Kelly Rizzo has revealed that she is open to finding love again and no longer wracked by guilt at the prospect – nearly two years after her late husband Bob Saget died.
The 44-year-old actress was left widowed on January 9, 2022 when the Full House actor died, aged 65, following a freak head injury in his Florida hotel room, hours after coming off stage from a stand-up show.
Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Kelly revealed that although she was initially unable to ‘process’ moving on with someone else, she is now in a place where she feels comfortable with the idea of falling in love.
‘In the first year, I couldn’t even process what that would be like,’ she said. ‘And you get to a point where you’re like, alright, this is something that I could see.
Kelly Rizzo no longer feels guilty about wanting to move on following the sudden death of her husband Bob Saget
The actress, 44, became a widow when the Full House actor died in January 2022
‘And what’s interesting is, there was a long period of time where I would almost feel guilty for even thinking about it.’
Kelly revealed that she would repeatedly think about how her late husband would react if she were to move on, but she’s since managed to overcome what ‘earthly’ Bob would think.
‘You get to a point where you separate what earthly Bob would have been like,’ she said. ‘And he would have been like, “You can’t move on! How dare you! How could you!”
‘But when I hear his friends and family say, “No, he would want you to be happy,” and when you get to that point, then you feel at peace with that happening.’
Bob’s funeral took place in Los Angeles less than a week after his death, and he was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery near the graves of his parents and sister.
Opening up about her personal journey with grief, Kelly revealed she is doing ‘really great’.
‘The first year was really, really, really tough,’ she said. ‘And then after, like, one year passes, after you’ve had all of those firsts; like the first Christmas, the first, anniversary.
‘The second one’s still not easy, but you’re used to it more. So, you’re like, “Oh, alright, I’ve been here before”.
Kelly felt ‘guilty’ for a ‘long period of time’ whenever she thought about moving on from Bob
Bob’s loved ones have told Kelly that he would want her to be happy – and therefore to find love again
It has been 19 months since Bob’s sudden death – and Kelly is leaning on his friends and family for emotional support
‘Year two has been definitely a lot easier. It still hits you and I still feel like you can still be transported back to that moment – January 9 – in the blink of an eye.
‘But overall, you’re more used to it, and you’re used to coping with it. And so overall, like I’m doing really well.’
Kelly revealed that she’s maintained a relationship with Bob’s daughters, Aubrey, 36, Lara, 33, and Jennifer, 30, as well as other family members – including his nephew Adam and his ex-wife Sherri Kramer, 67.
‘I’m grateful that I’m still so close with his girls,’ she said. ‘Even his ex wife, and I talk all the time, and she’s just so wonderful, and has been such a rock throughout everything.’
Bob’s friends – including his Full House co-stars – have also been a beacon of support.
Kelly has signed up for Special Forces season 2 – which arrives on September 25 on Fox
She told DailyMail.om that she broke down during a discussion about Bob with the Special Forces instructors
‘I feel like I could give any of them a call at any time if I needed them and they would be there,’ Kelly continued.
‘He would always have a running group text with all the Full House people and he’d always be like, ‘Look, Full House is real. See? It’s real. They really are all family. And I always feel like they’re my family, too.
‘So I’ve been grateful for that, and just his other friends and his real family, you know, it’s wonderful to have that support.’
Her comments come a week after she told DailyMail.com that she tries to not focus on being ‘robbed’ of time with Bob and to instead look at the positives.
Kelly is due to appear in the upcoming second season of Special Forces, alongside the likes of Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa, 20, Jack Osbourne, 37, and Savannah Chrisley, 26.
‘It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but also the most rewarding thing and the most challenging,’ she said of the grueling challenge. ‘I’m very, very glad I did it.’
She also revealed that she got emotional about Bob’s death during an interrogation with the show’s instructors Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham, Jason Fox, and Rudy Reyes.
‘We ended up you know, talking about Bob, and you know, I got emotional,’ she said.
‘They were getting emotional… and they were just very empathetic.
‘And that’s what’s really interesting about this show; even though you’re going through this simulated military selection, there are such intense moments of heart and care and love, whether it’s among the recruits or even with the DS.’
