A model has claimed she is no longer pretending to be okay following the death of her husband – after posting a tearful video on the anniversary of his death.
Czechoslovak model Paulina Porizkova caught the attention of social media last week by sharing a video of herself crying after the death of her husband, Ric Ocasek, in 2019.
The leader of “Cars” died at the age of 75 from cardiovascular disease.
In the tearful clip, she said on the one-year anniversary that she was trying to make sure everyone around her was okay; on the third anniversary, she was trying to manage her new life, and on the fourth anniversary, she met someone new.
Now, she has reflected on what drove her to breaking point on the fifth anniversary of his death.
“In a way, it was a day made even more difficult by the fact that in all the previous years I pretended I was fine,” she said.
“That I had ‘pulled it together’. For the sake of my loved ones, I thought I had to act hard. To keep the ship going. So that no one but me would fear drowning.”
She said it made everyone around her think she was “at last” and had no idea what she was going through or that she needed a hand.
“So, five years later, I told everyone how I felt. i was sad I was overwhelmed. Sentimental. And admitting it out loud, I’ve had a lot of other people let me know that they’ve had similar days,” she said.
“Five years after the death of their loved ones was extremely difficult. That all of us in the grief club can have the odd day of true struggle. And I made them feel better and less alone. And of course, they made me feel better and less alone.
“Thank you friends, both IRL and IG. I need you like never before.”
The 59-year-old and her husband announced that they had separated in May 2018, but in fact this happened a year ago.
However, they continued to live together and support each other. The pair met thanks to the 1984 movie clip of the Cars song, “Drive”. They married five years later when Porizkova was only 24 years old.
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