LOS ANGELES | Lea Michele is breaking her silence online after her “Glee” co-star and real-life boyfriend Cory Monteith died of an overdose earlier this month.

In this Jan. 27, 2013 file photo, Cory Monteith, left, and Lea Michele arrive at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Lea Michele is breaking her silence online after her “Glee” co-star and real-life boyfriend Cory Monteith died of an overdose earlier this month. The actress posted a photo of her and Monteith on Twitter Monday along with a message thanking her followers for “helping me through this time with your enormous love & support.” Monteith was found dead in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 13. An autopsy revealed the 31-year-old actor died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. He and Michele played an on-again/off-again couple in the popular Fox series and were an off-screen couple for about a year. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
In this Jan. 27, 2013 file photo, Cory Monteith, left, and Lea Michele arrive at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Lea Michele is breaking her silence online after her “Glee” co-star and real-life boyfriend Cory Monteith died of an overdose earlier this month. The actress posted a photo of her and Monteith on Twitter Monday along with a message thanking her followers for “helping me through this time with your enormous love & support.” Monteith was found dead in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 13. An autopsy revealed the 31-year-old actor died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. He and Michele played an on-again/off-again couple in the popular Fox series and were an off-screen couple for about a year. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

The actress posted a photo of her and Monteith on Twitter on Monday, along with a message thanking her followers for “helping me through this time with your enormous love & support.”

“Cory will forever be in my heart,” Michele wrote.

Monteith was found dead July 13 in Vancouver, British Columbia. An autopsy revealed the 31-year-old actor died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol.

He and Michele played an on-again, off-again couple in the popular Fox series and were an off-screen couple for about a year.