Regina King is opening up concerning the lack of her son Ian Alexander, Jr.
Should you had been unaware, the 54-year-old Oscar-winning actress’ son died by suicide on the age of 26 in January 2022.
In a brand new interview, Regina shared how her son’s passing modified her outlook on life and talked about preserving his reminiscence alive.
Hold studying to seek out out extra…“I one thousand % stay within the second extra,” Regina informed Haute Dwelling. “I don’t know if that’s one thing that simply comes with time, or with ache, or with the pandemic — most likely all of it. However I really feel it.”
Regina went on to say that she’s preserving Ian‘s reminiscence alive within the type of her new orange wine line MianU – brief for “me and also you” – which she launched earlier this month.
Ian was the primary individual that launched Regina to orange wine and the script on the bottle is in his handwriting.
“It was type of an epiphany I had, that got here from a spot of continuous to create recollections in Ian’s spirit,” Regina mentioned of the wine line. “I’m nonetheless right here, on this aircraft, separate from him, and I’m surrounded by individuals speaking about their kids — engagements, weddings, new chapters — [while mine is gone].”
She continued, “I nonetheless love speaking about Ian: I simply don’t have the possibility to create new recollections in the best way they do. However I’m not centered on that. That is my manner of making one thing new, collectively.”
Regina additionally mentioned that the wine is about “connection” and “there being a connection in each second.”
“Each time a cork opens, or each time I’m pouring a glass, I’m pondering of Ian,” Regina defined. “I’m pondering of him 24/7 anyway, however at all times on this second, I can see his face. And for individuals who by no means obtained the possibility to bop with Ian, possibly they’ll be curious. Perhaps they’ll ask. His title is true there, in the course of all of it. He’ll by no means be forgotten… Should you see me, you see Ian.”
Again in 2022, Regina opened up about grieving Ian.
