Chris Colfer has said that he did not know about his upcoming departure from Glee.
The show's creator Ryan Murphy confirmed this week that Colfer, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith will leave Glee when their respective characters Kurt Hummel, Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson graduate at the end of the third season next year.
Colfer told Entertainment Weekly that he was not expecting to exit the musical comedy show so soon.
He said: "I didn't necessarily know that it was going to be our last season next year. I knew something like that was coming up eventually. I mean, we can't be there forever."
The actor also told Extra that although he didn't want to leave the show, he understood the need for a conclusion to his character Kurt's storyline.
He said: "Do I want to leave the show? Absolutely not. This is home for me. But I understand that there's time for a conclusion."
