Paulina Porizkova explains why she broke down in tears 5 years after husband's death: 'I pretended I was fine'
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Supermodel Paulina Porizkova shared a vulnerable moment of herself crying on the fifth anniversary of late husband Ric Ocasek's 2019 death.
Christina Dugan Ramirez is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
"Last week I posted a video of myself crying," she wrote. "It was the five-year anniversary of my husband’s death. In some ways, it was a day made even more difficult by the fact in all the previous years I pretended I was fine. That I ‘had pulled it together.’ A post shared by Paulina Porizkova (@paulinaporizkov) A post shared by Paulina Porizkova (@paulinaporizkov)
"For the benefit of my loved ones, I thought I had to act strong. To keep helming the ship. So no one but me would be afraid of drowning. The result of which, as I mentioned, was that everyone around me thought I was fine, and no one knew how hard my life was or how much I needed a hand.