'Glee' star's mum thrilled by Diamond tweet

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Glee star Mark Salling has admitted that his mum got a "kick" out of a Twitter message from Neil Diamond.

The 27-year-old actor, who plays Noah 'Puck' Puckerman on the Fox musical comedy, covered the singer's song 'Sweet Caroline' on a recent episode of the series.

The 68-year-old entertainer then praised the rendition on his Twitter account, TV Guide reports.

Salling said: "My mum is probably getting more of a kick out of it than I am. That was her favourite artist. To see how excited she was was the best part of it for me."

The first soundtrack from the show Glee: The Music Volume 1, which features Salling's version of 'Sweet Caroline', was recently released. A second LP will arrive on December 8.