Glee star Lea Michele's new love 'just what she needed'

Actors Lea Michele and Cory Monteith at a Golden Globe Awards after party in 2012. Photo / Getty Images

Lea Michele is "happy again" after finding love with Matthew Paetz.

Friends close to the Glee actress, who was left devastated when her boyfriend Cory Monteith died of an overdose last year, believe she is in a much better place since meeting her boyfriend of on the set of her music video 'On My Way' earlier this year.

One insider said: "She's glowing and healthy ever since being with Matt. He takes care of her, and people are glad to see her happy again.

"Everybody likes him. He's just want she needed!"

Matthew is also said to be equally smitten with the 28-year-old beauty.

The source added to Us Weekly magazine: "He's devoted to her."

Lean recently admitted she is in "love" with the former dating coach and posted a photograph of a shadow of herself and Matthew holding hands on Instagram, which she accompanied with the cute quote: "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."

The pair first met in April, but only became a couple in June.

Cory's father Joe Monteith recently Lea's new romance his blessing and is happy she's moving on.

He said previously: "She's a beautiful young woman, she's just getting to the top of her career and I don't expect her to go out and do it alone. She should enjoy life. She had a good time when she was with Cory, from what I understand, but life's gotta go on."

- Bang! Showbiz