Kelly Rizzo is opening up on the wisdom shared by her late husband, Bob Saget.
The travel blogger revealed that when she was married to the comedian, who died in 2022 aged 65, she taught him that communication was key.
“Just being very open about the conversation,” Rizzo told The Post exclusively Scleroderma Research Foundation “Cold Comedy – Hot Food” event on Tuesday. “If there’s something you’re going through, just share it, talk about it and be honest and open about it because it’s the best thing for you to keep things going and speed things up. It’s a bad thing.”
And she took that advice into her relationship with Brackenmayer, 50, whom she started dating in February, two years after Saget’s death.
As for who does Rizzo want the “Full House” alum’s legacy to be known for?
“I want him to be remembered as an incredible, selfless friend, father, husband, and someone who just wanted to make people laugh and make people happy,” the podcaster shared.
“Especially the last few years of his life,” Rizzo admitted. “Especially during the pandemic, all he wanted to do was say, ‘The world is hurting and I just want to make people laugh.’ And not only did he have the greatest burning desire in his soul, but he just loved his family and his friends so fearlessly and fearlessly that he would do anything for them.
“He just had the biggest heart,” she added.
But despite his desire to make the world laugh, Rizzo revealed that fans may be surprised to learn that there were even fewer moments with Sagitt.
“A lot of people think comedians are always laughing,” he explained, “and they’re always happy and they’re telling jokes all the time and they’re not. Bob had been through a lot of loss in his life. A lot of pain, a lot of pain. Many comedians turn to comedy because they’ve had some very dark times in their lives.
One of the disadvantages was that Saget’s sister was gay. She died in 1994, aged 47, of scleroderma, an autoimmune disease where excess collagen causes tissue to lose elasticity.
“So, even though he was a happy, energetic person and full of laughter, he was feeling a lot of the weight of the world and the pain of the world when we were at home,” Rizzo said. “People who marry comedians know they don’t laugh all the time.”
Rizzo and Saget met through mutual friends in 2015 and announced their engagement in 2017. They married the following year, and their wedding day is a moment the Comfort Club founder holds close to his heart.
“Our wedding was very special,” Rizzo recalled. “It was great because he never thought he would find love again and we had such a beautiful wedding. It was so intimate with so many wonderful, close friends and it was so amazing to see him so happy and really be like that. Wow, even at the age of 60 he managed to find love again.
“So I was happy that I was able to make her happy when I did it,” she noted.
As the three-year anniversary of Saget’s death approaches, Rizzo notes that her feelings “are different every year.”
“The first year was incredibly difficult. The last year was a little easier but it’s always difficult because then I take myself back to that actual day and it’s so scary,” she told the Post. “But last year was easy and I’m assuming this year will be a little easier. But I spend as much time as I can with her daughters and talk about her and we talk about her all the time.
Enlisting the support of Saget’s “Full House” family, which includes John Stamos, Judy Sweeten, Candice Cameron Beaver, Andrea Barber and Dave Collier, has also helped Rizzo navigate tough times and keep the actor’s memory alive. has helped
“I don’t talk to them every day,” she said. “But I just know that they’re always there for me and I love them. I know that I always have their support and that just means they’re there whenever I need them. They are just a phone call away.
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