Regina King appeared on “Good Morning America” on Thursday to provide her first TV interview for the reason that dying of her son, Ian Alexander Jr., in January 2022.
Talking with Robin Roberts, the Oscar-winning actor stated she is “a special individual now” following his dying two years in the past.
“Grief is a journey, you realize. I perceive that grief is love that has no place to go,” she stated. “I do know that it’s necessary to me to honor Ian within the totality of who he’s, discuss him within the current, as a result of he’s at all times with me and the enjoyment and happiness that he gave all of us.”
Alexander Jr., a musician and DJ, died by suicide in January 2022 on the age of 26. He was King’s solely youngster.
“On the subject of despair, individuals anticipate it to look a sure method — they anticipate it to look heavy,” King stated. “To should expertise this and never be capable of have the time to only sit with Ian’s selection, which I respect and perceive … He didn’t need to be right here anymore, and that’s a tough factor for different individuals to obtain as a result of they didn’t stay our expertise, didn’t stay Ian’s journey.”
By means of tears, King continued to open up about her grieving course of, saying that originally she “was so offended with God.”
“Why would that weight be given to Ian? Of the entire issues that we had gone by — remedy, psychiatrists, packages — and Ian was like, ‘I’m uninterested in speaking, Mother,’” she stated, including: “Generally, a number of guilt comes over me. When a mum or dad loses a baby, you continue to surprise, ‘What may I’ve accomplished in order that wouldn’t have occurred?’ I do know that I share this grief with everybody, however nobody else is Ian’s mother, you realize? Solely me. So it’s mine. And the unhappiness won’t ever go away. It would at all times be with me.”