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wouldn’t be valid anymore. I told myself over and over it was
because I wanted to protect Pierre’s reputation and his work.
He was a great man, a great humanitarian. His work brought
attention to war-torn nations, poverty-stricken countries, and
so much more. He gave a face to the faceless. He made sure
the world saw and knew their stories. I’m still afraid that my
actions will diminish him in some way, but I can’t and won’t
hide any longer. I need to this be heard and understood.
“Pierre’s work is immortal. His legacy lives through it. I
know that so many people questioned our marriage, our work,
my work and my place at his side. That wouldn’t change even
if I wasn’t here today, making this video. I want to say that my
marriage was valid. That I did love my husband and that I will
always love him. We preferred to keep our private lives
private, and we were a team. Always. Two parts of a whole.
But there are different wholes and different parts of ourselves.
If Pierre could watch this today, I know he’d tell me to go for
it and fuck what people think. He’d tell me to quit hiding, quit
being afraid, and start living, because that’s the only way to go
through life. To face it head on.
“While I believe in lifting each other up instead of tearing
each other down, I know that as someone who has lived their
life in the public eye to an extent, there will be questions,
judgement, and condemnation. If people out there want to
unfollow me, I understand. If my work has to be cancelled,
then cancel it. Cancel me too, if that’s what it takes, but I
won’t have my marriage called into question and I won’t have
this questioned either. I won’t stand for fear or hate. I’m
learning how to be unapologetic in who I am and who I love,
and I’m not going back. I almost lost this woman once, the
