Regina King has returned to the pink carpet for the primary time for the reason that tragic loss of life of her son, Ian Alexander Jr., in January.
The actress, 51, was an honoree at Filming Italy Pageant’s awards ceremony, held within the Sicilian village of Santa Margherita di Pula. She was requested to be on the occasion as a recipient of the pageant’s Girls in Energy prize, which she co-won along with her buddy Naomie Harris.
A lot of King’s followers took to social media to precise their reduction in seeing the “Boyz n the Hood” actress again in motion.
“So good to see Regina once more, sending her Love and Gentle.😍😊💗💗,” one person tweeted.
“Simply heartbreaking. Exhibits her energy,” wrote another.
There additionally appeared to be an implicit understanding amongst an adjoining cohort of social media spectators as to the magnitude of grief following the loss of a kid.
“I’m nonetheless praying for her,” posted Twitter user @Carilia1.
As beforehand reported, Ian Alexander Jr. died by suicide mere days earlier than his twenty sixth birthday.
A sequence of tweets on Jan. 14 — that might turn into Ian’s closing social media posts — prompt he could have been feeling more and more overwhelmed mentally, with one stating, “I don’t suppose instagram is wholesome for me.”
One other alluded to a SpongeBob SquarePants episode during which “they go inside his mind and it’s a bunch of mini spongebobs simply shedding their s- -t…..yea that one actually hits dwelling.”
Previous to his passing, Ian had constructed a repute for himself as a promising younger DJ on-the-rise.
