Lisa Curry broke down in tears as she discussed her daughter Jaimi’s death at age 33 in September 2020, on Monday’s episode of ABC’s Australian Story.
The former athlete, 59, revealed she’s still trying to process her death and has been in a constant state of mourning for two years.
Jaimi had been battling alcoholism and an eating disorder for years before her death.
‘All I’ve done for two years is sit and cry and eat’: Lisa Curry, 59, broke down in tears on ABC’s Australian Story on Monday as she revealed she’s still trying to process her daughter Jaimi’s death at age 33
Wiping away tears, Lisa said on the program: ‘Jaimi was only 33, she had a whole life to live. I haven’t been able to talk about it because you can see what it does to me.
‘All I’ve done for two years is sit and cry and eat… you know I feel like s**t.’
Lisa, who welcomed Jaimi with ex-husband Grant Kenny, 58, revealed that she wishes she were able to help out other families in a similar situation.
Awful: Jaimi (pictured), who Lisa shared with former Ironman and Olympic bronze medal winner Grant Kenny, died in September 2020 after a lengthy battle with an eating disorder and alcoholism
An understandably emotional Lisa said on the program: ‘Jaimi was only 33, she had a whole life to live. I haven’t been able to talk about it because you can see what it does to me’
‘I’m still in a state where I’m still trying to work it out, because if I can help someone else,’ she said.
‘Here’s something that I’ve learnt, it might help another family. But I don’t know… I can’t seem to do it. It’s annoying. If I knew the answers I’d be shouting them to the world.’
Earlier on in the episode, Lisa’s son Jett Kenny, 28, credited her resilience.
In mourning: Lisa, who welcomed Jaimi with ex-husband Grant Kenny, 58, revealed that she wishes she were able to help out other families in a similar situation: ‘I’m still in a state where I’m still trying to work it out, because if I can help someone else,’ she said
‘She’s very hard on herself with all of that. And Dad was the same. But Mum’s a strong woman. Like, she will…she’ll push through it,’ he said.
Jaimi died in September 2020 at age 33, after a lengthy battle with an eating disorder and an addiction to alcohol.
She passed away at Sunshine Coast University Hospital surrounded by her family, including both her Olympian mother and Ironman father.
Support: Earlier on in the episode, Lisa’s son Jett Kenny (pictured), 28, credited her resilience. ‘She’s very hard on herself with all of that. And Dad was the same. But Mum’s a strong woman. Like, she will…she’ll push through it,’ he said
Heartbreaking scene: Jaimi’s devastated family are pictured at her funeral where they carried her flower-covered coffin
Jaimi had been supported by her parents and siblings through many years of treatment at private clinic End ED, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
Lisa first broke her silence on the final night of Jaimi’s life in an extract from her new memoir, Lisa A Memoir – 60 Years of Life, Love & Loss, where she detailed how Jaimi had called her saying she was vomiting blood.
An ambulance was called, and Lisa and her former husband Grant, rushed to her side as she was admitted to hospital.
At first, Jaimi’s parents were told she was stable and under sedation – and seeing as she had episodes of vomiting blood in the past, they hoped for the best.
Lengthy battle: Jaimi had been supported by her parents and siblings through many years of treatment at private clinic End ED, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland
Her final hours: Lisa first broke her silence on the final night of Jaimi’s life in an extract from her new memoir, Lisa A Memoir – 60 Years of Life, Love & Loss, where she detailed how Jaimi had called her saying she was vomiting blood
By her side: An ambulance was called, and Lisa and her former husband Grant (pictured), rushed to her side as she was admitted to hospital. At first, Jaimi’s parents were told she was stable and under sedation – and seeing as she had episodes of vomiting blood in the past, they hoped for the best
However, 40 minutes after they left, the pair were called back, and learned Jaimi had been put on a ventilator, as her condition had become critical.
‘I ran to her and called softly, “Jaimi, Jaimi, it’s Mum. Open your eyes, baby, open your eyes. Squeeze my hand if you can hear me.” But there was no response, there was just nothing. I was numb,’ Lisa writes in the extract as published by The Daily Telegraph.
While the pair were at the hospital, Jaimi’s kidneys shut down, and a doctor delivered devastating news.
Devastating: While the pair were at the hospital, Jaimi’s kidneys shut down, and a doctor delivered devastating news. ‘Jaimi will die tonight,’ he told Lisa, as the grieving mother tried to prepare herself for the worst
‘Jaimi will die tonight,’ he told Lisa, as the grieving mother tried to prepare herself for the worst.
‘Hearing those words, I was sobbing. “No, no, no, I’m not ready!” Even though we’d known for years this time would come, we didn’t want it to be real,’ she writes.
Lisa and Grant married in 1984, separated in 2009 and share three children including Jaimi, Jett, and daughter Morgan, 31.
Lisa married current husband Mark Tabone in 2018 and admitted recently that she was finding it hard to spend time away from him as she tours to promote her new memoir.
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Traumatic: ‘Hearing those words, I was sobbing. “No, no, no, I’m not ready!” Even though we’d known for years this time would come, we didn’t want it to be real,’ Lisa wrote in her memoir
Pain: It comes after the Ironwoman told this week’s issue of Stellar magazine that she had thoughts of self harm after the death of her daughter. ‘I was just in so much pain and it’s hard for that pain to ever go away. It just never went away,’ she said
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