Glee’s glorious villain Jane Lynch has a new interview in Hello! Magazine in which she gives some details about her recent wedding to her same sex partner, Dr. Lara Embry, and talks about their daughter. It’s a nice look into her personal life, which she hasn’t been entirely comfortable talking about past interviews. In an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air earlier this year, Lynch said that she’s out but that she’s not outspoken about it, explaining that “I don’t like calling attention to myself in that way. I don’t want to be different. I’m not a rebel. I just want to be like everybody else.” Lynch expanded on that thought to Hello!, and said that she’s grateful to other famous gay women who have paved the way for her. Here’s more:

On her wedding this Memorial Day:
It was a lovely day. We were in Northhampton in Massachusetts, because that’s where my wife went to school, so it actually had some meaning to us. We had four friends each who came out, and their spouses, so it was really small and lovely with good food. It was a great day.”

On her eight year-old stepdaughter
“She is a piece of work! She is eight and a real character. She is more my daughter than my wife’s in a way, she’s a lot like me. Her little wedding dress was made out of this fabric that I’m wearing now.”

On coming out
“I never thought about it. I never hid who I was and nobody seems to care, anyway. I’m really grateful to Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang, and Ellen and all those lezzies out there who had the balls, if you will to say, ‘This is who I am,’ and America went, ‘Sigh, okay.’ Then Jane Lynch comes along. I have theories on why it may be easier for women – maybe it is less offensive to people’s sensibilities.”

On singing and being front and center
“I am probably the worst singer on this earth, but I sing all the time. I am a character actor and usually play supportive roles. I’m used to coming in and leaving, not having my own story arcs. Now, I get episodes where I’m in almost every scene, so this has been great for me. This is my first time of being in the limelight where people are writing about me, so we are all having this experience together.”

On Sue Sylvester
“I think Sue Sylvester is attractive to people because she is so mean. She is that inner voice we all have that we would never say out loud. She has no filter and people love that. They love that she puts together these rambling sentences of condemnation that everyone wishes they could do, too. She isn’t dangerous, she’s laughable.”

On what’s coming up for Glee
“We are talking about doing a Bruce Springsteen episode which would be amazing.”

[From Hello! Magazine, print edition, June 21, 2010]

I love how straightforward Lynch is, although like I said I didn’t get that impression from her when I fheard her on NPR. It was the first interview I’d heard with her and she was matter of fact about her life but sounded somewhat shy. She seems like she enjoys working and is grateful for her success, but is not used to talking about her personal life. Now she’s coming out of her shell and I would love to hear more from her. She sounds like a real character once you get to know her.

Spoilers for Glee’s last episode this season
I loved that Lynch’s character showed some humanity in the final episode and that she actually voted for New Directions in the regionals. There was a moving scene where Sue realized that she was just like the Glee outcasts and would never fit in. She then helped Mr. Schue keep the Glee club active but managed to retain some of her trademark meanness. So does that mean it’s all a sham and she really loves the Glee club? Does it matter? She’ll continue to snark at Mr. Schue and everyone who gets in her way, and they won’t tone down the rivalry at all. They’re overdoing it with some of Sue Sylvester’s lines, though. They’re usually funny, but they need to give it a rest occasionally so we don’t get sick of her creative put downs.