Lauren London Opens Up About Handling Grief Following Nipsey Hussle's Death: 'I Still Feel Like a Mess'
She also shared how she approaches teaching her children about grief.
In an interview with Radhi Devlukia on the A Really Good Cry podcast, Lauren London opened up about handling grief following the murder of Nipsey Hussle in 2019.
"I still feel like a mess," she said at the 30-minute point of the interview. "I guess I have to ask my friends how far I've come because I still genuinely feel like I have not arrived anywhere. ... I feel like I'm really heavy a lot, but again, I have to counter that to just, like, the grace of God. ... I also don't want to take away from the work that I've done from then until now."
She said that one of the biggest elements of her life that helped her cope with grief is her children and some of the "wise people" around her. "I always say the prayer of strangers held me up," she added.
The 39-year-old actress, who was with Nipsey Hussle from 2013 to his death in 2019, welcomed a son, Kross Ermias Asghedom, in 2016. She also has another child with ex-boyfriend Lil Wayne. Around the 39:30-point of the interview, she touched upon how she has approached teaching both of them about grief.
"It's so different with both of them, because one's 14, the other one's seven, so you know I'm always, like, a container for whatever emotion they have," she explained. "I'm just like, 'It's okay to feel all these things, you know?' I'm holding it for you, I feel you, I understand, I hear you.' ... But also, playing his music. I'm always telling them to journal as well, like, write him a letter, tell him how you feel."
Earlier in the interview, at the 26-minute point, Radhi asked Lauren what her love with Nipsey was like. "Intentional, pure, and safe," she shared, later explaining what she learned most from him. "All the things he was saying to me made more sense after he left. He spoke a lot about... I'm [so] in my cave, in a homebody, that he [was] like, 'People really need to hear from you. You have a lot of truth you should share.' ... He saw me, he saw me like my kids see me, you know?"
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She added that when she revisits his music now, she hears it "differently" than when he was alive.
Earlier this year, she shared a tribute to the late rapper on the fifth anniversary of his death. “If you know me You know March is always tough for me,” wrote Lauren London on Instagram. "31 days of holding my breath. This day decided to fall on Easter Sunday this 2024 Interesting…. considering your name #GodWillRise."