Amanda Kloots Shares Response to Son Asking Where Late Father Nick Cordero Is
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Cordero passed away from COVID-19 in 2020.
Amanda Kloots lost her husband, Nick Cordero, in 2020 to COVID-19, and she's now facing questions from their three-year-old son, Elvis Eduardo, about where his dad is.
Speaking with People, Kloots shared what it's like facing the struggle of telling her toddler that his father is dead. She said, "There's no way to prepare yourself. There's just no way, so I can't. I can't even think about it."
But this past September, prepared or not, Elvis asked the question for the first time. Kloots, who is a co-host on The Talk, said, "That started in September...Elvis started asking questions and it started with, 'Why doesn't daddy live with us?'"
It was not an easy question to hear. "I broke down immediately. I was changing his diaper. We were getting ready for bed, and every night I have him hold this pillow of Nick and I say, 'Tell Dada about your day,' while I change his diaper and it's so cute. Sometimes he just tells him about school or I'll say, 'Tell him what you had for dinner,'" she continued.
The 40-year-old went on: "He talks to Nick and holds his pillow, kisses and hugs him a little bit, and then he said that, so I just bawled. I had no game plan for this because I had no idea when it would come."
Kloots explained that, in general, September is a tough time for her, as there are a lot of important dates, such as Cordero's birthday and their wedding anniversary, making it extra difficult. "It was literally one thing after another. I was not my best self in September," she explained.
Despite that, Kloots had to explain the truth of Cordero's death to Elvis in some way.
She described to People, "I told him that daddy got sick, he went into the hospital and he died and that he's in heaven now. And that he watches over us every day and he's with us every day and you can always talk to Dada and you can see him in your dreams. That is what we've discussed."
Kloots stated that Elvis, at three years old, can understand part of what she's saying regarding his father's death, but she said, "He'll still just be like on random occasions, 'Is Dada still dead?' and I'm like, 'Yes.' He's three. He doesn't understand."
The TV personality and actress knows that this will continue to be a struggle as they both grieve the loss of Cordero.
Opening up about her grief, Kloots told the publication, "That's why I always say grief, it never goes away. Because now I'm starting to grieve Elvis' grief and grieve how he's learning and grieving. It's just another layer of the onion that comes off. You just start crying again because it's a new layer of the onion. And now, I'm dealing with that, so it's always a challenge. That's why it never goes away."
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