Paul Walker’s Mother Cheryl Was Never The Same After His Tragic Death

Following his death, Paul Walker’s mom found the prospect of waking up each day more difficult than usual. During a 2017 appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show,” Cheryl Walker unraveled this and other pieces of emotional fallout following the actor’s November 30, 2013 car crash. Sitting with Paul’s younger brother, Caleb, Cheryl recalled, “I, really, honestly, would wish that I didn’t have to wake up in the morning. I would never have taken my life but, I really felt that way.” Despite the support of her “wonderful family” (which includes Paul’s daughter, Meadow, with schoolteacher Rebecca Soteros), Cheryl explained that waking up meant having to “relive it all over again.”

A mother of four children (including Paul’s other brother Cody and their sister, Ashlie), Cheryl acknowledged that her grief could be isolating at times — given that so few in life experience it. “People think that you should just get over it, but they’ve never experienced it, so,” she reflected on “Dr. Oz” through tears.

As for Paul’s dad, Paul Walker III, he told ET in November 2014 that their family was “not looking forward to Thanksgiving” that year. Calling his late son a missing piece of their “close, loving family,” Paul Sr. lamented to ET that his sadness will “probably be that way until I’m with him … It’s not getting any better for me.”