Malcolm-Jamal Warner‘s mother is speaking out.
Pamela Warner appeared on Good Morning America, where she addressed her son’s drowning on July 21 during a Costa Rican trip at the age of 54.
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During the appearance, she revealed more details about the The Cosby Show actor’s trip to Costa Rica.
“His wife and daughter had been in Costa Rica three weeks prior. She is homeschooled, and this was part of an immersion program,” his mom explained.
One of the things that was reported at the time was that his 8-year-old daughter was with him when he drowned, which she says is untrue.
“She was not in the water. He was with another gentleman,” Pamela said.
“They were in the water, I think maybe chest deep, even at that. Maybe waist deep. There was an undertow, and my son was not an experienced swimmer. He did not know how to deal with an undertow. The same [undertow] happened to the other gentleman, but he was a more experienced swimmer and he was able to rescue himself. But Malcolm was not,” she sadly explained.
When she found out, her neighbors heard her screaming, she said.
“It was from the bottom of my soul. And what came up and what came out was huge, it was an indescribable pain that resonated throughout my body,” Pamela said, going on to clarify that this was only the “physical part of it.”
“The spiritual part of it was, that was his time. This is what I believe and what I feel.”
She also described the “deep” grief of his wife, Tenisha Warner, and their daughter.
“Children process differently. She watched them try to resuscitate him, so she saw that, and I know that’s awfully, awfully traumatic. She loved her father dearly. She adored papa. He was papa.” Watch the appearance above.
His wife also recently broke her silence, revealing her identity and sharing her grief.
Source: justjared.com