV series "Glee" - Chris Colfer, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith will leave "Glee" at the end of the season and won't return for Glee's 4th season.


Chris Colfer, who plays Kurt was just nominated second time for an Emmy this year for his hit role.

"Glee" creator Ryan Murphy said: "We made that decision and I involved Chris and Lea and they thought that was a good idea. They both trust the writing and trust me and felt that it would be great to have an open and closed experience for them to go out while they were on top."

Ryan Murphy also told the Hollywood Reporter, "You can keep them on the show for six years and people criticize you for not realistic, or you can be really true, life and say when they started the show, they were clearly second year students and should end top of their graduating class. "