Gloria Estefan In Talks For A Dramatic Return To ‘Glee’

Plus, Gloria tells HollywoodLife.com about the on-screen duet with Ricky Martin we never got to see!

Gloria Estefan may be busy with her new gig as a judge on The CW's The Next, but she still has plenty of room for Glee in her life. HollywoodLife.com spoke with the music legend Aug. 15, and she revealed she's already spoken with creator Ryan Murphy about bringing back her character — she played Santana's (Naya Rivera) mom on the third season finale — and staging a confrontation with Santana's homophobic grandma! For those of you who don't remember, Santana's grandma essentially disowned her when she learned her granddaughter was a lesbian. "I would never allow my mother to be like that to my daughter in any way shape or form," Gloria explained to us. "So I really need to have it out with her and have some type of reunion, because it is not acceptable what she did in my book. I told Ryan, so hopefully [I can do] that and come back and sing!" We were surprised when Gloria didn't perform a show stopper — she's freakin' Gloria Estefan, after all — but she told us she's glad her character didn't sing. "I preferred that my screen time was

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