Richard E Grant has talked about a couple that he and his late wife were friends, who “disappeared” after her death.
The actor revealed to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby that they knew the couple in question, but didn’t want to share who they were.
Last year, the Persuasion star suffered the loss of his wife Joan Washington, who… died at age 71married for almost 35 years.
Earlier this month, Richard, 65, shared a sweet video of him dancing with Joan to mark a year after her death, she writes in the caption: “I still cannot calculate that my beloved wife, Joan, mother of our daughter @OliviaGranted, passed away a year ago tonight. Holding hands until her last earthly breath. Forever dancing in my heart.’
On Thursday’s This Morning, the actor joined Holly and Phillip in the ITV studio to discuss his book A Pocketful of Happiness, which was inspired by his wife’s insistence on giving him and his daughter a “pocketful of happiness” every day. happiness’ when she was born. away.
Holly, 41, told Richard that part of the book she found interesting was how he wrote about how death affects friendships, highlighting what kind of friends people can be.
Speaking about his personal experience, the Loki star replied, “Some people clearly can’t handle it. Other people you think will join you – and you know this couple, I’m not going to say who they are.
“But you know, we’d been on vacation with them, shared 25 years of our lives together, and they had literally disappeared.”
Richard added that it wasn’t “that you’re not friends with them,” but that “you find out what kind of friends they really are.”
“But that’s in the minority of 1%. The majority of people are extraordinary,” he added.
Phillip, 60, then brought up Richard’s close friend Nigella Lawson, who sent food parcels to the actor’s house on a weekly basis.
“Nigella sent food in a taxi every Sunday afternoon, which kept us going for three days, which was incredibly generous,” Richard beamed, talking about Nigella’s kindness.
The Academy Award nominee also outlined one of the most “hurtful” things people can do when someone has lost a loved one, and emphasized how much it means to still talk about the person one has lost.
‘People have asked me what you most want when someone is sick or if he or she has died. If you don’t mention the person, it feels like you’re canceling them, so they never existed. So that’s the most painful thing,” he said.
“I think sometimes people feel like when I talk about it, you turn into a wobbly jelly. And sometimes you might too. But talking about it somehow keeps the person alive.’
Richard recently revealed that friends of his have tried to match him, but he’s not ready to date yet.
“It’s not something I can even imagine right now,” he said the guard.
“It’s still too raw and present, and I’m still having an ongoing conversation with my wife in my head.”
This morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
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