Naya Rivera is 'Sad' About Her Character's New Path on 'Glee'

“Glee’s” Santana Lopez might have grown up and moved on, but that doesn’t mean the actress who plays her has to be happy about it.

Naya Rivera played the high school cheerleader during the first three seasons of “Glee,” but Lopez left William McKinley High School and now lives alongside Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) and Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) in New York City.

Rivera admits that she doesn’t much like the fact that her character has become separated from her friends, or that her New York scenes shoot on another set.

"It does feel like a different show and sometimes I get really sad about it,” she said.

“We shoot on the same sound stage, but there's this big door that separates the two worlds, so on my lunch breaks I'll go over there and see (McHale) and (Ushkowitz) and everybody I haven't seen, like, 'I miss you guys! What are you doing?' I have no idea what they're doing! I have no idea about the gossip and drama with the new kids!"

Rivera also added that she is uncertain whether or not she will be coming back for season five.

"You never really know what they [the writers] plan on doing... [I've] been on the show a really long time; I wasn't really sure what they were going to do with Santana, but I think that her story line is evolving and there is more to tell…I'd absolutely be down to be around for some portion of that.”

Rivera, who is working on her first solo album, added “But there is the album stuff that I desperately want to get done."

What do you think the future holds for Santana Lopez?