Amanda Kloots reveals her first dates after husband Nick Cordero's death were with widowers

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Nick Cordero's widow Amanda Kloots has revealed that her first dates after his death were with men who, like her, had lost their spouses.Amanda, 40, rose to public prominence in 2020 while offering regular Instagram updates on her late husband's battle with COVID-19, which resulted in months of complications before he died at the age of just 41.Now on Cheryl Burke's podcast Diving Deep, she said going out with widowers 'helped break down that discomfort' of having 'a lot of emotional baggage.' Candor: Nick Cordero's widow Amanda Kloots has revealed that her first dates after his death were with men who, like her, had lost their spousesSince Nick's death, Amanda has published a memoir about him with her sister and become one of the hostesses of the daytime series The Talk.She is also raising her and Nick's three-year-old son Elvis, who was just over a year old when he heartrendingly lost his father.

Amanda admitted to Cheryl that 'it took me awhile to feel okay' about the prospect of dating again after her husband died.She 'put my toe in the water' and 'the first couple dates I went on were with other widowers, so that helped immediately like break down that like discomfort of: "I'm coming in with a lot of emotional baggage."' The way they were: Amanda is pictured in 2017 with Nick, who in 2020 fought a battle with COVID-19 that resulted in months of complications before he died at the age of just 41'You don't have to explain yourself,' Cheryl offered and Amanda concurred: 'Yes!

You don't have to explain yourself.'The appeal of widowers was also that 'I just don't have time for bulls***!' and would rather 'get down and dirty and talk about life experiences.'Those experiences, Amanda feels, are 'what makes everybody.