Ryan Seacrest Reveals Family Is ‘Heartbroken’ Following Father’s Death

“American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest has shared the saddening information that his father, Gary Lee Seacrest, has handed away at 81.

The passing of Ryan Seacrest’s father comes only a few months after the TV persona fought again tears on the set of his radio present, “On Air with Ryan Seacrest,” talking about his father’s well being.

Ryan, 50, is actually battling the premature passing of his beloved father, sharing a household picture and detailing their relationship.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I share with you that my loving father peacefully handed away earlier this week,” he wrote within the caption. “My mother, sister and I’ve peace understanding he’s in a greater place and freed from any ache or struggling. We’re heartbroken.”

He went on to name Gary a “devoted husband … unimaginable Papa … and my greatest good friend.”

“Dad, you’ll reside in our hearts perpetually. I like you,” he completed.

Ryan reportedly opened up in regards to the devastating second whereas on air, recounting the “vivid” second for his listeners. “… he stated with out a lot energy or power that he cherished us and that he was going to overlook us,” Ryan stated.

“He seemed over at me — and the ability within the contact — he stated, ‘Deal with your mother.’ And he stated to my sister [Meredith], [and to her husband] Jimmy, ‘Deal with Flora my granddaughter.’ After which actually a number of seconds later, he closed his eyes and stated, ‘I’ve acquired to go.’ … He knew. He was at peace,” Ryan continued.

In line with a earlier report from The Blast, Ryan acquired fairly emotional throughout an earlier episode of his radio present, by which he described his “shut relationship” along with his dad and shared that it had been difficult to look at his father battle prostate most cancers.

He additionally recounted a startling expertise the place he needed to fly to Atlanta, Georgia, after ending an episode of “American Idol” on account of his father being hospitalized with pneumonia.

“… I’ve by no means seen my robust, very sensible father with the look on his face that he had and the priority and me to assist information what selections needs to be made on this second. And that is ICU. With pneumonia, with the most cancers, after the chemo,” Ryan stated.

Gary was launched from the hospital after recovering from pneumonia simply in time for his birthday and informed his son that each one he wished was to spend time exterior.

On his radio present, Ryan shared that he acquired the “strongest, good, comfortable image from my dad and my mom” sitting on the seaside. “They simply wish to have a look at the water. They can not do a lot,” Ryan stated earlier than describing how his father’s prognosis has impacted him and his household.

“So anyway, I watched them over the weekends ship photographs of smiling and happiness and being collectively — they have been married for 55 years. And so they’ve acquired one another, and his pneumonia is gone, however his most cancers shouldn’t be, and so we’ve got to return into one other therapy and combat this most cancers. And it’s, it’s simply, it is troublesome. Most cancers impacts each certainly one of us indirectly. And it… then it sucks. The remedies suck,” he stated.

Followers flooded Ryan’s Instagram with love, showering the beloved TV host with assist and well-wishes.

His “American Idol” teammate, Katy Perry, wrote, “Sending you and your loved ones all of the love,” whereas the official present Instagram wrote, “We love you, Ryan.”