Kelly Rizzo Says Boyfriend Breckin Meyer Helps Her Grieve Bob Saget
Originally appeared on E! Online
Kelly Rizzo has found someone special in boyfriend Breckin Meyer.
Not only does the Comfort Food podcast host believe he's "the most wonderful, kind, supportive, genuine, wonderful person," but the Franklin & Bash alum has also played a major part in her grieving journey after the death of her late husband Bob Saget, who died in January 2022 at age 65.
"He's just been so supportive," Kelly exclusively told E! News' Francesca Amiker. "Since day one, that's just been such a big thing with him. He knew what I went through, and he appreciated it and accepted it—and always likes to talk about Bob."
The 45-year-old added that Breckin—who she first went public with in February— even asks questions about the Full House star.
"It's never like, 'Oh, I don't wanna mention Bob. I don't want Breckin to feel bad about that,'" Kelly explained. "He's just always been so kind about it. It's been really special. It's really nice that I've been able to move forward with him."
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In addition to keeping "all the wonderful parts of Bob in my life," Kelly said she is also grateful to "have this really special relationship now." And she's especially happy that Breckin has even won over Bob's daughters Aubrey, 37, Lara, 35, and Jennifer Saget, 31, who he shared with ex-wife Sherri Kramer.
"It's pretty impossible not to like Breckin," she said. "He's met Bob's girls multiple times. We've had dinners together. They adore him. He adores them. It's been really, really nice. They've kind of welcomed him."
And Kelly even quipped that Breckin is likely the only person "Bob would be OK" with her dating after his passing. As she jokingly put it, "He's like, ‘Alright, I'm not thrilled about any of this, but it's got to be somebody, let it be Breckin.'"
As for her future with the Rat Race star? Though there is no rush to get married, Kelly admitted it's "definitely something I'm open to." However, she and Breckin are living in the moment—especially because, as Kelly noted, "I truly learned you can't plan life. Life has other plans."
For now, Kelly's focus is on her Comfort Food podcast, as well as her newly-launched Comfort Club, a supportive community for those navigating loss and grief. The idea behind the group came about after the outpouring of support Kelly received from others who had lost loved ones and were struggling to find ways to cope.
"I thought, ‘How about I start this community—this membership—where people can really feel seen and heard, and they're surrounded by people who have gone through similar experiences,'" Kelly shared. "I'm not a therapist. I'm not a counselor. I'm just somebody who's gone through this. And so, how can I curate this community to really help people and be so interactive and immersive?"
And when she reflects on her own grief over Bob's death, she's learned over the past two years "that there is no wrong way to do it."
"I've learned, 'Hey, it's okay to just cry, even to strangers,'" she confessed. "I've learned it's okay to share and to put your grief out there."
Kelly is hoping that by being open about the topic of grief, she can also remove the stigma associated with it, saying, "Why I've kind of started all this stuff was because I don't want it to be so taboo. I want it to be a little bit more normalized and not so heavy."
In fact, finding joy in sorrow was something she learned from Bob, which is why Comfort Club will be hosting their Cool Comedy Hot Cuisine Event for Scleroderma—an autoimmune disease that causes the skin to thicken—on Oct. 29. (Bob's sister Gay died from scleroderma in 1994 at the age of 47.)
"Bob went through so much pain and so much grief and so much loss in his life," Kelly explained. "And he dealt with it by making light of it. He dealt with it using comedy. He dealt with it by laughing and joking."
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