Ryan Dorsey, Naya Rivera’s ex-husband and the father of her child, opened up for the first time about her tragic drowning, including the moment he was informed she was missing.

Ryan Dorsey, ex-husband of "Glee" star Naya Rivera is opening up about Rivera's death and raising their son Josey.

The Glee actress and Justified actor first met in 2010 while Rivera was shooting the beloved Fox show and dated for varying periods of time. It wasn't until she broke off her engagement with Big Sean in April 2014 that the two rekindled their romance, marrying in an intimate wedding just three months later.

After Naya Rivera’s ex Ryan Dorsey had her sister, Nickayla, move in with him following the Glee star’s death, he detailed the truth behind their relationship.

Five years have passed since Naya Rivera' s tragic drowning, but for her ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey, the memories are still all too real. His everyday life in L.A. is a mix of work, remembrance, and moments that bring both warmth and sorrow.

"If I knew what I know now, I would’ve tried to do things differently to make it work," the actor tells PEOPLE

Dorsey also shared what the 9-year-old remembers from the 33-year-old “Glee” alum’s “last moments” before she drowned in California’s Lake Piru in 2020.

Naya Rivera and her ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey, had considered expanding their family after their divorce but before her unexpected death. "We went back and forth playing house," Dorsey, 41, told People in an interview published on Saturday,

Four months after Rivera’s death, Dorsey filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of his son against Ventura County and Lake Piru’s management. The suit was settled in 2022. He told People that it was “too hard” for him to talk about Rivera’s passing at length over the last four and a half years.