Married At First Sight star Erica Roberts shared with fans the devastating news of the death of her grandmother Jessie in an emotional post on social media
Married At First Sight UK star Erica Roberts shared with fans the loss of her beloved grandmother Jessie.
Taking to Instagram, the former bride who appeared on the E4 show back in 2023, shared an emotional post detailing the sad loss of her “beautiful nana.”
Erica, who was partnered with Jordan Gayle at the time, wrote: “I’m so grateful for the time we had together and that I got to say goodbye I will cherish the memories we made forever, heaven has gained the greatest angel.”
Erica accompanied the post with a collage of pictures of her and her grandmother throughout the years.
Erica’s grandmother Jessie had been an integral part of her upbringing as she looked after her as a child. And this explains why Erica said she felt grateful to be able to repay the favour by looking after her nan before her death.
Erica posted a video of her rubbing moisturising cream into her hands while brushing her hair.
The reality TV star who became a major talking point while on the show due to her clash with fellow contestant Tasha, explained: “I grew up with her looking after me, so now it’s time to look after her.”
In a series of other images, Erica’s nan is seen kissing her cheek and another shows the pair holding hands.
Just moments after Erica took to Instagram to share her sad news, she was inundated with comments from friends and followers.
One person wrote: “Sorry for your loss Erica.”
And Adrienne Naylor, who appeared on the show at the same time, said: “Sending you so much love my girl!”
Amy Christophers, who was on the show back in 2021 also said: “So sorry babe, sending you lots of love xxxx.”
Jay Howard penned: “I’m so sorry for your loss babe, it’s awful losing a grandparent. Thinking about you and your family.”
Erica’s relationship with Jordan fell apart after the reunion show aired last year. And at the time of the split, Erica wrote on Instagram: “This hasn’t been an easy decision for us both as we really wanted to make our relationship work. I truly wish him all the best and there is no bad blood between us.”
However, months later Erica explained to The Sun that the reason for the split was that she noticed a number of red flags.
She admitted: “I just completely started losing myself, trying to look after him. He needed a lot from me and I think he really put a lot of pressure on me to be his sole support system.”
She added: “And that’s too much for one person. I want to be your partner and your lover, not your therapist and your mum. It just got too much for me.”
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