Lea Michele: Kate Hudson was a huge help after Cory Monteith's death

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. actress and singer Lea Michele says her close friend, Kate Hudson, has been helping her deal with the death of her boyfriend, actor Cory Monteith.

Monteith died last July of an accidental heroin overdose. He was 31.

"I called [Hudson] and said, 'I don't know where I'm going to go because my house is swarmed [with reporters,']" Michele told Elle magazine.

"She was like, 'Oh, you're going to stay at my house.' Like it was nothing," Michele said. "She let my family stay there, and any of my friends. She made sure that in the refrigerator were my favorite juices. I'll never really be able to thank her, truly, for what she did for me."

Michele and Monteith co-starred together on the TV dramedy series "Glee."