death of his beloved wife Joan Washington almost two years ago. The 65-year-old actor, who shared a daughter with his late spouse, was devastated when the voice and dialect coach died following an eight-month battle with lung cancer.
As if losing the love of his life after 35 years of marriage wasn’t hard enough, it seems it has also resulted in the loss of some friendships too.
The Jack and Sarah star shared a video on Instagram detailing a bizarre encounter with some so-called friends he said he had known for 25 years yet instead of greeting him, “ducked” their heads when they saw him. “I’ve returned to the South of France and have just seen a Swedish couple that I’ve known for 25 years.
As I walked toward them, they just ducked their heads, what were they expecting? Extraordinary,” he said in the clip. Grant captioned the post: “Walking widower encountering so called ‘friends’ who edit themselves out of your Life. ”If the incident caused him any hurt, he was soon inundated with messages of support from his followers who told him to pay no heed to ignorant people and that he “didn’t need friends like that”. “The ‘friends’ who leave your life when you go through some of the hardest toughest times of your life were never truly your friends to start with if they can disappear so easy , so no loss if they no longer want to be in your life , the ones that matter will always be there day in and day out or at the other end of the phone willing to just listen when you need to talk,” one person penned. “Chin up Richard, your true friends will never leave you,” agreed another.
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