Kelly Rizzo has gushed about her ‘supportive’ new boyfriend Breckin Meyer and how understanding he has been as she continues to mourn the loss of her husband Bob Saget.
Saget passed away at age 65 in January 2022, and earlier this year, Rizzo debuted his romance with Clueless alum Meyer.
Now Rizzo, 45, has opened up about how Meyer, 50, has supported her through the grieving process.
“He’s been very supportive,” Rizzo said. MY! News. “From day one, that has been something very important to him. He knew what I went through, he appreciated it and accepted it… and he always likes to talk about Bob.’
“It’s never like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to mention Bob. I don’t want Breckin to feel bad about it,'” he continued.
Kelly Rizzo has gushed about her ‘supportive’ new boyfriend Breckin Meyer and how understanding he has been as she continues to mourn the loss of her late husband Bob Saget; Rizzo and Breckin photographed earlier this month
“He’s always been really nice about it. It’s been really special. It’s really nice to have been able to move forward with him,” she continued.
The star described how grateful she was to “have this really special relationship now” as well as treasure “all the wonderful parts of Bob in my life.”
Breckin also met the three daughters Saget had with his ex-wife Sherri Kramer: Aubrey, 37, Lara, 35, and Jennifer, 31.
“He’s met Bob’s girls a few times,” Rizzo said. We have had dinner together. They adore him. He adores them. It’s been really nice. They have given him a kind of welcome.
Kelly also believes that her new boyfriend is perhaps the only person Saget would “be okay” with her starting a relationship after his death.
She humorously commented: “He said, ‘Okay, none of this excites me, but it has to be someone, let it be Breckin.'”
Rizzo debuted her romance with Breckin earlier this year at a Grammys party.
She was married to Saget for four years until his death in 2022. They met in 2015 and married in 2018.
Kelly also believes that her new boyfriend is the only person Saget would “be okay” with starting a relationship after her death.
Initially, Rizzo faced backlash from social media users who believed she began a relationship with Meyer too soon after Saget’s death.
But she rejected those who told her how to live her life.
“The vast, vast, vast majority of all the comments, feedback, support and everything I’ve received since Bob passed away, 99 percent of it has been positive and lovely and wonderful,” he said.
“But there are some people who LOVE to talk when it comes to dating after their spouse passes away.”
“I’ll start by saying that unless you’re a widow or widower, you really have no place or right to comment on this because you don’t know what it’s like.”
Saget died in his sleep at age 65 in January 2022 at The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, after accidentally suffering blunt force trauma to the head; Rizzo and Saget photographed in 2018
The travel host said it took her more than a year after The Full House star died to feel comfortable with the idea of dating and that she didn’t start dating other people until 18 months after her husband’s death. , but I needed support to do the next one. passed.
“In my situation, they were Bob’s daughters, Bob’s friends,” she explained. ‘They said, “It’s okay.” So I said, “Okay, it must be okay.”
He also talked about his relationship with Meyer.
“I was worried about how I would be able to move forward and find someone who appreciates what I went through and understands that Bob will always be a part of my life,” she explained.
Rizzo went public with her relationship with Meyer at a Grammy party earlier this year.
Although she didn’t mention Meyer by name, she said, “I’m very fortunate to have been able to find someone who has room for it, appreciates it and understands it and is strong and confident enough to know that Bob will always be there.” a part of my life’.
He said the Happily actor, a divorced father of two adult daughters, “always asks questions about (Saget) and keeps him part of the conversation, and that means a lot to me, because I knew I was going to have to find someone I just met.” understand it.’
Saget died in his sleep at age 65 in January 2022 at The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, after accidentally suffering blunt force head trauma.
Saget was found dead in bed in his Orlando hotel room around 4 p.m. EST on January 9, 2022 after performing a stand-up concert in Jacksonville the night before, sources close to the investigation said. TMZ.
Police saw no signs of drugs or foul play and it was initially suspected that he had succumbed to a stroke or heart attack.
However, the following month, his family announced that medical examiners had ruled the cause of death as head trauma.
“They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, didn’t think about it and fell asleep,” the family statement said.
Florida Medical Examiner Joshua Stephany, MD, confirmed that People magazine that Saget’s death was “the result of blunt force trauma to the brain.”
Blunt head trauma can cause death from brain hemorrhage, brain bruising, or asphyxiation while unconscious.