Love Island star Jess Spencer has announced the devastating news of her best friend Estera’s death with a heartbreaking tribute, shared with her social media followers
Love Island’s Jess Spencer has announced the devastating news of her best friend Estera’s death in a heartbreaking and poignant Instagram post. The reality star said that she is “angry”, “unbelievably sad” and “completely broken” as she paid tribute to her late friend – who battled cancer.
She shared a short black-and-white clip of the two hugging, In the video, Estera held a bouquet of flowers as she tightly hugged the TV personality. Jess captioned her post: “If you had the pleasure of knowing Est you were so very lucky, she was strong and she was stubborn in all of the best ways. She fought 5 years of her life with cancer and you would never of even known. She was brave and showed up even on her worst days and she never let her illness affect living her best little life.
“Cancer is never something that affects you until it does, until it takes away someone you thought you would grow old with, someone you thought you would meet their kids and help plan their wedding, someone you can’t remember being without since the age of 11, my lifelong best friend, a pain like this is so unbearable.”
She went on to say she is “so proud of her” strength and added: “”he deserved a life full of abundance, and it hurts me beyond words that her story ended here…” Jess explained: “I always said that I’d be lost without her and that’s exactly how it feels. What a beautiful soul and a blessing to of had her in my life.
“I feel so lucky that I got to experience a friendship so deep, a bond so unbreakable that my heart aches and my world will never be the same. My forever sidekick and the worst but best influence to each other. There will never be enough memories with you, and I would do anything for more time and one last cuddle.”
Jess said she travelled to Poland to be with her family and their close friends, adding it was “so special” before writing how she “knew” Estera was “with them the whole time”.
Concluding her post, she wrote: “We all miss you so much Est. You are so loved and admired. Our real life angel in the sky, I’m desperate to laugh and dance with you again. Forever in my heart and always on my mind. Forever together.”
Her friends rushed to the comment section to pay their respects, with Grace Jackson writing: “Jess. I’m sending all my love to you, so sorry to hear this,” and Matilda Draper posting: “Sending you so much love and praying for you.”
Whitney Adebayo commented: “Sorry for your loss Jess, sending my love.” Jessy Potts, Swedish influencer Jamilla Strand, Jess Harding and Summer Botwe also sent their condolences.
Faye Winter supported Jess with a sweet reply, commenting: “Sending you all the love in world, a friendship like this will last a lifetime. It will be the friendship that every time something good or bad happens you’ll wish they were with you, in that moment know that they are who you think of because they are right there beside you.”
Jess later posted a snap of her with her friends as they stood by a lake in Poland looking out into the water. “Closer to you than ever,” she captioned the post.
The star posted a black-and-white photo of her with Estera and a few more friends as they walked down the road. “Forever attached to each other. Death has taken so much from us. It has stolen our conversations, laughter, trips, silence, plans, moments and time. But it can’t take you from our memories and our dream that is the place we will always go to find you.”
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