Halyna Hutchins' Husband Matt Emotionally Recalls Finding Out About Fatal 'Rust' Shooting
etonline.comHalyna Hutchins, emotionally recalled the moment he learned of his wife's death on the set of the film this past October.In his first television interview, Matt spoke with show's Hoda Kotb about how he discovered his wife had been fatally shot with a prop gun, and how he broke the news to their 9-year-old son, Andros. «I remember the production team told me that Halyna had been shot and my heart sank right away,» he shared. «Completely inexplicable to me that it could have happened.
The first thing I thought, I sat down, was 'I have to get my son' because I have to be with him. I rushed home and on the way decided that we had to go to Santa Fe.»After speaking with the doctor and learning Halyna hadn't survived being shot, Matt decided the best course of action was to immediately tell his son. «I was heartbroken, and I knew that I had to tell my son right away when I saw him,» he said. «Just had to be very direct and blunt because going to pick him up and go to the airport to Santa Fe, I didn't want him to think we were going to be seeing her and having fun together, to get his hopes up.
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