Fans Laud Actor Andrew Garfield, Call Him Brave For Talking About Grief After Losing His Mother

(Trigger warning: This post talks about grief, loss and losing a loved one.)

Losing a parent is an ache of a lifetime. No consolation feels justified enough, and the pain feels heavy on days when you least expect it to.For actor Andrew Garfield, this life-changing grief came in the form of his mother's demise.

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However, two years after losing his mother, Garfield bravely spoke about dealing with grief and the loss of his mother on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.?

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The actor said about why his movie Tick, Tick… Boom! is notable for numerous reasons, one of them being his honest attempt at honouring his late mother, who he lost in 2019 due to pancreatic cancer.?

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Andrew made his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert while promoting his latest film Tick, Tick… Boom! where he candidly spoke about his late mother, Lynn Garfield.?

He was describing grief as 'unexpressed love'. He said,?

''I love talking about her, by the way, so if I cry, it's only a beautiful thing. This is all the unexpressed love, the grief that will remain with us until we pass because we never get enough time with each other, no matter if someone lives until 60, 15, or 99.''?

The video has gone viral on the internet, and fans couldn't stop showering praises and lauding him for being brave.?

The 38-year-old continued, ''So I hope this grief stays with me because it's all the unexpressed love that I didn't get to tell her''.Remembering the last few days he spent with his mother, he further told Colbert,

''I told her every day. We all told her every day, and she was the best of us.''?

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In an earlier interview with The New York Times, the actor shared how his brother and father were present during Lynn Garfield's final days.??

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