Kendra Giardi is a minor antagonist in the first season of the comedy-drama series Glee. She is the older sister of Terri Del Monaco and former sister-in-law of Will Schuester. She influences many of Terri's decisions during her hysterical pregnancy.
She was portrayed by Jennifer Aspen who also played The Porch Pirate in 9-1-1.
Personality[]
Kendra is a self-absorbed and unpleasant woman. She has very rude manners towards everyone, including her husband and children, and cares only about what she wants and needs. When her goals look fruitful, she becomes incredibly manipulative of others.
Kendra has an inflated ego as well, acting in a rude, pompous, and entitled manner with others, and is not above arguing with authority figures to make her schemes successful. The only other person she seems to care for is her younger sister Terri, but even so, she demeans her and acts controlling under the guise of concerned advice.
Despite these traits, she is also rather cowardly, as her arrogant and aggressive demeanor completely disappears when people call her out or she feels she is about to fail.
Biography[]
Kendra has given birth to three sons. She is married to Phil Giardi, although their relationship isn't exactly loving because she has very strict control in the marriage.
Throughout the first season, she helps Terri fake her pregnancy, scheming ways to make her secret stay safe and taking advantage of her by predicting disaster whenever she contemplates confessing the truth to Will. She had dynamic interactions with Terri's potential surrogate Quinn, feigning kindness until the pregnant teenager abandons her scheme, to which she reveals her dishonest and self-important nature again.
Quotes[]
| “ | Dishonesty is food to marriage! It'll die without it | „ |
| ~ Kendra attempting to convince Terri to not tell Will. |
| “ | The solution is clear...we're gonna have to get you a baby! | „ |
| ~ Kendra revealing her scheme to Terri. |
| “ | Well, Wu...you gave birth to all three of my kids. Each one is dumber than the last, and they all have ADHD. And though my husband nor I have red hair...they are all creepy ginger kids! (Dr. Wu: It's a recessive gene.) That's your theory, wanna hear mine? You have given too much pitocin during labor and it screwed up their DNA. Have you ever thought that one of your patients might just close up their legs and walk on over to Dr. Chin? |
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| ~ Kendra expressing her entitlement to, and manipulating, her former obstetrician. |
| “ | You worry too much, Terri. Mom smoked and drank a bottle of vodka every night when she was pregnant with us and we're TOTALLY normal!? | „ |
| ~ Kendra telling Terri not to worry about Quinn's baby. |
| “ | You got the beauty, I got the brains and the beauty. | „ |
| ~ Kendra complimenting herself in front of Terri. |
Trivia[]
- Kendra believing her kids being redheads and acting out-of-control was somehow caused by the pre-natal care she received is possibly meant to be a hidden joke directed at parents who actually believe that vaccines cause various maladies (mainly autism).
- It's possible that after Will found out about Terri lying to him, that he told Phil about the lie and he divorced Kendra, got full custody of their sons and had a restraining order against her.