Rickey Smiley Breaks Silence On Son Brandon’s Death: It’s Been A ‘Terrible Nightmare’

Rickey Smiley mourned his son Brandon’s death with an affectional clip connected his Instagram connected Monday, January 30. The comic, 54, spoke astir Brandon’s passing astatine 32 a time aft his unexpected death. He said that the time aft learning that his lad had died was adjacent much heartbreaking than the time before, and helium opened up astir the grief that helium and the remainder of the household were experiencing.

Brandon died connected January 29, and Rickey shared the tragic quality and that helium was traveling to Birmingham successful a abbreviated Instagram video that day. In the archetypal video, helium asked for prayers, but didn’t stock much details astir his son’s passing. The comedian spoke astir the emotions helium was feeling the pursuing day. “I conscionable ne'er thought I would beryllium a subordinate of an enactment wherever you person to hide your kid. It’s a unspeakable nightmare,” helium said. “I wouldn’t privation this connected my worst enemy.”

Rickey explained that erstwhile helium archetypal got the quality that his lad had died, helium was taken disconnected defender with the news, but a time aboriginal the grief started to acceptable in. “I didn’t adjacent outcry astatine each yesterday. I was conscionable successful shock, but today, the sadness is settling in,” helium said.

Rickey spoke retired astir Brandon’s decease successful an affectional video. (Kerry Wayne/Photoshot/Newscom/MEGA)

Rickey said that his different children arsenic good arsenic his parent were besides heartbroken by Brandon’s death. He shared that his parent had spoken to Brandon astir going to religion earlier helium died and hours aft she texted him helium had died. He said that helium was heartbroken not lone for his son’s decease but for his loved ones also. “I convey God for giving him to us,” helium said. “I consciousness atrocious for my son’s parent much than anything. I consciousness atrocious for her. For each the parents that person to hide their kids oregon had to hide their kids, I cognize what it feels like.”

Rickey was besides thankful for the enactment that fans and loved ones had offered. He asked for fans to commune for Brandon’s mother, siblings, and cousins, earlier helium signed off. “Thank you each for your prayers and your concerns,” helium said adjacent the extremity of the video. “I truly admit it from the bottommost of my heart, the outpouring of emotion and enactment for us. I’m going to beryllium okay, but world is mounting successful this morning. This greeting is antithetic from yesterday. There’s immoderate different benignant of worldly close here, wherever I consciousness similar idiosyncratic is stomping connected my chest.”

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