Drew Carey is understood to The Value is Proper viewers as a happy-go-lucky, common man who at all times smiles and cracks jokes, however the beloved host has confronted his fair proportion of struggles over time, and has been open about his psychological well being.
In a brand new interview with Us Weekly, Carey opened up about his love life, how he doesn’t date, and studying to maneuver on following the tragic dying of his former fiancée, Amie Harwick, who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend in 2020.
Carey mentioned he thinks about Harwick “each day,” revealing, “Her dying nonetheless impacts me and my concepts about relationships and intimacy. It was all broken by first our breakup, after which, the day earlier than she died, when she texted me.”
The comic defined how he and Harwick went via a “actually dangerous” however “vital” breakup. “I couldn’t take into consideration her or see an image of her. I didn’t wish to be reminded,” he shared. “After which I bought a textual content from her out of the blue. She mentioned, ‘Hey, it’s Amie. I’ve been considering loads about forgiveness. I might like to get along with you and speak about some issues.’”
Carey mentioned he texted her “that I cherished her” and agreed to fulfill up together with her the next week. “I heard from one among her buddies that she shed tears about my saying that I cherished her nonetheless. Which I did. I cherished her madly regardless that we had been damaged up,” he said.
Drew Carey and Amie Harwick Getty Photographs
Sadly, Carey and Harwick by no means bought to reconcile, as the following day, she was murdered.
“It destroyed me for some time,” Carey mentioned, admitting, “I nonetheless don’t date. I’ve ladies I am going out with and spend time with, but it surely’s all platonic, and I don’t care about the rest. Amie’s dying actually affected every little thing.”
The Drew Carey Present star defined how Harwick’s funeral and connecting together with her family and friends helped with the therapeutic course of. “We held one another up via the funeral and the trial [of Harwick’s ex-boyfriend Gareth Pursehouse, who was convicted of killing her],” he mentioned. “Now Amie’s reminiscence and the issues she lived for preserve us going.”
Earlier than his relationship with Harwick, Carey dated Nicole Jaracz, whom he proposed to in 2007. Nevertheless, they by no means bought married, calling off their engagement and separating in 2012. Whereas Carey has by no means had children of his personal, he was a proud stepfather to Jaracz’s son, Connor, whom she had from a earlier relationship. Carey has remained a presence in Connor’s life for the reason that breakup.
He’s additionally a godfather, telling Us, “I’ve this nice feminine good friend group that I cherish, and I’m godfather to a number of units of youngsters from the group. We hang around collectively, went on trip collectively and we discuss to one another each day. That’s the largest blessing in my life proper now.”
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