Regina King addresses son’s suicide in emotional TV interview: ‘I’m a different person now’

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Good Morning America, the “If Beale Street Could Talk” star, 53, reflected on how her grief has been a long road.Ian died by suicide in January 2022 at the age of 26.

He passed away on Jan. 21 — just two days after his birthday.“What have these last two years been like for you?” host Robin Roberts asked.“Oh wow.

I’m a different person now than I was Jan. 19,” the Oscar winner replied. “I am.”She added that her new Netflix film “Shirley” — out March 22 — is dedicated to her late son.“Grief is a journey,” she continued. “I understand that.”“Grief is love that has no place to go,” she continued. “And that we all handle it differently.

I know that it’s important to me to honor Ian in the totality of who he is, speak about him in the present, because he is always with me and the joy and happiness that he gave all of us.”“When it comes to depression, people expect it to look a certain way — they expect it to look heavy,” King said. “To have to experience this and not be able to have the time to just sit with Ian’s choice, which I respect and understand … He didn’t want to be here anymore, and that’s a hard thing for other people to receive because they did not live our experience, did not live Ian’s journey.”She added that she “was so angry with God” for the tragedy at one point.“Why would that weight be given to Ian?